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Where to find jobs?

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I'm just wondering where do people here find jobs?

I finished college back in the late 2000s and the situation was bad back then - I was lucky if my local paper had more than half a page of job adverts. A couple of years ago, there might have been one or two adverts. Now, there are none.

In all the years of me claiming ESA, the jobcentre have never shown me any vacancies. Do businesses even still advertise in the Jobcentre? I did the DWP's "Work Programme" some years back, and it took 18 months before they finally started to show me some [inappropriate] vacancies.

They weren't much help back in the days when I was on job seekers allowance either, but at least back then they had these computer kiosks which showed you recent adverts which you could get a printout from.

I've been desperate to find work for the last few years, but I haven't made any applications as there doesn't seem to be the vacancies there to apply for.

I studied engineering at college for several years, but having never worked in that field, and having only ever done minimum wage jobs, I am now at a point where I seriously regret going to college.

There is no shortage of "advice" on the WWW for people with autism about finding work, but it is all very generic. There is never anything applicable to the job market in local areas. And I'm sick of the assumption that everyone with Aspergers Syndrome should either work in a depressing 'IT' job or some menial 'data entry' job.

Thanks.

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  • I have personally found Indeed very helpful for applying to jobs. You can filter for certain aspects that would suit your needs (For example: distance from your home, what hours you want, wages, if you want to work from home or in the office, disability confident employees and which sectors you’re interested in.). 

    It can also be helpful to think about what your interests are and what industries cater towards this. For example if you love planes you could research what roles are available in the aerospace sector and see what would suit your strengths (for example if you are socialable and like to travel cabin crew would be great but if you prefer working on your own you could look at admin jobs in that field. 

    If you already have an idea about what industry you want to work for (for example animal care). Research what companies work in this sector and look at their websites for job vacancies.

    These are just things I have found beneficial for my employment journey. I started off doing admin jobs I found on indeed then migrated to thinking about my interests and this led to this year starting a job in a dream industry of mine.

    Hope this maybe gave you some new ideas. Best of luck in your job search.

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  • I have personally found Indeed very helpful for applying to jobs. You can filter for certain aspects that would suit your needs (For example: distance from your home, what hours you want, wages, if you want to work from home or in the office, disability confident employees and which sectors you’re interested in.). 

    It can also be helpful to think about what your interests are and what industries cater towards this. For example if you love planes you could research what roles are available in the aerospace sector and see what would suit your strengths (for example if you are socialable and like to travel cabin crew would be great but if you prefer working on your own you could look at admin jobs in that field. 

    If you already have an idea about what industry you want to work for (for example animal care). Research what companies work in this sector and look at their websites for job vacancies.

    These are just things I have found beneficial for my employment journey. I started off doing admin jobs I found on indeed then migrated to thinking about my interests and this led to this year starting a job in a dream industry of mine.

    Hope this maybe gave you some new ideas. Best of luck in your job search.

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