How many here are employed?

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Currently employed part time (was full time at one point) as a maintenance worker in a health club. We do all kinds of tasks, from general maintenance/repairs to renovations and construction projects. It's not a bad job, and I've learned a lot of useful skills from taking the job, but it doesn't pay well enough to make a comfortable living, even if I were currently working full time. Right now I'm looking into information on becoming an electricians apprentice. I love working with my hands, fixing things, and seeing the fruit of my labor. Plus, it is a high value skill that I can take with me wherever I go, it pays well, and it can't be outsourced.

I hope you get in the Union, too.

Quit my job a couple months ago and refuse to work for anyone else again (unless I really need too.) Right now i'm working on becoming an entrepreneurial, as well as getting my hand in investing. I freelance for money as well as use my G.I Bill so support me for the time being until I get the ball rolling.

My work history is:

Graduated
Unemployed for 17 months
Job for 11 months
Got made redundant
Unemployed for further 7 months
Job for about 8 or 9 months
Got fired
Unemployed 13 months... still unemployed

Quite depressing, but I've been working hard to go freelance and work from home. Sometimes I get the odd job, but generally I'm still jobless and earning almost nothing. Just living off savings until they disappear and then... I don't want to know then! I did go on jobseekers benefits in some of that time, but they forced me onto programmes where people bullied me and made me feel demoralised and worthless, so I left and had to come off any support.

As it stands right now, that's what I'm leaning towards. Just from the research I've done, they go the extra mile to make sure you know what the hell you're doing before they ever let you touch a piece of equipment or do a job. They take their reputation for quality work very seriously.

Good One!

Have you ever tried improv?

Hahaha, nope. I think the whole reason why I'm not employed is because I'm autistic. I don't behave the way woman "should", and don't make the "right" facial expressions... etc...

Tried that. Didn't work.

Until last summer I had no-professional tasks during my work. My current boss who trusts and believes in my skills, is slowly changing that and want to see my skills are. Recently I followed a course about Office 365 and I reported to her by mail, how I experienced that course. I told her that I want to follow courses that are a follow-up. I was thinking about June this year or the next schoolyear (2016/2017). First, I want to read and practice the course material that was given to me at the first course.

I aim to be an Office 365 professional. The course that I had and whose certificate I acquired, is just the beginning for me.

I also told my boss that I want to know more about the school organization. By making a scheme I could guess how that is. But she expected that I know already. I honestly told her, that I do not know, because it never was important. I just was and still am told what I had to do. I did it, and that's it. No, questions from my side. I just did what I am asked to do. I had no clue why I had to do it, without asking or questioning.

As I told, I want to know more about the school organization. Then I can anticipate the task, already before the boss comes to me and ask me to do things. The organization scheme I also need for building up an internal school website on the SharePoint system. It is developped for schools, that can do their work better and more efficiently.

I'm currently temping as a Payroll Officer with the local government. It has been a long time since I've had a job, but this seems like a good fit so far.

I work part-time in a non-professional position, and I've either been unemployed or working mostly part-time for most of my adult life. I'm finding that the older I get the more stressful it is to work outside the home, and this really sucks because my husband is a blue collar worker who makes less than 30k annually which means I'm pretty much obligated to do something at least part-time.

The longest I've ever held an individual job of any kind has been 3 years, and this was a full-time professional position where 50-60 hours a week was required on a regular basis. I was in my late 20s at the time and didn't quite have all the psychological issues I now deal with, but I still couldn't handle the stress of it very well even then.

I've been at my current part-time job for 2 years, and even though it's emotionally draining at times I would be happy to keep it for many years to come as it's a very easy job and only 14 hours per week and during the school year only...however, we need more money coming in so I'm getting ready to leave this job and take another part-time position with 10 more hours a week and more $$$ per hour.

I wish we would just win the friggin lottery so I could stay home with my cats...

I just got a new job at a call center, I'm in training now. So far I've scored 100% and 98% on my two tests. Hopefully I'll be able to handle it, I have to do my best, I live alone since losing Mom.

I use to be self employed, doing web design and development. I then got a job with the BBC. I've ticket the professional box above as I've been doing my job for 17 years and earn a professional grade income.

Iv'e had a few roles around the BBC and i am very fortunate i now have an amazing manager who is very supportive.

I'm currently on medical leave to try and sort out my support stuff before i return to work in a few weeks time.

Jamie + Lion

I know you! You're on Twitter.

You're so lucky getting a job in the BBC! What a dream. May I ask how that job came about?

*blush*

I got it a pretty boring way, i applied for a role on the BBC Careers site (http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk) when a friend at the BBC suggested i look at jobs there. I had another role lined up with a larger company, but wanted to try the BBC first.

The interview went well (i mostly talked about tech things, my side projects and the lion) and i was offered the job the next day. I have had 3 promotions since then. Each time for a more interesting role.

Im struggling a bit at the moment (I got ill, had operation, lost my speech, started living independently etc!) but the BBC have been rock solid. This is my first long period of medical leave after almost 18 months or bad health.

Before the BBC i had been doing web development for over 10 years, id assumed no one would ever employ me then two big companies showed interest at once.

Pragmatically, my friend who worked there picked me up from the station, but beyond that wasn't involved in the hire.

*blush*

That's really brilliant! Well done to you.

I think I gave you my email address when you asked about a friend doing research on autism and humour.

You have inspired me to perhaps start trying for these kind of organisations - the ones I thought wouldn't give me the time of day. It's good to know some companies are so understanding of autism, especially since in general it's something I've held back because so many people are still so ignorant and judgemental about it.

Thanks!

hello,

BBC is a good, we have a specific focus on representing the audience, and for that we need diverse staff. If someone on the BBC site looks like a good fit, feel free too ping me on twitter and i can direct you to our diversity team who have a recruitment team.

Hope that helps,

Jamie + Lion