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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Job discrimination. File a lawsuit? |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 01 May 2016, 4:59 pm
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,413
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| Put your bigboy pants on and get off your pitty party and keep looking. You didnt get chosen. BFD. Thats life. Try being 59 going on interviews with years of experience and being given ludicrous reasons they wont hire you. None of which have anything to do with can you do the job or not. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Is programming a viable job for an Aspie in the U.S.? |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 01 May 2016, 4:53 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,065
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| OP should abandon any hope of getting a job in IT. It is being over run with H1B VISA workers (cheap labor) which looks good to the bottom line. However, take a look at the help boards for IT with the slave laborers posting continually begging for help for a job they were hired for but have no clue ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Another predictable interview |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2016, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 518
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| I don't even know why I bother going anymore. Here is the scenario. 1. Apply for job on Internet. 2. Do canned phone screen from mindless recruiter. 3. Recruiter schedules in person interview. 4. Go on interview. Fail to make eye contact, read social cues, babble on after answering question. 5. Conc... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Stress. Stress and now this |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2015, 5:01 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 504
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| Job is "supposed" to be temp to perm but I've been told that before and there was always an excuse. Budget cuts, hired too many, etc. when the real reason is Asperger's. Wife has had a disability hearing so we will see. Yes we get food stamps at least fur a couple more months. Cheap ass go... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Stress. Stress and now this |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2015, 3:39 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 504
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| No wife can't work. Disabled. I'm employed by a temp agency. I make enough to rent a place but scared to. If job ends will be homeless again. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Stress. Stress and now this |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 13 Sep 2015, 11:06 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 504
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| My wife and I have been homeless for the better part of three months. We were living in another state near here sister who was between her and her husband helping us out at least with a place to live. That ended in June. With nowhere else to go we packed up what we could carry in our car and headed ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Over qualified |
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Posted: 27 Jun 2015, 11:43 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 982
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| I have run into a brick wall and was hoping that someone out there has had the same situation and could offer some advice. Im 58 and have worked in IT off and on like most on the spectrum for the past 10 years. Most jobs didnt last for one reason or another. I've been unemployed for over 2 years, ha... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Chances of getting disability |
| oldandscared |
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Posted: 29 May 2015, 1:31 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 688
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| Im 58 and have not been able to work the last three years due to extreme depression, anxiety that is off the charts and ADHD. I have been diagnosed with mild AS as well. ost jobs I get don't last long and they are extremely hard to come by. When I go on interviews the interviewer picks up right away... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Thinking about Voc Rehab but not sure its right for me |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2013, 12:25 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 839
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| A quick background. I have a somewhat spotty work history, meaning that I will sometimes go over a year without a job. When I do get one (I have always done IT) I do well for the most part except if I have to perform tasks related to the job that involve social ques. My best jobs have been when I wa... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Maine Vocational Rehab |
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Posted: 03 Aug 2013, 8:49 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,102
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| I was wondering if it was even worth the time to go there? Has anyone been and if so what were your impressions? |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Cnanging Careers |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2013, 5:47 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 848
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| I've been an IT person most of my adult life when I can find a job. I'm nearly 57 and have a few good years working left I hope. The problem is that IT is all I've ever done for the last 10 years and am afraid that if I wanted to change to do something else no one would take me seriously. To complic... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Bender Consulting |
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Posted: 21 Jul 2013, 11:49 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 684
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| Has anyone ever had success getting work with them? How was your experience? So far I have been thru two rounds of interviews and the last person I spoke to said if they found a position that came in that would interest me they would call me. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Age, sketchy work history, time running out |
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Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 5:17 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,673
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| Ive got 30 years of off and on programming experience. Everything from COBOL to dotNet. The problem is that I know a little about a lot of languages but not a lot about 1. Seems the more successful people know a lot about 1 thing. I wish I could have stayed employed long enough to do that. I've had ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Age, sketchy work history, time running out |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2013, 10:57 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,673
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| Yea, I have been a consultant for the last 8 or 9 years. I get interviews but you know typical Aspie stuff starts happening as much as I try to fight it. No eye contact, not being short and to the point in answers, rambling on, etc. At that point I just feel like walking out. My last job I was hired... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Age, sketchy work history, time running out |
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Posted: 11 Jul 2013, 9:49 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,673
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| This is my first post. I'm 56, have worked on and off for the last 30 years as a Business Analyst, Excel/Access programmer, and various other jobs mostly technically related. In my earlier years I found it easier to get jobs and most often when I decided to change jobs it was my choice for a better ... |
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