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CAREERS
This section provides information regarding careers from the perspective of employers and job seekers.
For computer training at RCG-SRVC, click here. Course commences on February 6, interview on 28 January.
For computer training at Ujagar (Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital), click here. Last date is 31 January 2012.
Employability enhancement training 2012 at Advanced Computer Training Center (ACTC) by Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) from 4th week of January 2012. Last date is 11 December 2011. Screening test and interviews will be held on 16th December, 2011. For details, click here.
Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), Mumbai, with the kind permission of Maharashtra State Bank Employees Federation, has made an accessible version of "HANDBOOK ON MODEL PAPERS FOR IBPS RECRUITMENT EXAMINATION" for clerical level. For further information, and to download the book, click here.
For training courses at NAB India, Centre for Blind Women, New Delhi, click here.
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH) is offering one-year Post Graduate Diploma Course in Media & Disability Communication, in collaboration with Department of Communication, University of Mumbai. Last date to apply is 30 August 2011. Click here for further details.
IIIT-Hyderabad, India, is conducting a three week training workshop for visually challenged individuals on screen reading software in Indian accented English and in Telugu. The workshop will start on 18 June 2011. Click here for further details.
For advanced computer training centre (ACTC) in Bangalore by TCS Maitree and Mitra Jyothi, click here. Last date to apply is 15 June 2011.
For computer training for visually impaired by Mitra Jyothi, in collaboration with Enable India, click here. Course duration 4 July 2011 – 4 April 2012. Evaluation dates: 24, 25, 27, and 28 June 2011.
For refresher course on computer application and assistive technologies at EOC, DU, click here. Course duration: 13 June-22 July 2011.
For career centric computer training (CCCT) at EnAble India, click here. Last day to apply is 25 May 2011.
For 11-month leadership course at IISE, click here
For workshops on various computer concepts at EnAble India, click here
For medical transcription training at EnAble India, click here
For short term summer course computer training at Mitra Jyothi, click here
For computer training courses, click here
We have started an email group called VIPs in Commerce for visually impaired people in the field of commerce and economics. To know more about this group and its joining procedure, click here.
Please follow the links below to learn more about career related issues:
A) Employers
Employment and the Disabilities Act
B) Career Insights
The world today is interacting more than ever before. Technology transfer, information exchange, business transactions are happening at an unimaginable pace, round the clock. Small wonder, the need of translators is at its peak. A career options that brings a great learning with good earnings.
Call centres rely mainly on voice interaction with clients. It is therefore imperative that a call centre employee understands the use of diction, accent, and voice modulation. Such trainers are valued highly by call centres. Madhu Bala Sharma, a visually impaired alumnus of National Association for the Blind, has made her mark as a voice and accent trainer.
Do you have a flair for words and an eye for detail? Journalism might be your calling. Find out about the various courses available, and read L. Subramani's account of how he rose to become a senior reporter with the Deccan Herald.
Technical writers are in great demand these days to write user-friendly manuals or to develop e-learning course content for software companies. Often, the job has a graphics component in it, especially when developing course content. But that should not deter visually impaired persons from this career option. Manish Agrawal, a visually impaired software professional, has overcome these challenges in his profession as a technical writer.
Radio, in many ways, is the most versatile of all media. It has the unique ability to reach out to a large multitude instantly. Any one who aspires to be a radio broadcaster should understand these characteristics of the medium and be prepared to work comfortably and energetically in a profession that emphasises speed, flexibility and spontaneity. Jean Parker, a blind radio professional in Pune, tells you what it's like.
C) Job seekers
D) Develop your skills
MS Excel: A popular choice amongst spreadsheet packages. We attempt at explaining the various features of Microsoft Excel, such as: worksheet, selecting multiple cells, entering data, editing the worksheet and creation of formulas.
Excel in MS Excel (advanced tutorial)
Advanced tutorial of this popular data-base program is presented for you here, it can be downloaded also. This tutorial is especially useful for people with visual impairment.
This is a tutorial explaining keyboard shortcuts (as located on a keyboard) for various tasks such as starting windows, reading text etc. These keystrokes might be useful for blind people using computers with JAWS, and also for friends/family of blind people who can guide them.
Keyboard inputs and typing practice
This section describes the keyboard layout for a standard Windows-compatible keyboard.
JAWS is one of the most commonly used screen reader programs. It reads all text within the Windows system (application menus, document text and help screens etc.) and on websites also. When using JAWS, you need to be able to navigate using key strokes in order to get content of the screen..
One of most popular and commonly used program in the world. It is packed with numerous features for document creation and formatting. It allows the use of graphics and tables in the documents as well. The second part of the tutorial explaining formatting of documents using Microsoft Word software is now available.
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