The Associated Blind, Inc. manages online programs for job development and career management within the disability community.
The Associated Blind, Inc. was founded in 1938 by a group of blind individuals to foster social and economic independence among those who are blind and visually impaired.
eSight Careers NetworkeSight Careers Network continues the tradition and provides online information and guidance for job seekers, career counselors, job developers and prospective employers about what works best for a range of disability employment issues. It attracts new members every day. You can use eSight as:
- An exchange for sharing experiences about specific work issues and the best approaches for dealing with those issues.
- A guide for approaching career management on a step-by-step, integrated basis (either individually or with the help of a career counselor) so they can chart and implement their own plans.
- A bridge for connecting to key business leaders and what they are saying about how to successfully build a career in today's job market.
eSight Careers Network offers extensive resources, expert guidance and interactive gathering places for helping individuals with a physical disability learn to take responsibility for managing his or her a career -- all from a disability perspective.
The various eSight forums and blogs provide opportunities for people with a physical disability to connect with one another and with prospective employers. They are what makes eSight Careers Network unique.
eSight Careers Network is an online community that provides networking, forecasting and skill-building opportunities for those with visual impairments and other physical disabilities who are dedicated to lifelong learning, managing their own careers and achieving economic independence through meaningful employment.
"Swimming in the Mainstream:Topics in Workforce Development"
An online subscription-based resource that gathers insightful information from the disability community and workforce professionals.
Individuals are tapping their personal experiences to recommend steps people with disabilities can take so they can advance in America's workplaces. Add your e-mail address here to be notified when these materials become available.
Professional Development:Learning from Experts
Our professional development program helps you stay abreast of trends and best practices in career management and introduces you to experts who can answer your questions and provide you with "real world" knowledge about how people get jobs or start a home business -- strategies that you can use immediately.
These programs are based on the expressed needs, interest and direct input of participants. Anyone can participate, all you need is a telephone and you can connect to these live events from anywhere in the country. Or you access these programs online by downloading the audio file recordings. Plans to have these resources available via podcasting are in development.
NetworkingShare ideas with others about employment barriers and ways to work around them as well as overcome them.
Inform employers about accessible solutions that are cost effective and efficient.
Network with talented, resourceful, experienced problem solvers.
Here are just a few of the tools you can use:
- Blindstorming combines the concepts of brainstorming, weblogging and self-help into a unique eSight tool you can use for sharing ideas, supporting each other and developing community wisdom about career management issues.
- TalkBack is an editorial feature in eSight's NetWork News, a free e-mail newsletter. Subscribers have an opportunity to quickly submit their comments about the current editorial.
- Member Net is a problem-solving forum about disability employment in which eSight members generate potential answers to disability employment issues submitted by those within the eSight community.
- Second Thoughts forum offers Sight members an opportunity to tap, rethink and reshape their best insights from the past few months about managing a career with a disability.
- New Member Orientation is a weekly networking opportunities open to all new registered members of eSight Careers Network. You can learn how best to use eSight Careers Network as a resource. During these conference calls they can also get acquainted with each other and share what you want to accomplish as members of eSight. This networking opportunity is made possible by a grant from the Verizon
Disability Employment Web is our syndication service, which offers disability organizations high-quality, free syndicated content that can be added to their web sites.
If you manage your organization's web site, think of the eSight Disability Employment Web as a way to publish additional content on your site and place your site's link in a directory of like-minded disability organizations.
It's easy. There is no cost for your organization and no additional work on your part after the simple setup. You can use a text based hyperlink, Use our eSight logo as a hyperlink or use Real Simple Syndication (RSS).
By adding the link "eSight Disability Employment Resource of the Day" to your web sites, you will have access to a rotation of extensively researched articles, comprehensive career guides, disability-friendly company profiles and forums about managing a career with a disability -- one new resource each day seven days a week.