What job is good for an aspie with no qualifications?

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Olan Mills UK:
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Note full training is provided. You don't have to spend that much time with each client, so you'd get a small breather between shoots. I'd bet you could handle that, you'd get experience, and could eventually move on.

Perfect! I wish we could solve all our members' problems this easily!

that would be great but i'm located somewere else, none of those are my areas.
Any other company like that does training?

Last edited by wob182 on 04 May 2008, 7:08 am, edited 1 time in total.

http://www.photographers.co.uk/html/pho ... ntWanted=V

http://www.jobrapido.co.uk/?q=photographer

http://www.photoassist.co.uk/forum/default.asp

http://www.jobsite.co.uk/jobs/publishin ... hotography

Those are just some of the links I found by googling: photography jobs UK

OK. Different approach. Contact one of these professional studios and offer to do whatever they need done in return for training.

Sherwen Studios

Black Door

Unless it involves late-night back-alley meetings or mysterious packages.

Be sure to tell them about the radio and press release experience. Communications skills are highly valued.

I have worked in telephone based technical support for the last 11 years. It is real easy to learn the system and I typically get the system quicker than the NTs. These are people calling asking for help you do not have to initiate the calls. There are always nuances of course and those are hard but you usually sit in a cube with walls and it is pretty safe feeling. You usually have no dress code and can were your comfort clothes. You do have to talk to people but only on the phone for short periods of time and there is a trained personna to present for the most part. Nights are even better because not nearly as many calls and very quiet. If you picka corporation the usually have excellent benefits including tuition reimbursement, health insurance, 401K, pension, access to the company gym discounts with partnered companies, etc. Since I have to follow the rules to the book as much as possible most of the time you are an exempliary employee. having AS seems to be a benefit most of the time.

I know that it is easy to get entry level jobs with phto development labs too which do not usually pay as much but they are quiet for th most part and you do learn about photography etc.


hope this helps.....

That's actually something I've been thinking about trying, but forgot about it for a while. I'm ok on the phone if I don't have to initiate the call, retail gave me alot of practice there. Though I do tend to lose my patience and be unsympathetic to the really ridiculous customers. It's really hard finding an ordinary job where you don't have to deal with people and stress, so I guess dealing with them over the phone would still be better than face to face.

I tried for awhile to find a job working with animals, but the only one out there that pays decently is veterinarian, and I had no chance of getting into vet school, let alone getting through vet school.

Even vet assistants don't make much

I know how you feel. I tried too. There are jobs where u can clean up after dogs and watch them- play with em ect.
Dog wallking and dog watching would be cool.

I have read anything that is repetive is good. I work in room service at a hospital. I do the same things almost everyday. I am planning on volunteering my time with animals soon.
Yet my job gets very stressful.

JulieKitty,

Your kitties are adorable!

My current job at the library is ideal. It plays to my strengths: general knowledge of a broad variety of things, good organizational skills and a general good work ethic. I work, for the most part, on my own with minimum supervision and am busy consistently, without major blocks of unstructured time. It drives me crazy if I have to sit around like a dummy with nothing to do.

Assistant librarian.

They aren't mine. I stole the pic from http://www.catsinsinks.com

well if you are creative you could be an artist, a writer, poet, ect ect

but you should get a simple job on the side cos beginners dont get payed much

or alternitively you could open a buisness

I'm still looking I'm thinking i want to go for a studio assistant job, a 'junior studio assistant' i think this is less pressure more intern work.
I found an intresting page about realistic work in photography
it said:

How do I get in?

Photography is an increasingly competitive area to work in. It is therfore useful to have some relevant qualifications and training. There is a wide range of photography courses available to match most talents and ambitions. You can choose from a City and Guilds qualification, an NVQ, HND, HNC or a degree course and postgraduate qualification.

Entry requirements vary a great deal and you should check with the relevant institution before applying. Vocational qualifications are often more appropriate to the technical jobs in the field and work experience is always well thought of.

Photographers work in general practice (a high-street studio doing portraits and weddings etc), in advertising and fashion, in press photography and in specialist photography (industrial, scientific, medical, police, forensic, sport etc).

What Jobs could I do?

Freelance Press Photographer - you could be commissioned by a national newspaper to take photographs of news items or you could take photos on your own initiative and then try to sell them to the papers
Press Photographer (provincial) - this is a full-time post in which the photographer is sent by the Editor to cover stories for the newspaper
Picture Editor - a picture editor works on a magazine or journal. He/she sources photographs for the publication and also takes original photographs to illustrate new items or features. Picture editors are responsible for maintaining a picture library

Medical Technical Officer - this is a role within a hospital, university or research lab

Darkroom Technician - this is a starter role for a trainee, either in a commercial or an institutional organisation. The technician helps the photographer and learns developing techniques

Studio Assistant - the studio assistant helps the photographer with the preparation of equipment, lighting effects and routine tasks. He/she will also learn development techniques from the darkroom technician.