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Under-employed

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I am feeling under employed. In common with more than a few of us, I felt I was doing exactly what I was told earlier in life (hence the degrees), but am currently in a role with a lot of pressure but a low salary. The problem I find with wth roles I want is the "selection events". Any advice?

Also, as an aside, does anyone want to hire a French and Chinese speaking analyst with degrees in Law, Molecular Science, Theology and Linguistics who's currently dabbling in corporate intelligence but has worked variously as a university lecturer and technical author in the past? Ideally I want a job that uses my languages as foreigners tend to find me less "odd" (or more in line with the British people they see on TV!)

  • Job selection processes are.always going to be problematic foe someone autistic.

    You.mat.be affected by delayed comprehension, literal thinking, unconventional 'body language', what they see.as.fidgeting, and simply not.understanding.what appeara.to.an NT to.be a straight.forward.question.

    Add.this.to.a.time.when you.one is nervous.anyway, and it sows up.as.inability to cope. To the.mind of.the.person.organising.the.event, they are doing this because they think this will show if one has the attributes.they are looking for, and they have already seen something on the application that suggests you are worthy of consideration. Unfortunately they are not expecting some of the autistic traits you may be exhibiting at the time.

    A selection event can take many forms from a series of unexpected aptitude tests to role play and seeing how you get on with others. And I myself am not good,to say the least, at most of it. The only thing I am.good.ar.is.the sort.of things we were given i in the 11.plus., pseudo intelligence.tests.for.want.of.a.better.term. Questions such as 'if a customer brought his pet.axelotl into the reception what.would.you do' I.would have.no.idea, because I wouldnt know what.the point of.the question was.

    All as.anyone can do is.find out as.much as one can.about the.xompany and do.as.much research as.what.one can beforehand.

    As.regards your second.point,. I think you have to try to relate.your skills.by lateral.thinking into how they may be.useful.in the.job. An education in whatever subject.is.training for the.mind, which is why an employer.is often concerned only with someone being a graduate and not in what subject. So if you can speak.and read Chinese it may get.a.job that has norhing to do with the language but it shows that you have certain other abilities that may be useful. You may relate that to the company and the post,, for example.do they do trade.overseas,.especially with China. The job itself may have nothing to do with that part of the company but you would.have to make ir known that you had these skills because it may lead to more opportunities.

    Many of us on this forum, me included, have had years of unemployment in our time, And continually failed jobs at interview stage.You may try declaring your autism on the form,explaining how you are affected. That may or may not help, but at least the employer would be aware of why you react in certain ways and if the employer is 'disability confident' they should make adjustments to the selection process. But whether they do or not, and whether they understand autism, is an entirely different matter.

  • Define under employed?  Do you want more money?  More job satisfaction?  You picked an odd but interesting set of degrees to do.  Theology being a particularly odd choice.  The others not so much.  But none of them seem to be particularly related.  i would have thought Law or Linguistics would be the best for making money, Molecular Science for job satisfaction and Theology if you ever decide to become a priest.

    With that skill set im surprised you dont work for a government agency or maybe a think tank.

    So I can only wish you luck.  I know of no-one looking for a person with that range of experience.  You would be better concentrating on one of them and playing on the ability to speak other languages.