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Looking for a job

LavenderPiano

This is mainly a rant about my job searching situation and a bit of background.

I've been looking for a stable job for a few years now, since graduating from uni, but it's such a struggle. I managed to work as a barista for a few months and my confidence improved a lot, but I just couldn't communicate that well with others, and I still can't. I basically got fired from the job but the manager said that it was a 'temporary' job and that it was in my contract even though it was blank. I should have really asked about it at the time but I didn't think it was that important. I was kind of sad from it but also a bit relieved because I hated most customers lol.

I got another job after that as a technician on a casual contract at a theatre, as I thought I wanted to work in the music industry. However, I only ever worked one shift in a year and I hated it. As a short, skinny girl in her early 20's I wasn't really built for it lol.

Anyway, I decided it wasn't for me and I did a short office admin course, because I like making schedules and to-do lists, and thought a career in admin might suit me well. Turns out you have to have experience working as an admin assistant and you have to have 'excellent communication skills', yay (sarcastic). I'm not even sure if I would enjoy it, but I'm sick of not having a stable job. I'm worried about my future and I need to get out of the house.

In an ideal world, I'd love to have a stable, remote job where I can travel the world and learn different languages in my spare time, while feeling comfortable enough to live on my own. When I look anything up about this, it says about being a freelancer but I don't really want a heavily creative job, or it says about going into education, but I feel like I've been in education enough and now I'm just ready to be stable. 

I also worry about not being able to do the job properly and misunderstanding what I'm supposed to do, as I have made many mistakes in my previous jobs. 

I'd love to hear about other people's experience with looking for a job or some advice.

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  • One job I’ve had recently that I (mostly) loved was factory work. Repetitive work, low socializing, and relatively good pay. All I did was box heavy tanks full of insulation foam all day. Not very fulfilling work, but it can work very well with Autism.

    LavenderPiano said:
    I also worry about not being able to do the job properly and misunderstanding what I'm supposed to do, as I have made many mistakes in my previous jobs. 

    I totally understand this, because I have a tendency to forget things and make tons of little mistakes. At a factory mistakes can be a big deal, but on the other hand you are less likely to make mistakes because you’re doing the same repetitive actions every day.

    But no matter what job route you go, be easy on yourself. It’s okay to make mistakes, especially early on. As you get more accustomed to a job you’ll get better at not only preventing mistakes, but also catching them. When I worked at the factory I messed up labelling tanks every day, but then a few months down the road I became the most reliable person at that task.

  • in reply to profdanger

    Yeah, I think if I just stick at a job and work my best then eventually I'd get less likely to make mistakes. My main problem is that I don't ask enough questions because I'm kind of scared to but then they get annoyed at me if I don't do something right and it's just like a cycle of me not having the courage to ask and not doing things right. I think I'll just have to push myself to ask questions. 

    I'm not really into physical work though because I get tired really easily due to a condition I have, so I guess that crosses off a big sector at least. 

    Thanks for your encouragement :)

  • in reply to LavenderPiano

    No problem! I hope you find the sector you’re looking for!

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