Careers for special people
Published on: Monday, July 29, 2019
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While many steps are being taken, it is worth considering the thousands of disabled Malaysians who are not usefully employed.
They may have the skills, but society is often skeptical in employing disabled people.
If only the attitude of employers change, we will have access to another group of employable Malaysians. They can easily fit into our society. At the same time we have the opportunity to provide employment for our own disabled workers.
The word “disability” itself says that one’s ability has been disabled, that is a person cannot carry out all the normal and regular physical or mental tasks. However a person who is suffering from a disability can channel his skills and knowledge in his chosen career.
Disability cannot pull a person down completely and to have a job, he has to be well motivated to support himself to hunt for jobs that he can do well. Most often these people are highly motivated and excel in their work.
If one is confused as to what jobs will be appropriate considering the disability, below is a list of jobs that one can choose as per the interests and ability of one. Delve into the many job openings available to you and work on whatever you are capable of doing.
Different Types of Jobs for People with Disabilities:
1. Accountant:
An accountant is responsible to keep or examine financial records. Financial institutions are considered as the highest employers of job hunters with disabilities.
The accounting opportunity is predominantly promising.
2. Financial Analyst:
Financial analyst has to analyse the capability of finance related bodies for investments. They have to evaluate whether an entity will be stable, solvent or profitable.
Thus one with certain disability can work as financial analyst as financial analysis is another eminent growing field in the financial area.
3. Management consultant:
Management consultant is someone who helps organisations to augment their functioning, performance and working primarily through the evaluation of existing organisational tribulations and the development of plans for advancement.
The organisations believe that these disabilities struck candidates will be able to help them effectively to overcome their challenges as the disabled people have themselves overcome many trials. Hence, with appropriate education one can easily find jobs in this field.
4. Market research analyst:
Data on competitors and consumers are gathered and analysed to study market situation and to understand the potential of a product or service for sales.
The people with disabilities are able to contribute unique insights to the businesses that are looking up to adapt their consumers’ choices of products.
5. Pharmaceutical sales:
It involves the process of sales of drugs that has been clinically examined for its effectiveness and safety.
Many of the employers of people with disabilities in this sector are specialists in pharmaceutical sales.
6. Pharmacy technician:
Under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, a pharmacy technician works as a health care provider carrying out pharmacy related operations.
This field has encountered high growth. The field has a verified track record for hiring job seekers who have disabilities.
7. Physician assistant:
A physician assistant is one who provides with health care and is inevitable in today’s health care structure.
They have to practice medicine along with physicians or other health care professionals to deliver premium health care to patients. One may encounter aiding others with disabilities.
8. Software engineer:
They are responsible in the development, design and conservation of software. It is a top career and a growing sector for the job seekers with disabilities.
9. Vocational counsellors:
It is a profession in which one assists person who has disabilities to assess their strengths as well as weaknesses with the intention of helping them in selecting the careers or jobs that expands their potentials to become active contributors to the workforce.
The people who themselves have disabilities have the best knowledge and insight to find the right career as they have crossed the path themselves and no one better than them can be able to counsel others with such disabilities.
10. Salesperson:
The role of the salesperson is of someone trying to sell a product or service through his communicating skills.
He has to convince a potential customer about how a product or service would meet their perceived needs.
There is need of salesperson virtually anywhere and is a best job option for a person with disabilities.
11. Self employment:
Owning and running a business, serving as consultant for other businesses, being an independent lawyer, online tutors are all few of the examples from the many self employed jobs available.
One carrying out self employment can work from home or personal office space and in some cases in client’s office.
12. Accessibility consulting:
It comprises of consulting the organisations on how they can improve their offices and neighbouring areas and make them more user friendly for the people with various disabilities.
13. Teacher:
Teacher is someone who helps people of different age groups develop intellectually and specialise in new skills.
The people with disability can help others with disability or without, through their experienced proficiency.
They can be involved in online education too. With the required education or if the disability was struck later in one’s life, they can teach about their former profession to others.
14. Writers:
Writers have to communicate via their written words to the readers. One can write on whatever he knows, possibly about disability. Writing articles in magazines, newspapers, web or eBooks or blogs is possible.
One can be self employed by writing books.
Companies or non-profit organisations also hire individuals to convey their messages to the readers through newsletters, brochures, press releases and other promotional stuff for which one must be a very persuasive writer.
Next week let us look at more careers for special people.
