KAVITHA, RAMU (2020) Career Prospects For Visually Impaired - A Study On Job Identification and Recruitment Strategies. The Journal of Disabilities & Impairments, 34 (2). pp. 119-130. ISSN 2582-2047

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Abstract

Employment opportunities and education for VI have risen substantially while complementing each other in last decade. Building of a career demands institutionalised academic qualification, which can only be determined by investigating job profiles for VI. This study illustrates improvement in quality of VI at work post 2011, the era of globalisation
and smart gadgets. Based on the provisions of law and the ground reality, gaps are identified in the system, while laying emphasis on defining roles and eliminating
malpractice during recruitment. RPWD Act, 2016 has ensured that adequate employment opportunities are created for
VI, responsible agencies are set up at centre and state to ensure its implementation, posts are filled as per norms. The unavailability of clear reports on jobs identified by
each employer and number of VI employed in each organisation/ ministry is attributable to poor implementation of certain facets of the RPWD Act while little authority to relevant committees to hold employers accountable are identified. An attempt has been made to
highlight developments in career prospects of VI based on census reports, case laws, job advertisements, exam results and surveys. The correlation between education, law
and career and the manner in which defining roles serves as the cornerstone for overall development is discussed. Efficacy of recruitment exams for banking sector is analyzed
with inputs from exam takers. In the present socio economic condition, the pragmatic solution to facilitating career prospects for VI is to design sustainable goals with foresight. A win-win equation between employer and VI employees is within reach, provided employers adopt global inclusion policies. Need of the hour is opportunity, not sympathy

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Visually impaired, Career prospects, Employment, PSU's, Recruitment exams
Divisions: PSG College of Arts and Science > Department of Management Sciences
Depositing User: Users 1 not found.
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2021 07:10
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2021 07:11
URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/219

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