Your unemployment experiences

monicadonovan · 05-22-2009, 01:12 PM

I am a HoH documentary photographer doing research on deaf people and unemployment.. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their experiences with job hunting and difficulty/ease in finding a job. Thanks!

**Bottesini** · 05-22-2009, 01:18 PM

ATTN: Those who wants to do interviews/questions/surveys - Please read this FIRST.

monicadonovan · 05-22-2009, 01:35 PM

Thanks for the info - however, this is not for a class, and it is also a subject of personal interest to me as I am myself HoH with deaf parents. I would love to hear other people's experiences with job hunting, I myself have sometimes encountered difficulty.

For example, after I revealed to a prospective employer that I had partial hearing loss, he hired someone else because (I later heard this through the grapevine) he mumbles and was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hear him that well. Otherwise I was more qualified than the other candidate for the job, and should have gotten the position.

***naisho*** · 05-22-2009, 01:42 PM

Hit that search feature above, and type in your terms in there and you should have plenty of examples.

Here's some threads I can suggest for you to get started:
Curious: what do our deaf members do for a living?

Being deaf in discriminating hearing world (long)
Question regarding requesting an accomodation
Applying for Jobs

But I'm not too sure how some of them would feel about being "solicited" for information, you'll have to ask them with respect, and tread carefully.
Your private messaging box opens once you hit 50 posts.

Buffalo · 05-22-2009, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monicadonovan

I am a HoH documentary photographer doing research on deaf people and unemployment.. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their experiences with job hunting and difficulty/ease in finding a job. Thanks!

What are you going to do with it once you are done with it? What kind of emotion do you hope to elect from the viewers? Pity? Outrage?

chuck2975 · 06-05-2009, 10:56 AM

Job hunting is all corporate politices. It's not what you know and how good you are...It's who you know and how you will fit in. If the interviewer doesn't like you - you have no chance. It's all a game. I'm going to be 45 years old next month and have experienced it all. What they don't teach you in school is how you play the game.

PowerON · 06-05-2009, 11:09 AM

I have no idea what being unemployment is like. I always have job since I was legal age to work.

Doug5 · 06-05-2009, 09:53 PM

some deaf people experience the glass ceiling when comes to moving up. I think thats more of an issue than being unemployed. I think it is more difficult for the deaf to find work but I think its even harder for them to move up.

authentic · 06-05-2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuck2975

Job hunting is all corporate politices. It's not what you know and how good you are...It's who you know and how you will fit in. If the interviewer doesn't like you - you have no chance. It's all a game. I'm going to be 45 years old next month and have experienced it all. What they don't teach you in school is how you play the game.

Good post!

05-22-2009, 01:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
monicadonovan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3	Your unemployment experiences I am a HoH documentary photographer doing research on deaf people and unemployment.. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their experiences with job hunting and difficulty/ease in finding a job. Thanks!

05-22-2009, 01:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bottesini Joe's Friend Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: With Owl Sock Posts: 37,517 Blog Entries: 1	ATTN: Those who wants to do interviews/questions/surveys - Please read this FIRST. __________________

05-22-2009, 01:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,161	Hit that search feature above, and type in your terms in there and you should have plenty of examples. Here's some threads I can suggest for you to get started: Curious: what do our deaf members do for a living? Being deaf in discriminating hearing world (long) Question regarding requesting an accomodation Applying for Jobs But I'm not too sure how some of them would feel about being "solicited" for information, you'll have to ask them with respect, and tread carefully. Your private messaging box opens once you hit 50 posts. __________________

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05-22-2009, 01:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
monicadonovan Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3	Thanks for the info - however, this is not for a class, and it is also a subject of personal interest to me as I am myself HoH with deaf parents. I would love to hear other people's experiences with job hunting, I myself have sometimes encountered difficulty. For example, after I revealed to a prospective employer that I had partial hearing loss, he hired someone else because (I later heard this through the grapevine) he mumbles and was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hear him that well. Otherwise I was more qualified than the other candidate for the job, and should have gotten the position.

06-05-2009, 10:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
chuck2975 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 47	Job hunting is all corporate politices. It's not what you know and how good you are...It's who you know and how you will fit in. If the interviewer doesn't like you - you have no chance. It's all a game. I'm going to be 45 years old next month and have experienced it all. What they don't teach you in school is how you play the game.

06-05-2009, 09:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
Doug5 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 865	some deaf people experience the glass ceiling when comes to moving up. I think thats more of an issue than being unemployed. I think it is more difficult for the deaf to find work but I think its even harder for them to move up.