gap between classing dates and interview.

brazilianwax

studentphil wrote: »

Reasonable is a bit unclear as to what it means.

In a job where someone helped me to do lifting and some way of getting around my slow writing to allow me to minute task are hardly unreasonable to most people.

Put it this way, I've been helping someone this week who is severely visually impaired to apply for a job with us. It's a high level job.

She currently works for a massive organisation and we are tiny.

She needs special software for her PC - no problem. Her current employers employ a full time assistant for her to manage other things. There is no way that we can afford to employ someone, so I've told her that if she was successful, the best she could expect is that she'd get an existing member of staff to help her when she really needs it.

If the lifting part represented 75% of the job it could well be unreasonable to expect someone else to help you do it.

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

Put it this way, I've been helping someone this week who is severely visually impaired to apply for a job with us. It's a high level job.

She currently works for a massive organisation and we are tiny.

She needs special software for her PC - no problem. Her current employers employ a full time assistant for her to manage other things. There is no way that we can afford to employ someone, so I've told her that if she was successful, the best she could expect is that she'd get an existing member of staff to help her when she really needs it.

If the lifting part represented 75% of the job it could well be unreasonable to expect someone else to help you do it.

Alright maybe I have gone for stupid jobs I can not type, lift or take minutes, but that was three key elements of the job that I would need to have adjustments to do.

But it seems unjust that I am unable to do lots of jobs just because of my body, but is it really worth the effort to fight for jobs just to prove a point that disabled people should be able to do anything?

brazilianwax

studentphil wrote: »

But it seems unjust that I am unable to do lots of jobs just because of my body, but is it really worth the effort to fight for jobs just to prove a point that disabled people should be able to do anything?

Nope. But then I'd be a ballerina if it wasn't for mine!

brazilianwax

IIRC, the job ad you sent me had 'office experience' listed under the essential criteria.

If you have no office experience at all, and cannot evidence office work in a different setting, then I see little chance that you'd be shortlisted.

As for going on about teaching methods, that was, I'm afraid, utterly wrong.

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

Nope. But then I'd be a ballerina if it wasn't for mine!

No one is talking about being a posh job. I am only wanted a flipping bottom rung job.

If I am not upto those then there is little hope for me.

brazilianwax

studentphil wrote: »

No one is talking about being a posh job. I am only wanted a flipping bottom rung job.

If I am not upto those then there is little hope for me.

You need to choose the right kind of job though Phil. If you can't stand or lift, don't go for jobs that involve lots of standing or lifting!

I can't pirouette, so I'm not a ballerina!

:rolleyes:

Need_More_Money_2

studentphil wrote: »

No one is talking about being a posh job. I am only wanted a flipping bottom rung job.

If I am not upto those then there is little hope for me.

What's a posh job?

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

IIRC, the job ad you sent me had 'office experience' listed under the essential criteria.

If you have no office experience at all, and cannot evidence office work in a different setting, then I see little chance that you'd be shortlisted.

As for going on about teaching methods, that was, I'm afraid, utterly wrong.

Very true, I said was a long shot when I applied.

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

You need to choose the right kind of job though Phil. If you can't stand or lift, don't go for jobs that involve lots of standing or lifting!

I can't pirouette, so I'm not a ballerina!

:rolleyes:

I can not lift and I can not do office work(as in typing or minutes) so it does not leave many jobs left.

studentphil

Need_More_Money wrote: »

What's a posh job?

A special job like being a MD or an actor or jobs alone those lines.