HR Rep Caught off Guard by Blind Job Candidate

The fount of corporate wisdom runs dry

I’m positively tickled I get to conduct nine straight informational interviews this morning. Let’s look out into the waiting area.

“Okay, who do I have first? Is Jared here? Hi Jar—”

AH! That’s a… he’s got, that’s a white cane! But how… how did I miss this? He didn’t put that in his cover letter! But, but the differently abled always say that’s who they are in cover letters. I mean, it’s one piece of who they are. Did I just define someone by a single characteristic? Wow, Derek, get it together! What does that “verbal ecosystem” poster your new boss Kim hung in the break room say? “Words are seeds we plant that grow the workplace environment.” Root yourself in that mantra.