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Best types of jobs for people with autism

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I’ve been reading about in online articles about autism that some jobs are better than others for people with autism but in many cases, people do not have the relevant experience for these even if they can gain the relevant qualifications - for example, I’d only been allowed to be in supermarket jobs for 30 years in both Ireland and the U.K., a choice that was decided for me by others after leaving school and the only reason I stayed in retailing for so long, by people who believed in a firm discipline mindset long before my diagnosis in my particular case - this posed huge problems for me after my redundancy after 17 years in Sept 2019 and the reason why I was out of work for so long during Covid (even though I had some supermarket interviews just before Covid) as both during and after Covid the supermarkets would not touch me with a bargepole because of my long experience in junior roles, leading me to wonder all sorts - at age 52 now and although working in a hotel, I’m wondering how long it will last when and if the U.K. economy totally collapses 

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  • Last year I dropped out of a course and I was struggling to find a job. I was trying to get a job in retail/a public facing role, without luck, because I have little 'customer service' experience and my autism shows quite a lot when I am nervous in an interview situation. 

    In the end I found a temp job in a hospital pharmacy. Getting employed by the temp agency was easy for me because I just had to do an aptitude test online, so it was skills-based and I didn't have to talk to anyone. I would also recommend pharmacy as a career for autistic people. You can get employed as a Technical Assistant with no prior experience. The most important thing is that you have good attention to detail, and it's quite enjoyable if you enjoy organising/counting things, and learning detailed procedures. Being pedantic is seen as annoying in a lot of jobs, but pointing out mistakes in pharmacy is very important. 

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  • Last year I dropped out of a course and I was struggling to find a job. I was trying to get a job in retail/a public facing role, without luck, because I have little 'customer service' experience and my autism shows quite a lot when I am nervous in an interview situation. 

    In the end I found a temp job in a hospital pharmacy. Getting employed by the temp agency was easy for me because I just had to do an aptitude test online, so it was skills-based and I didn't have to talk to anyone. I would also recommend pharmacy as a career for autistic people. You can get employed as a Technical Assistant with no prior experience. The most important thing is that you have good attention to detail, and it's quite enjoyable if you enjoy organising/counting things, and learning detailed procedures. Being pedantic is seen as annoying in a lot of jobs, but pointing out mistakes in pharmacy is very important. 

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