[lit-ideas] Re: amazing employment application questions
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 23:13:48 EDT
<<No. They're asking if you can do it if you have reasonable
accomodations, _if you need them_, (a ramp, or whatever).>>
Au contraire, it seemed to me (though some of the posts since my initial
post have clarified this somewhat) that they were asking if I could do the job
if I did *not* have reasonable accommodations. Again -- that phrase -- "with
our without reasonable accommodations". (And just the term "accommodation"
is so broad .....what the blazes counts as an accommodation?)
<<
'You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has
talked for awhile you no longer understand your own question.' [Philippa
Foot]>>
I have that quote taped to the edge of my computer monitor.
Julie Krueger
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JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > So, let's say I'm paralyzed from the waist down in a wheelchair, but
> > my clerical skills are outstanding (if I do say so myself). So
> > they're asking me if I am able to perform the clerical duties if the
> > building does not have wheelchair access?
No. They're asking if you can do it if you have reasonable
accomodations, _if you need them_, (a ramp, or whatever). That is, can
you type at all, independently of whether you need any special
accomodations?
David wrote:
> It's a very odd question:
> "Will you be able to perform the essential job functions for the
> position you are applying for with or without reasonable
> accommodations?"
It isn't the most deftly worded question, but it's pretty clear to me.
The reading light example is about as transparent as I can make it. I
suspect that David and Julie are just ambulance chasing. As it were. So
to speak. 'You ask a philosopher a question and after he or she has
talked for awhile you no longer understand your own question.' [Philippa
Foot]
Robert Paul
reed.edu
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