[ddots-l] Re: OT blind User Music Career
- From: "Dan Rugman" <danrugman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 00:09:57 +0100
Hi Chi,
Everyone has different views on this but I personally think that full
disclosure before the interview is best. If they only find out that you're
blind at the interview it could go against you. In the UK many applications
require details of disabilities to ensure fair practice.
If you go down this route then the most important thing is to make it very
clear than you have the abilities to do the job competitively. Send some
samples of you're work with the application and draw their attention to it.
Say something like - "despite the differences in my working methods I am
fully capable of producing work of the highest professional standards, as
the enclosed port foleo demonstrates".
If they don't offer you a place then its worth politely asking them
afterwards if they felt it would have been to difficult to have accomadated
you, at least that way you can work out some better stratagies for
convincing the next potential employers.
Hope this helps,
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chi Kim" <ms22282@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:01 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] OT blind User Music Career
Hi,
This is an off topic, but I was afraid I'd get flamed in midimag. I'm just
writing here cause people here are nicer.
Is there music business list for blind user?
Anyways, I'm taking an internship class at Berklee, and I have to find an
internship and apply.
I'm applying to music production company and record label as assistant for
writer/producer.
Would it be better to say in my cover letter that I'm blind and I use PC
instead of Mac, or should I just bring it up at the interview?
If I write it, I'd write:
"I am visually impaired, and I work in PC platform due to Mac's
inaccessibility for blind users. Berklee operates on Mac 100% like most
music industry, so I learned how to work with Mac users and how to work
around things to bring the same quality of work as Mac might produce. It
taught me how to use is more important than what to use. I'm confident
that my good ears and knowledge for music will be more beneficial than
knowing Mac."
I wanna know what you all think.
Some people say it's cutting my opportunity, and others say it's wasting
time to go interviews and get rejected later.
Sorry for the off topic.
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