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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Some positive news! |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 4:20 pm
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Local school for autistic children burglarized |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 1:56 pm
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| Local school for autistic children burglarized http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/local-school-autistic-children-burglarized/nm8hS/ NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Sandy Springs school for autistic children is scrambling after burglars stole thousands of dollars in equipment with just days until clas... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: And one final update to cap out the week. |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 1:06 pm
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| Hey Gang, Still riding high on the fact I got a job I talked with somebody whom has been involved with my (mis)adventures with VR and my job placement person since day one, so today the both of us came to the realization that the job placement person really wasn't helping out with anything nor was h... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Poll: Are you male, female, or some other gender/sex? |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2015, 1:22 am
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Replies: 53
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| Last time I checked male in a male's body both with a male's voice with some facial hair yep I'm a male |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Couldn't help but to laugh... |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2015, 10:50 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Annd I just got a follow up e-mail from my job placement yutz He said "that the garment inspector job is located in a area that is 5 towns away" (and not in the best of areas) "and that it's labor intensive upon further review." so I'm guessing he's really not paying attention to... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Couldn't help but to laugh... |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 30 Jul 2015, 10:19 pm
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| Hey Gang, Ok so you guys know I got a job at a college book store so this afternoon my "job placement specialist" called me with a few leads I didn't tell him I already have a job at first as I wanted to hear what he wanted to say so his job leads consisted of customer service jobs in the ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got the Job! |
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Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 8:27 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Hey Gang, I got a got this afternoon informing me that I got the job at the college book store! I go in tomorrow to talk about scheduling preferences tho it is a temp job hopefully it will pan out to a part time gig. the best part is I did it on my own without any help from the hacks at VR or my &qu... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: AS 'Big 5' Scores |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 11:51 pm
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Replies: 48
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| Extroversion |||| 14% Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 76% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||| 58% Accommodation |||||||||| 38% Inquisitiveness |||||||||||||| 52% The Big Five is currently the most accepted personality model in the scientific community. The Big Five emerged from the work of multiple in... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 11:30 pm
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| The Most recent movie I've seen was A Serbian Film so umm yea I've seen some pretty f'ed up stuff before but that sets the bar. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: An Update |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 9:13 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Ok so I went to the interview for the book store today and it turns out it was a group interview meaning there were five of us each of us got asked 10 questions which kinda worked out to my advantage because I got to repackage and reword some of the things that was said by other interviewees. So wit... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: How to you watch TV? |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 28 Jul 2015, 5:00 pm
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Replies: 32
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| pcgoblin that's what the other option is for. As for me I have a monitor that allows me to watch two different feeds at one time which most of the times I do. Tho I will say I like OTA because it's not compressed and unlike the NTSC/analog signal with ATSC/Digital the signal doesn't degrade so it's ... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: How to you watch TV? |
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Posted: 27 Jul 2015, 9:43 pm
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Replies: 32
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| Hey Gang, being that there's a growing trend to "cut the cord" and many are going towards streaming and OTA I want to see which group is best represented and how you watch TV. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Finally some good news |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2015, 3:46 pm
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Replies: 17
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kraftiekortie wrote: Just say you had to take care of a family member who was sick.
Yep I all about that 
pineapplehead, can you please explain what you mean about target is awful? |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Finally some good news |
| JoelFan |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 11:42 pm
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Replies: 17
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kraftiekortie wrote: How long was the gap between your last job and now, according to your resume?
5 years. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Finally some good news |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 6:31 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I'm sure you know that you should NOT mention anything about you having autism. Or talk about needing "accommodations." Which bookstore? Maybe they have previous interviews on Glassdoor. Just dress decently. Make sure you get enough sleep and take a shower. Shake the interviewer's hand. L... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Finally some good news |
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Posted: 23 Jul 2015, 3:47 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Ok so so far I've been ranting about my experiences with VR and how they have failed to do anything well this morning I got a rejection letter from Target I guess I was being too truthful during their online screening so this afternoon I got a phone call after I applied on my own with no help from V... |
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