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Audio Files, Additional Resources for eSight's "Breaking Stubborn Employment Barriers" Phone ConferenceBy: Jim Hasse
Summary:
Nick Corcodilos puts 12 key disability employment issues into perspective by offering some off-beat solutions to stubborn barriers posed by eSight members. Check links to the conference audio and additional resources. 
Guest Expert: Nick Corcodilos
TalkBack: Bypassing ADA During Initial Job Interviews Listen With Real Audio Listen With Windows Media Player Download Free Software to Listen Nick Corcodilos' Book Reading List Related Links Related Content This Phone Conference took place on April 27, 2004. Guest Expert: Nick Corcodilos Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in 1979 in one of America's most competitive job markets: California's Silicon Valley. Since 1995, he's been teaching job hunters how to:
His book, "Ask the Headhunter," is the number one interview book on Amazon.com in terms of sales for the last 26 consecutive months. Nick is president of North Bridge Group, Inc. He holds a Bachelor's Degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from Rutgers College (where he was a Henry Rutgers Scholar) and a Master's in cognitive psychology from Stanford University. TalkBack: Bypassing ADA During Initial Job Interviews Nick Corcodilos maintains that every job seeker in America is dealing with an impairment -- the broken system under which companies seek to select an employee with "a perfect match" to a job and job seekers try to massage their resumes to fit that job. Such a system, he says, overlooks a basic strength we have as humans: We can do things we haven't done before. Nick has two quick recommendations for job seekers who wish to overcome the impairment inherent in America's job placement process:
But, within this overall systemic problem Nick maintains that both job seekers and employers need to overcome, there's an additional stumbling block that is unique to the disability community. While fielding questions from eSight members during the eSight Phone Conference on April 27, Nick mentioned that the ADA has ironically become another barrier individuals with disabilities need to break before they can become competitive in today's job market. As it stands today, the ADA is often a barrier instead of an aid, Nick said, because it discourages discussion of your disability during the initial job interview -- a critical time when both you and your potential employer need to be candid with each other about what your disability means in performing the key tasks of the job for which you are applying. Be sure to listen to the full transcript of how Nick answered 12 key questions from eSight members. The links to those audio files are below. But, first, give us your insight into what works best in handling the observation Nick made about the ADA.
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In order to listen to the audio you may want to: Copyright (P) 2004 North Bridge Group, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. If you have a short question you would like to ask Nick, send it to MemberServices@eSight.org with the words "Question for Nick" in the subject line. We will forward it to him for you and post his reply. Nick Corcodilos' Book Reading List
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