Hi folks,
Kindly recall a posting I had made 2 weeks back on the possibility of ERP emerging as a major employment opportunity for functional professionals who face visual impairment in mid-life. Though the topic did not generate any discussion on the list, I did receive expressions of interest from several professionals who are currently either vegetating or facing under-utilisation in unrelated functional areas after losing sight. My attempt today is to poll for visually challenged persons who might be actually working on various ERP platforms (either proprietary ones like SAP, Oracle e-Business, Microsoft Dynamics Nav / Great Plains, Sage, etc or Open Source variants like Adempier, Open ERP, ERP 5, etc). And, when I say working, I don't necessarily mean working as functional / technical consultants alone. Any user dealing with even a single module of the above mentioned ERP platforms may kindly respond. The objective of this exercise is to get an idea about the accessibility of various versions of the mentioned packages, so that we can concentrate on the most accessible version and try to train our visually challenged functional experts on the same. Who knows, we might even be able to set up the first ERP Practice in the world fully staffed by visually challenged professionals. (smile) Similarly, another job opportunity that occurred to me is as consultants / auditors for certifications such as ISO 9001. Here too, domain expertise matters and since most companies are going in for electronic documentation, auditing should not be difficult for blind auditors. Appreciate if someone working as lead consultants / auditors or even as trainers in this field could respond sharing their experiences. Your cooperation solicited for the success of this ambitious project to identify alternative career opportunities for professionals blinded mid-life. Please remember, every idea, nugget of information or suggestion matters. Thanks in advance... Regards RS + 98 472 76 126 Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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
