Job Searching, Interviews and Rejection

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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  • You can keep trying and yes I'm in a similar situation. I stayed on at school for 2 years, went to college for 1 year then university for 5 years to study for a Masters degree in engineering. I excel in qualifications and intelligence but I have applied for over 100 jobs this year and only been given two interviews which I failed. I get the impression that most companies favour social skills above all else and this was basically confirmed when others from my university class that only completed the ordinary 3 year degree were offered a job over me with a masters. I have had employment before but both jobs basically ended after arguments which I believe were related to my autism. I have also found that bosses do not like you to speak up or be more intelligent than them

  •  As someone who has not had much success on the job front, it's even harder for those who are non-graduates (didn't go to College or University) or graduates at college level only. You will never find the perfect job unless you discover an employer who has had autism training, is autism friendly and is more than willing to make the necessary adjustments for you without increasing operating or staff costs.  Employers are becoming ever more strict and specific with their requirements and expectations, I've had many an interview since I was 16 and failed most of them.

    Started volunteering as an admin assistant at my late mum's work for a year before gaining paid employment, working a call centre for nearly 5 years - worst job ever by the way! Was made redundant for a little while then I worked in the office of a hospital ward which I loved but it was only a 6 month temporary contract. I managed to continue volunteering but this time, it was in another office of a different hospital, stayed for nearly 7 years when I was forced to stop and change career path so decided to give IT a go.  I had always wanted to follow my dad into IT when I was much younger but back then I didn't know how.  Spent 3 years at college doing 2 NQ Digital Media courses followed by HNC Computer Networking which then led to graduation at HNC level. 

    I applied for various computing jobs and IT assistant jobs but no luck at all, so had to change career path again - this time to retail.  Volunteered with my local BHF shop and I loved it although there were a few nerve wracking times but that's life in retail I suppose. Spent nearly 3 years with BHF until moving closer to family then continued to volunteer albeit with a different charity and I'm still doing just that.  There's still no success with interviews in retail where I am now and there's very little support here too. To matters worse, one of the the Jobcentre Plus staff I see seems to enjoy sneering and smirking at me, it's infuriating and intimidating to say the least.

    I'm having to resign myself to being on benefits for the rest of my life despite the fact that I hate it. I seriously struggle socialising because it gives me severe anxiety. Why can't employers ignore the social skills and focus on everything else? This way I'm pretty sure more autistic people would find employment.

    I don't know whether it's me that's just not had much good luck or is this just an autistic thing?

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  •  As someone who has not had much success on the job front, it's even harder for those who are non-graduates (didn't go to College or University) or graduates at college level only. You will never find the perfect job unless you discover an employer who has had autism training, is autism friendly and is more than willing to make the necessary adjustments for you without increasing operating or staff costs.  Employers are becoming ever more strict and specific with their requirements and expectations, I've had many an interview since I was 16 and failed most of them.

    Started volunteering as an admin assistant at my late mum's work for a year before gaining paid employment, working a call centre for nearly 5 years - worst job ever by the way! Was made redundant for a little while then I worked in the office of a hospital ward which I loved but it was only a 6 month temporary contract. I managed to continue volunteering but this time, it was in another office of a different hospital, stayed for nearly 7 years when I was forced to stop and change career path so decided to give IT a go.  I had always wanted to follow my dad into IT when I was much younger but back then I didn't know how.  Spent 3 years at college doing 2 NQ Digital Media courses followed by HNC Computer Networking which then led to graduation at HNC level. 

    I applied for various computing jobs and IT assistant jobs but no luck at all, so had to change career path again - this time to retail.  Volunteered with my local BHF shop and I loved it although there were a few nerve wracking times but that's life in retail I suppose. Spent nearly 3 years with BHF until moving closer to family then continued to volunteer albeit with a different charity and I'm still doing just that.  There's still no success with interviews in retail where I am now and there's very little support here too. To matters worse, one of the the Jobcentre Plus staff I see seems to enjoy sneering and smirking at me, it's infuriating and intimidating to say the least.

    I'm having to resign myself to being on benefits for the rest of my life despite the fact that I hate it. I seriously struggle socialising because it gives me severe anxiety. Why can't employers ignore the social skills and focus on everything else? This way I'm pretty sure more autistic people would find employment.

    I don't know whether it's me that's just not had much good luck or is this just an autistic thing?

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