Hi Sameer, Frustrations such as this are unfortunately part of the job-hunting process for us. Either the vice president does not genuinely have adequate authority to overrule the managing director, or he may have given you that reassurance about his company looking at ability alone in a fit of selfrighteousness. Analysing why he did that is not going to change the situation for you. You may want to write to the vice president in a few days once he gets well and is back at the office, and ask if you could meet him to show him how you work, how your speech software works, etc. You may already know your job profile there. If so, identify the potentially problematic areas and explain to him about the alternative methods you plan to use. Sending a mail would be better than calling him, as people are usually more dismissive over phone. If he rejects your request, stop pursuing this job. If someone in the VP's position cannot keep his word and cannot defend his decision to interview a blind person to the MD, it may not be worth working for such a company.
Do not get disheartened and do not give up hope. Keep applying, and you will encounter an employer who will not just recognize your abilities, but will also have the decisiveness to override any opposition he may encounter in his company and hire you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "sameer latey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:51 PM Subject: [AI] Bad Expeirience at job interview > > Dear List members, > > I would like to narrate an incident which happened > with me today. Please inform if there is any recourse > possible. > > I had received a call for an interview from an > Andheri, Mumbai based infrastructure equipment leasing > company for an interview. The interview was to be > conducted by the Vice President of the company. I had > spoken with him before hand and he had casked me to > come today for the interview. I had informed him > regarding my blindness and he had said that only my > ability mattered to him and thad my disability was not > an issue. > > Today, I went for the interview and the Vice President > was absent due to ill health. The watchman telephoned > inside the office to find out if I had been called for > an interview. The Managing Director informed me on the > watchman's telephone that he would not give a blind > person a job and refused to let me appear for the > interview. > > I called the Vice President and he said that the > Managing Director's word was final and he could do > nothing. > > Unfortunately, as all these conversations happened on > the telephone, there is no written proof of the > discussion between me and the MD. > > Awaiting your suggestions. > > Regards > Sameer > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
