Special Needs Employment Concerns or Selling Your Abilities
Written by Kathy Marshall, Professional Resume Writer
When do you let an employee know that you have a physical challenge? If your disability doesn’t affect your on the job performance and you have no problem getting to and from the job, you really don’t have to say much about your circumstance. However, you may decide that you want to mention it casually before arriving for an interview.
Concentrate on what you CAN do on the job. During the interview, explain briefly how you handle your challenge if it is obvious and you think it may concern an employer. Showing up without any previous announcement of your challenge may take an employer off guard, so you will definitely want to mention that you will be in a wheelchair or you have lost an arm, but that this fact poses no problem as far as your job performance. A professionally prepared resume will spell out all your outstanding abilities. Sell these. Don’t dwell on your disabilities. Explain what you feel is important about your challenge and then move on.
If you are not offered a position, don’t assume it’s because of your challenge and get unnecessarily negative about your next interview. The law of averages says you can’t get every position for which you apply. So don’t bring extra baggage to the interview process. You know you can do a great job, don’t spend a second dwelling on “no,” just move on to the next opportunity...
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