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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Virtually Locked into a Horrible Federal Career Track |
| Vapno |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2018, 3:30 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 554
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| I would trade places with you. you have an income and short hours, I don't have an income and lots of hours compressing my gluteus maximus. I need an income. You DO NOT want this. Even several of my NT coworkers would attest to this warning. That aside what I gather is you're bored within your fiel... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Virtually Locked into a Horrible Federal Career Track |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2018, 12:37 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 554
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| I've been a federal employee with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) for 19 months now. I work out of a node of their "National Call Center", teleworking from home 4 days a week. I was hired without disability consideration due to my (only) 3 months at the private-contracted call c... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: 7 years since graduation and yet to start a career |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 8:14 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,037
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| Well, there's a problem. Planning technician, noted in my OP, is the closest general job to what you're suggesting. I'm very cognizant of the intensive writing involved with advanced city planner positions. Aiming for those positions has never been my goal. The state job I interviewed for was clear... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: 7 years since graduation and yet to start a career |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2014, 3:53 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,037
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| I finished school in 2001. Still don't have a regular job and currently unemployed. Had regular work most of the time, but nothing "career" wise. I avoided doing this for a long time in fear of falling into a track and being encouraged through advancement and higher income to stay in braindead reta... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: 7 years since graduation and yet to start a career |
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Posted: 09 Apr 2014, 1:21 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,037
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| I am 31 and a diagnosed mild Aspie with much more severe sluggish cognitive tempo (officially ADHD-I). I graduated from Virginia Tech with a B.A. (summa cum laude; #1 in major) in policy/city planning in 2005. I immediately went to grad school at the George Washington University for a M.A. in politi... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: High-functioning, yet unfit for work |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2012, 6:16 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,942
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| Just because you answer the phone now doesn't mean you're great at it. And it's ridiculous to think of an aspie doing well in a job that involves any sort of "phone marketing" or customer service that would be difficult in person. Why is that ridiculous? It's a spectrum disability. Everyone is diff... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: High-functioning, yet unfit for work |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2012, 4:42 pm
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,942
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| Just because you answer the phone now doesn't mean you're great at it. And it's ridiculous to think of an aspie doing well in a job that involves any sort of "phone marketing" or customer service that would be difficult in person. I've been in the same situation as the OP for OVER FIVE YEARS. Lookin... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Running out of energy for job hunting |
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Posted: 04 Aug 2012, 7:00 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,014
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| LOL. I love seeing and hearing people talk about applying for huge flurries of jobs. I've been unemployed since graduating over 5 years ago, not counting an 8-month, two-term internship with a major environmental nonprofit. During that period I've applied for less than 15 jobs (both forced by voc. r... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I'm XX years old, unemployed, and Aspie. Add your name here |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2011, 10:08 pm
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Replies: 154
Views: 35,359
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| I am 28 years old, unemployed and an Aspie. Well, I'm an unpaid intern. I'm actually the only unpaid or uncredited intern at the big D.C. NPO I will slave at until Xmas. I also have Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and VERY naively obtained 6 years of arts degrees. So now I'm not only too socially inept to ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Vocational Rehabilitation Experiences and Successes |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2010, 3:50 pm
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Replies: 15
Views: 9,752
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| Voc rehab has been the story of my life for over 3 years! I have moved between 3 states to find a counselor who knew the hell what she was doing. Georgia, where I stayed for almost a year, was a NIGHTMARE. The counselor there was totally contemptuous. Apparently there they handle parolees in same sy... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Not fast enough at work |
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Posted: 25 Jun 2010, 6:17 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 14,576
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| This is THE primary issue for me. For the most part I've attributed it to sluggish cognitive tempo and the related slow processing. In terms of my writing, it's a lot more complex than slowness, with 'noise' and working memory slowing things down more than my overall processing. I've been unemployed... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Job networking services for someone with 6 years of college? |
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Posted: 12 Jul 2009, 3:02 am
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Replies: 2
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| I've been using state rehab agencies to help me find employment for the past two years with no success. In the first state I lived in there was a jobs person who would go through job listings related to my degrees (government/nonprofit/politics). That never panned out because I'm so limited by my co... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Employment search assistance firms or groups? |
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Posted: 06 May 2008, 1:14 am
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Replies: 1
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| Does anyone know of any firm or group that works with job seekers with Asperger's or ADD? I'm aware of the free Natural Learning Concepts listings, but I really looking for some service that can actively reach out for me specifically. I've met with a job counselor within my state's rehabilitation di... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Are Aspies Unemployable - Who is working studying unemployed |
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Posted: 28 Mar 2008, 11:45 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 12,479
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| I've been out of school and unemployed (looking) since August. I've been seeing a job-rehab counselor for most of that time. It's been extremely challenging finding anything resembling a position for a trained "political manager" who is unable to write professionally, work directly with the public o... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Procrastinating/can't concentrate on work |
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Posted: 02 Nov 2007, 9:57 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 8,083
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| I have this problem too, but I wouldn't have gotten through college if I didn't set part-way deadlines. I have to break compositions up. My brain tires/bores (far beyond the normal experience) after a very short period of writing. So, I would, for example, split a 10-pager up into 20 relatively bela... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Without a career path |
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Posted: 10 May 2007, 10:33 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,775
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| They say "good focus when helping others, cultural knowledge, level-headed". |
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