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I am a HoH documentary photographer doing research on deaf people and unemployment.. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their experiences with job hunting and difficulty/ease in finding a job. Thanks!
 
Thanks for the info - however, this is not for a class, and it is also a subject of personal interest to me as I am myself HoH with deaf parents. I would love to hear other people's experiences with job hunting, I myself have sometimes encountered difficulty.

For example, after I revealed to a prospective employer that I had partial hearing loss, he hired someone else because (I later heard this through the grapevine) he mumbles and was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hear him that well. Otherwise I was more qualified than the other candidate for the job, and should have gotten the position.
 
Hit that search feature above, and type in your terms in there and you should have plenty of examples.
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Here's some threads I can suggest for you to get started:
http://www.alldeaf.com/general-chat/59456-curious-what-do-our-deaf-members-do-living.html

http://www.alldeaf.com/american-dis...g-deaf-discriminating-hearing-world-long.html
http://www.alldeaf.com/american-dis...estion-regarding-requesting-accomodation.html
http://www.alldeaf.com/our-world-our-culture/56170-applying-jobs.html

But I'm not too sure how some of them would feel about being "solicited" for information, you'll have to ask them with respect, and tread carefully.
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monicadonovan said:
I am a HoH documentary photographer doing research on deaf people and unemployment.. I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share their experiences with job hunting and difficulty/ease in finding a job. Thanks!
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What are you going to do with it once you are done with it? What kind of emotion do you hope to elect from the viewers? Pity? Outrage?
 
Job hunting is all corporate politices. It's not what you know and how good you are...It's who you know and how you will fit in. If the interviewer doesn't like you - you have no chance. It's all a game. I'm going to be 45 years old next month and have experienced it all. What they don't teach you in school is how you play the game.
 
I have no idea what being unemployment is like. I always have job since I was legal age to work.
 
some deaf people experience the glass ceiling when comes to moving up. I think thats more of an issue than being unemployed. I think it is more difficult for the deaf to find work but I think its even harder for them to move up.
 
chuck2975 said:
Job hunting is all corporate politices. It's not what you know and how good you are...It's who you know and how you will fit in. If the interviewer doesn't like you - you have no chance. It's all a game. I'm going to be 45 years old next month and have experienced it all. What they don't teach you in school is how you play the game.
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Good post! :cheers:
 
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