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Greg Geronemus - Traditional Search Misconceptions - Ep.102

Think Like an Owner

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How Did Smart Tours Help Searchers?

Smart Tours sent older Americans to exotic destinations all around the world. "I think just being able to share their perspective of this is not going to be a straight line, there are going to be lots of bumps in the road," he says.

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Speaker 1

Yeah,

Speaker 3

actually, I went to school for the blind here in Vancouver, and I graduated from there, and I got my bachelor's degree. I also got my associate's degree too. But last year I was applying for a job there and they didn't select me. Instead, they hired somebody who can see. Even they are school for the blind. You see school for the blind, but not hiring people with disability. It's just sad to think about how people think when it comes to hiring people with disability.

Speaker 4

Yeah, there needs to be a mindset shift, doesn't there? That just says, you know, we trust you to do the job because you're qualified to do it, you know? And I know you guys have your, you know, the software that supports you like screen readers and that kind of thing. So it does seem to me like don't really have it many excuses unless you're applying to be a bus driver as anna said oh

Speaker 3

yeah i don't even apply for a job that i can't do like what what kind of people apply for a job that they don't trust themselves to do job it's just people who don't think i deserve that job but definitely i can i am some jobs actually i am overqualified i know i can do it and they don't think i can yeah

Speaker 4

yeah i want to uh i know we've sort of reached the end of our hour. So I want to thank you guys so much for joining me and sharing your stories. Is there any sort of last points you want to make before I sort of wrap up? No,

Speaker 2

thank you so much for having us. And I think this is a very wide ranging conversation. I appreciate you creating the space for this. And yeah, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, thank you so much for this opportunity. Thank

Speaker 4

you. My pleasure, guys. And where can people find out more about the work that you're doing? Sure.

Speaker 2

So Disability Mobility Initiative, you can check us out at disabilityrightswashington.org is our website. And we're on Twitter and TikTok. You just look up Disability Mobility Initiative or Dismobility is our handle.

Speaker 4

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Speaker 2

it out and consider enrolling.