how do you seek emplyment with AuDHD? i am having a hard time getting any responses, any help will be appreciated.
how do you seek emplyment with AuDHD? i am having a hard time getting any responses, any help will be appreciated.
So, I don't know if I'm going to answer your question right, as I don't know if you mean no responses on here, or no responses to applications?
I am going to answer the former, but if it's the latter, then it's job coaching/CV advice, just let me know.
Finding the right job for you will depend on your strengths and weaknesses. There isn't a magic job for AuDHD, as we are all on a spectrum and can't all work then same job, but those of us that have jobs can offer advice and what we do/did? But my career, like many others wasn't based around being autistic, I've only just found out after 18 years of work and hitting a point where I burned out.
So I would advice, so we can help, reframing the question both on here and in your own mind. Don't ask how your AuDHD can get you a job, but rather what does NeuroDiverse_Alan want out of a job? Money obviously, as you need to pay them bills, but also work that plays to your strengths and weaknesses so it will be more then temporarily.
To enjoy a job, it doesn't have to be about the job itself, but about feeling good that you can do something without burnout. If you tell us your strengths and weaknesses, maybe we can give better tips?
I knew I wanted to do something with art (special interest since early childhood), discovered a uni course I could, made contacts at uni, managed to get my first job, and have just been working at that. I was doing well till I was made Lead, and my perfectionism led me to work myself into burnout.
I think the job market is very tough these days, so I know you must be struggling. But either know what you want, and see what you can do to get into that field, or look at each job that comes up and weigh up the pros and cons. If you can focus on aspects of a job that you can do, then you can do anything.
And of course there is the human element -I've come to believe a good job is good because you have a good manager. You good have the ideal job, but if your manager is an **** then I with always leave that job in the end at it wouldn't be worth it!
The best way to get a job is by word of mouth. Family, friends, neighbour, guy in the pub, anything. They can help or recommend you.
If you have some places in mind, try walking into their reception and asking if they have any jobs. I'm starting to think this might be the best way.
The alternative is to put your details onIine and wait for people to call you. I have had more success doing nothing in the past than by applying. I think applying is mostly a waste of time now. I read that recruitment is just bots talking to bots
Companies find it very hard to find people. They are deluged with applications. CV's can be sorted without people reading them. Also many lie on their CV's or wildly exaggerate.You have to bypass this by trying to see a human.
-I've come to believe a good job is good because you have a good manager
Indeed. A company is a legal fiction, known as corporate personhood.
Anyway, there is no physical thing, what is real is a bunch of people. Working with good people is all you really want.
Corporate culture is one of the hardest things to change. Also plenty of insecure people play games trying to look good and climb the ladder.
The best way to get a job is by word of mouth. Family, friends, neighbour, guy in the pub, anything. They can help or recommend you.
If you have some places in mind, try walking into their reception and asking if they have any jobs. I'm starting to think this might be the best way.
The alternative is to put your details onIine and wait for people to call you. I have had more success doing nothing in the past than by applying. I think applying is mostly a waste of time now. I read that recruitment is just bots talking to bots
Companies find it very hard to find people. They are deluged with applications. CV's can be sorted without people reading them. Also many lie on their CV's or wildly exaggerate.You have to bypass this by trying to see a human.
-I've come to believe a good job is good because you have a good manager
Indeed. A company is a legal fiction, known as corporate personhood.
Anyway, there is no physical thing, what is real is a bunch of people. Working with good people is all you really want.
Corporate culture is one of the hardest things to change. Also plenty of insecure people play games trying to look good and climb the ladder.
