cdaigle430

A resume is a tool thats is used to get your foot in the door. You should only list things that augment your skills and experiences forthat particular job, same goes for the cover letter. If the job would benefit from your HOH or Deafness, then it should be in the resume.

In other words, if it won't sell you for the job-don't put it in, and it doesn't matter what it is.

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ILoveTarget

I used to apply for job in Craigslist and I tell them Im deaf because I dont speak so it could be bad interview if I don't tell them. I have two jobs and I see the job ad in the paper and go in person to apply so they know I deaf right away. I don't think you need to put it if you speak but if you don't speak it good idea.

zerodog

I would say NO with big TEXT on this one.

Reason; I do not care if they just simple not expect and have interview with or without interpreter. It sorta proof a metal challenge and show that you can do with or without interpreter.

What the different about 'unexpect' that woman came in and saw that woman is bald and eagle head. So can't cancel or drop because of appear the way looks. What if that person need better benefit for her health sake and discover cancer once treatment could inspire employee after cancer free.

My wife has desire of her dream... she went several interview with heavy good refer from previous job that they didn't expect alot from my wife. She have those three refer letter. She look job due transfer job to other state and couldn't find job. They tend to surprise that she worked with that kind position and feel that it not suite for their job. Those people tend to forgot that person who Deaf and have ability to improve their business...

Several of interview really like resume because we shared the feedback and how to sound 'sell' that apply on base her experience. They told her and like resume and haven't decide that will notify or answer her call whenever they decide. The day I woke up; she already call ahead of time and seat there on side bed. She cried and those job say, "I am sorry that position haven't decide but we want you once the position open." I felt terrible and nothing else to say about this one.

Sometime, I do feel like sue those company. Sue will teach them a lesson? We don't want their money... it would be marvel to have their money fund for Deaf to have better resource and know their rights and so on to teaching the new Deaf childern in future.

Again; I feel that not necessary to say No. They will discover about your phone number since FCC mandatory the VRS provider with ten digit numbers. We use Sorenson as our provider and it do show caller id display on videophone. So we can know if they decide not to leave a message. Such as avoid and realized that person is DEAF.

Glad that Sorenson already develop for caller id. Without that, it would be hard for her more. I hope other VRS do the same thing.

Sorry about my long typing over this issue because I hate to see people get that message; I am sorry the position isn't open. Even the position still open by newspaper or online still say it still there with same information.

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Waxy

No matter the culture or the language you use, "NO" in resumes are not good idea. That's why we have to compensate the No... with what we do.
Maybe if you really care about how imply that you're not hearing, you can add "Native ASL signer". As language skills you can add that you perfectly write and read english and/or other languages. That's saying the same, but from the perspective of what you CAN/HAVE and not with what you can't/haven't...
Most ppl here dont care about the deaf (or any other disability) but I add in my resume that im an LSA interpreter (as I add "english"), since, i consider it a valuable skill.

But, again- Never add in a resume what your're not or what you can't, no matter what is that.

Storme

No, I never put "Deaf", "Hard of Hearing" and/or "HoH" on my resume when I apply for a job.

Why?

Because employers will chuck those resumes out the moment they see one of those three words. They do not have to contact the deaf person applying for the job if the person put one of those three words on his/her resume. In fact, they don't have to feel obligated to get in touch with that person just because the person is deaf.

My skills, my education and my jobs should be what the employer is looking for. Not my deafness.

If the employer wants to know more about deafness, there are the means to give them the information they need to understand deafness after the interview. However, I don't see anything wrong with discussing how the potential employee can overcome the barriers (or work-related hurdles) during the interview.

In short, no. I won't put one of those three words on my resume when I apply for a job. I want to market my skills, my education and my job experiences because I applied for the job.

parchin36

I never mention my HOH in interviews, I'm not required by law, after I am hired and I settle into the job, people will start to pick up on my hearing and I slowly start to tell my colleagues 1 by 1 that need to know and eventually, gossip travels fast. in the past when I have mentioned my HOH in interviews, I never heard back from those employers. Hearing aids are the same as glasses, no different, people need to understand that, it's like apples to oranges.

DARNELL

yeah deaf ppl should say it if they want a job. deaf ppl probably have skills that everybody else dont. like being able to see real well being able to talk sign language and cant they read lips? theyd prob get the jobs more often if they did wtf did everyone vote no?

jillio

How many jobs have you had?

J.J.

Here's what I posted on someone's blog on Deafread.com and this comes from the experience of being unemployed for two years:

My opinion:

1.) Never ever reveal that you are deaf. The idea is to make it irrelevant to the job you are applying for.

2.) Get an answering service that E-mails you texts of messages received. Never answer the phone.

3.) Call them back yourself using VRS, but requesting a VI that is male/female (depending on your gender) and do three important things:

a.) Tell the VI to NOT announce that it is a relay call.

b.) Give the VI context on the call so that he/she can interpret better.

c.) While having a conversation, mention that you are calling from a satellite phone with poor reception because you are out of town, but you were interested enough to call. This makes the person on the other end think you are a hearing person using a satellite phone and explains why you had an answering service.

4.) I don't recommend showing up for the interview with an interpreter. It has been my experience that most hiring managers will look at you and the terp then wonder how you can possibly do your job without a terp. Bring a laptop computer instead and communicate with it using MS Word in large fonts or something like that. Now if it is a PANEL INTERVIEW, you have to bring a terp though...but during the interview stress that you don't need a terp in one on one situations.

Basically, try to make your deafness irrelevant to the job itself. Make it a non-issue. At least, that is what I learned from being unemployed for nearly two years (not counting work outside of my career path).

-J.J.

jm1972

Speaking from experience....YES.

I am hearing impaired and wear hearing aids.

I was laid off from my job. Collecting Unemployment. Found a new job as a Receptionist for a small company.

My 30 day review was the worst of my life, and centered around my hearing.

To make a long story short....MI Unemployment law allows you to quit a new job within 60 days under certain circumstances, such as the new job you found was not suitable, something you had no experience in. So I quit, went back on Unemployment.

The employer filed an appeal. Then another. I kept winning every round, but we actually had to go in front of an Administrative Law Judge, complete with attorneys/advocates.

I Won.

How? because they tried to say they were not aware of my hearing impairment. B.S. It was right on my job application! And I had mentioned I could hear better on two different phones in the office, but they would not move the phone or my work station....

Having that in writing, on my application - that is what won the case for me. It went from "She never told us...." to "Oh, would you look at the copy of her job application. Now what does that say?"

jm1972

Yes, it should be.

There is a question on the job ap, asking about can you do the job with or without reasonable accommodations.

From experience....I went through 9 months of legal Hell after trying a new job. I won. Why? Because the employer tried saying I never told them about my hearing impairment.....and yet I had put it in writing on my application. It could have cost me 6 months of Unemployment Insurance had it been "They Said/I said"....but having it in writing.....that won my case.

dereksbicycles

No. Just tell people that you're fluent in ASL. Let them see you first handed in person how you can be a vital part of the team.

DeafCaroline

Are you employed now?

Lily7

I voted "No". My experience has been that if they know I am deaf/hoh, they chuck it. On the few job interviews I've gotten, it doesn't even matter that I read lips really well and speak almost as good as a hearing person, I never get a call back or get hired. The sad truth is, most of the time if an employer has a choice between 2 people with the same skill set, but one is deaf and can't use the phone and the other is hearing and can use the phone they will choose the hearing person every single time. It is very frustrating and since I can't do physical work because of other health problems, it is the reason I don't have a job. So if I am ever healthy enough to work again, I plan to keep my deafness a complete and total secret for as long as I can manage so I can maybe actually get a job.

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kellycat

I'd echo the no. My guess is that most managers see "deaf" (or any other sort of potential "needs accommodations" situation) as expensive and an hassle. You'll never get in the door.

A parallel story: Many symphony orchestras, when holding auditions, have potential new members, identified only by a code number, audition behind a screen. That way the panel can't see if it's a guy or girl, old or young, or anything. They put carpeting on the stage so they can't hear a woman's high heels clicking on the hard floor. All to keep it as equal as possible. The same should be true for your resume. What you write should be absolutely relevant to the job you apply for. If deaf is relevant, that will be clear at the interview.

As for bringing an interpreter to an interview...you should do what you need to do. I would guess that you could let the interviewer know if/when you would need an interpreter hired. Every interview has a point where you get to talk freely about yourself. This is where you can plug in your experience at other jobs and calm any fears about you being inconvenient or expensive for them. Granted I'm a total optimist, but if a manager sees that you are not a problem that they will have to deal with, then you stand a great chance of being hired. You just have to get past that hurdle.

Another parallel: My friend's brother applied for a job and was told to bring ALL his college transcripts. He brought the transcript from the college where he graduated, but not from the one he went to before that, failed a couple of classes, and dropped out. He had some big things happen that year, and a couple of years later when he went to the 2nd college, he was ready to focus and did well. But the interviewer needed ALL his transcripts. So he sent the first ones along. That just cut him off from being able to explain what happened. (Perfect answer for the "tell me about how you dealt with an obstacle" type question). So all the interviewer knows is that he screwed up his first year or two of college. No context, no chance to spin it. You need to be able to spin "deaf" into "no big deal" or even "advantage" in the mind of someone who may have never met a deaf person before ever.