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Job Searching, Interviews and Rejection

CaliforniaDreamer95
over 4 years ago

Hello,

Last Friday I had a job interview, and today I have been rejected for the umpteenth time. My interviewer, said that I did well in both the interview and the written assessment at the end. I feel that I have wasted 4 years of my life in higher education, filling my head with a load of absolute garbage that I will never use. I am now at the stage that I do not even know what I want to do with my life anymore.

Has anyone else found themselves in this situation?

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  • over 4 years ago

    I don't know your background and how much prep you have done in regards to identifying your weaknesses in regards to the application process, as well as overcoming these, but the situation you're in is common. If you look at the statistics in this area autistic graduates are more likely to be over educated and underemployed. The reason for this is they tend to stay within their comfort zone and bury their head studying qualification after qualification, rather than giving the same time and dedication to developing their workplace skills. 

    For example, my husband is an engineer and works in this field as a senior manager. As has pointed out, as the hiring manager he his looking for a good communicator, therefore, social skills are more important than higher level academic qualifications. As although engineers spend a lot of time coming up with solutions to problems,  in his area their role also involves project managing other people to ensure their ideas come to fruition. This may involve instructing welders, fitters or working with external companies who have specialist skills. 

    I used to be terrible at job interviews, especially pre-diagnosis. Now I know what I struggle with and have put strategies in place to become a better communicator my pass rate for interviews is extremely high. You might need to make a few tweaks to your technique but I'm sure you'll get there!

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  • over 4 years ago

    I don't know your background and how much prep you have done in regards to identifying your weaknesses in regards to the application process, as well as overcoming these, but the situation you're in is common. If you look at the statistics in this area autistic graduates are more likely to be over educated and underemployed. The reason for this is they tend to stay within their comfort zone and bury their head studying qualification after qualification, rather than giving the same time and dedication to developing their workplace skills. 

    For example, my husband is an engineer and works in this field as a senior manager. As has pointed out, as the hiring manager he his looking for a good communicator, therefore, social skills are more important than higher level academic qualifications. As although engineers spend a lot of time coming up with solutions to problems,  in his area their role also involves project managing other people to ensure their ideas come to fruition. This may involve instructing welders, fitters or working with external companies who have specialist skills. 

    I used to be terrible at job interviews, especially pre-diagnosis. Now I know what I struggle with and have put strategies in place to become a better communicator my pass rate for interviews is extremely high. You might need to make a few tweaks to your technique but I'm sure you'll get there!

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