Colinn
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: Work Advice? |
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I've currently been out of any kind of education for 6 months and I'm having a tough time trying to find work, mostly due to not knowing what line of work would be suitable for me. My last obtained qualification was a HND in Computing Technical support. I've never had a proper job, although I did have a work placement for around a few months prior to college fixing PC's and such.
I've been thinking about taking up a line of work away from primarily computing, but not sure what field. I'm sort of ruling out tech support due to the fact I'm not very good at quick fire troubleshooting and remembering numerous steps from the top of my head. I also don't handle high stress very well due to my anxiety, if I encountered high stress I would end up quitting and that would be a waste of time for everyone.
As for my strengths. I find I can have good organisational skills, particularly when projecting this onto others. I'm also a good logical thinker, so I'm usually fairly thorough when making decisions, and I'm also decent with maths and stuff like that.
Although, I'm not sure what job I would want, I know the environment I would like to work in. Preferably, I would be working on my own or with few people, doing repetitive work with the same time schedule everyday, not overly demanding or stressful, and just being left to my own devices while working. I often found it annoying when people tried to talk to me when I was focused on what I was working on, unless it was relevant/worthwhile discussion.
I'm not fussy on pay at all, even minimum wage would do if I was happy with what I was doing. So any advice, especially from those that have worked in the past would be much appreciated.  |
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MrDubya
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| Although I suspect you are capable of more complex work responsibilities, you may want to start by contacting a temp agency and trying to get some work doing data entry. It should offer you the consistent, repetitive and conversation-free environment you are looking for. The pay won't be great but it might be a way to get you into a good working routine. If this approach works for you I recommend that you promise yourself that you will make it a "chore" to get to know one or two people every couple of weeks. Just casual, superficial stuff. This is the best way of creating a network and from there, hopefully other opportunities will arise. Good luck and don't get discouraged. A lot of getting work is luck but that's no reason to be complacent. Luck favors the prepared. |
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redrobin62
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Colinn, you brought up an interesting and relevant issue that applies here in the US. I've been thinking about going to a community college to get a technical diploma or associate's degree in something "fun" - MIDI and audio engineering, creative writing, digital videography, etc. They teāch it in various schools, but getting a paying job doing it is a different matter altogether. I've actually asked the schools and they explained, "People with these certificates or diplomas or degrees go on to graduate school (in seemingly unrelated subjects) or simply learn these "fun" things for their own life enrichment.
The bassist from the band I was in graduated from university last year; unfortunately, he'd graduated in a field where companies weren't hiring! What was the point! It sucks to have to "settle" for a job that is "less than." Welcome to the real world... |
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Colinn
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| MrDubya wrote: | | Although I suspect you are capable of more complex work responsibilities, you may want to start by contacting a temp agency and trying to get some work doing data entry. |
I think most data entry are either temp roles or on a part time basis. Plus it requires you to work fast without error within set deadlines, so I'm not sure if it would be for me. I get what you mean about creating personal networks, apparently most jobs are acquired through recommendations and aren't advertised. But as someone with Autism, making new friends or even talking to new people isn't something that comes naturally.
| redrobin62 wrote: | Colinn, you brought up an interesting and relevant issue that applies here in the US. I've been thinking about going to a community college to get a technical diploma or associate's degree in something "fun" - MIDI and audio engineering, creative writing, digital videography, etc. They teāch it in various schools, but getting a paying job doing it is a different matter altogether.
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You bring up an interesting point yourself redrobin. We live in a world now were pretty much anyone can go on and get a degree, unless you get very high grades or go to a prestigious university, it really doesn't set you apart from the rest anymore. Here in Scotland, college and university courses are government funded, which makes it even more common here. Its also the same here with the job market, you're more likely to see sales, business, and marketing jobs than the types of creative one's you mentioned. |
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DoniiMann
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Location: Tasmania
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Listening to someone talk on the radio a week ago. Apparently here in Australia there is a problem in the universities. Science, maths etc is underfunded, because most folk who go into university are choosing business and arts courses. Their eyes are on the future $$$. So science is missing out, and that is really what the country needs, not more economics grads.
I'd love to do university, but I don't need the debt and there are few full local courses available.
Oh well.
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thewhitrbbit
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One of the problems in society today is people major in hobbies and expect to make good money. There's a great video of a guy complaining about being 40,000 dollars in debt for an MFA degree in puppetry and demanding the govt pay for his schooling.
If you want to get a degree in something fun; you should have a backup plan. Be it a job or a second major.
I can think of a few jobs you might like
Computer Programmers often work alone writing code.
Project Managers need to be highly organized and logical; but it can be stressful.
I think you might want to look into Project Management and work on strategies to manage stress. |
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