Challenges Facing Disabled and MigrantsEssay Preview: Challenges Facing Disabled and MigrantsReport this essayThe disabled community and migrant groups continue to face continued stigma in the modern world; even in countries that pride themselves to be sensitive to the plight of these two groups. These two groups face myriads of unique challenges highlighted below.
DISABLEDMIGRANTSLittle or no representation in workplaces, training institutions, community. Governments need to promote formation of bodies that advocate for the rights of the disabled.
Stigma and Culture Shock : Programmes should be put in place to facilitate seamless integration into the new culturesThey face a great challenge in accessing gainful employment as there is limited scope and variety of jobs in offer. Those that are available are coupled with low pay, low prospects for promotion and inflexible working hours. Policies and framework to ensure equal rights in the workplace should be put in place.
Language Barriers which hamper communication and pose challenges in gaining employment.Financial constraints to enable them access special facilities. I propose that governments give grants and impose special subsidies on special facilities and services.
Though many have access to ESL (English as a second language) support but it is frequently the case that lack of funds can lead to lower educational outcomes, lack of basic literacy skills, inability to gain knowledge and attend training programs to pursue further education.
Lack of information sites that may assist them access employment and special services. I suggest that special information sites be created and public campaign be held to create awareness on these services on offer.
Insufficient knowledge of employment opportunities and requirements, and most importantly, lack of international education, training and previous work experience. Despite some having professional qualifications, professional opportunities are very small.
Lack of empathy in the general public. People with disabilities are treated as a burden. The media, government, lobby groups, religious community should sensitise the general public on the need to show compassion towards the disabled. The public should also shun treating the disabled without compassion
I am fortunate to have gained experience in a service oriented organisation where my daily role involved interacting with customers, attending to client queries both on phone and face to face. This role required me to demonstrate a client/customer focussed approach to service delivery. I am adept to working in a busy environment, having previously worked in an administrative role in a bank. In this role I was required to exhibit a high level of organisational and communication skills as part of my core duties included producing and documenting program plans and completing documentation in relation to organisational policies and procedures, scheduling meetings and fanning out communication briefs to the members
I spent a good portion of the week in the same hotel that I had worked at for almost two decades. As this was an early stage, I had time to enjoy the hotel (it was very noisy, a challenge, due to the low visibility and low temperature of the room), prepare my company documents, and participate in a business analysis. I would also work in an effort to assist in any organisational decision making process.
As my current role involved supporting a business development effort at a hotel (as well as setting up the hotel office, etc.), I would spend a considerable part of the summer or during the month in the same hotel or hostel on different business developments. For this part of my role I had limited experience working in a single location, particularly in the client organization, so I had a hard time distinguishing any sort of work from a large, independent project. Additionally, in my absence, I did not have a long time to develop and execute solutions, such as providing free and open platforms for a range of business practices which we could participate in.
My experience as a manager was positive and I had good contacts with the hotel management so it was not a surprise that in my long-term future I would focus on doing this part of my consultancy career and work directly with them for a variety of client organisation and organisational purposes.
This post discusses the time I spent at the same hotel from July 2005 to June 2010. I first met Paul McEntigle whilst there during a call. From my own experience, meeting Paul was something of a time saver.
A great experience
For every year of my career I had to undergo a series of interviews with the same people who had helped me get myself through that year. One of them was Dave Noyce and he had a job that was very difficult. From my experience there were many questions that I wanted to ask the same type of people, and to solve these were all asked at the hotel. In addition, I was asked to come visit on two occasions, while my personal assistant was out working. After working for quite some time there was always tension and it was very difficult for me to get to know these people on a large scale – I could not attend many of these meetings.
At one of my first meetings I got very involved with many people from other parts of Switzerland, as well as other events in the hotel; I had to sit in a chair under one of the tables, stand behind the other chair, and speak to people. Some people asked me to attend the same meetings in different places; others, with different experience and the impression that I would be treated differently on the job. A typical meeting at the hotel was at 1PM, but during the day it typically took up to ten minutes (in Zurich if you wanted to talk to an individual, in Bern), with a break in between meetings so that each