where do we have to send these interviews?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dipendra Manocha" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:24 AM
Subject: [AI] your professional journey could change some one's life
Dear all
Forwarding an appeal from the World blind Union to share your stories of
professional journey that could inspire people in diferent parts of the
world. Please read below and contribute.
Thanks
dipendra
Dear Colleague,
The World Blind Union's employment resources web site, Project Aspiro,
contains a number of interviews with successfully employed individuals who
are visually impaired. The majority of these videotaped workers are
Canadian
as the Project Aspiro website was developed in collaboration with the
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). We would like to expand
our offerings in this section to reflect the diversity of WBU's membership
and the variety of jobs being performed by workers who are blind or have
low
vision throughout the world.
You are invited to contribute stories of successfully employed individuals
who are representative of your constituents. We welcome interviews with
individuals who are self-employed as well as those working for others.
Your
submissions may be either audio or video files. The preferred format for
an
audio file submission is an mp3 file. Videos files may be submitted in any
of the following formats: .MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, .FLV, .3GPP,
or
.WebM.
Interviews should be 3-5 minutes long and follow the questions listed
below
for consistency on the website.
Suggested Audio or Video Interview Questions for
Project Aspiro Website
Employment questions for individuals (self-employed or employed by
others):
1. Please state in one sentence: what is your name and job title?*
2. Please describe your current employment. (Probes follow.)
a. How long have you been employed in this job?
b. What do you like best about this job?
3. Did you have assistance to secure this job?
a. If so, who helped you secure the job?
b. What technical aids or assistance have you received?
c. What financial assistance, if any, have you received?
4. How long did it take you to secure your current job?
5. At what age did you begin to work (for pay or as a volunteer)?
6. Did you have assistance to secure your first job? If so, who helped
you?
7. How long did it take you to secure your first job?
8. What other jobs have you had?
9. Please describe your educational background or vocational training.
10. Please describe what you can see, if you have usable vision.
11. What have been the biggest obstacles or challenges you encountered
finding or advancing in your career?
a. How have you overcome these obstacles?
b. Describe a time, if applicable, that you demonstrated to an
employer/potential employer/customer that you were able to perform a
job/task that they did not know/understand you were able to perform.
12. How has being employed impacted your life?
13. What or who has been the greatest positive influence in you being
successfully employed?
14. What do you bring to the job (tools, attitude.) that enables you to
be successful on the job?
15. What advice would you give to an employer or business owner who is
considering hiring someone with vision loss?
16. What advice would you give to another individual with vision loss
who is considering employment in your career field?
*Please ask this question again at the end of the interview to try and get
extra enthusiasm for use in a collage (a snippet of video with just names,
countries and occupations).
For example, "Please enthusiastically state your name, country and job
title."
"My name is Adam, I am from India, and I am a primary teacher for blind
students."
Note: If you are unable to record video with interviewees, please ask for
a
digital photograph or take a photo for us. Thank you. If you have any
questions about this project or need further clarification, please email
Dr.
Karen Wolffe ([email protected]). Thank you for your interest and
support of Project Aspiro.
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