help finding work ..No experience

Money_saving_maniac

If he wants a job, he should be posting on here or somewhere similar asking for advice himself.
It paints a picture of 'wants a job handed on a plate' that mum is posting asking for advice.
No disrespect intended to you.

Savvy_Sue

Money_saving_maniac wrote: »

If he wants a job, he should be posting on here or somewhere similar asking for advice himself.
It paints a picture of 'wants a job handed on a plate' that mum is posting asking for advice.
No disrespect intended to you.

To be fair, you don't know he's NOT doing all that, but we mums do want to help if we can, and we don't always move in the right circles.

There will be more retail jobs coming up closer to Christmas, and the other thing to look out for would be Royal Mail. I know a recent graduate who started there before last Christmas and is still there: it's not what they want to do long-term, but it's a job while they think. I'd say they were quite shy too.

It could be worth looking at volunteering in a charity shop: it could well help with the shyness. But be aware they might ask for a minimum commitment, so now's the time to go for that, or not.

If what he really really wants to do is make games, then it's not easy to make a living that way, but while he's young and has no commitments is probably the best time to try ...

After getting a degree in computer science, DS1 is either an indie game developer, travelling while living on his savings, jobless and homeless, or any combination of those, depending on how you look at it. Actually, the savings would have run out long ago had he not made SOME money from the game development thing. (He did get a job after Uni, not games related, which he heard about through a friend from Uni, so keeping in touch with friends from his course is potentially worth doing.)

And jammy, I don't know where you are, but as well as building his portfolio, is he sharing it? Is he networking / co-working? don't ask me how you find the local links for this, but I'm fairly sure that wherever DS1 goes, he finds like-minded souls. Also I've just googled 'game development' plus my city and found several promising links.

Before I'm shouted down, I KNOW this is not going to lead to a reliable source of income - or at least, it's highly unlikely to do so. But the networking and the co-working may help with the shyness: if he can share what he's done and find people are interested and encouraging, and then he can be interested and encouraging to other people, and someone says 'you're really good at ... making puzzles / fitting music to a scene / designing graphics ... ' then someone else may say 'I need someone to work with me on this, would you be interested?'

keith969

There's a young man in the village I live in who has autism but is computer literate, and offers a computer repair/installation/upgrade service. He advertises in the local rag and does not charge as such but accepts donations if people are happy with his work (which most are). A great way to get some experience and to add something positive to his cv, and the sort of thing you could help with admin.

paddyrg

Go to a temping agency, and take anything they have. They're not big on soul-searching interviews, they just need a body in a building for a short length of time. Could be warehouse work, factory work, waiting tables at events, office work, anything will get some real world experience.

missbiggles1

jammy_dodger wrote: »

Hi WibblyGirly thanks for your time replying he has finished his degree course and now moved back home there wasnt opportunity during the course for work placements
on the gaming side he is spending evenings working on creating a portfolio and developing further the games he has been working on himself and long term then yes he would love to work within the realms of a software company or work for himself

in the meantime he just wants to get a job .in order to get his own place
i know ther are many in his situation its not easy

Surely he must have had the opportunity to work or do a work placement during the university holidays?

Has he only just started applying for jobs?

jammy_dodger

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Surely he must have had the opportunity to work or do a work placement during the university holidays?

Has he only just started applying for jobs?

when home at holidays our nearest public transport is 10 miles away so couldnt get to a job unfortunately
he is willing to move to wherever he can find work im just trying to help and see if there are any avenues not explored
have received some good advice from some posters and shall pass the information on to him

custardy

As an aside.
Is he aiming to move into Game dev as a career?
Has he thought of approaching devs to offer free game testing?
possibility of developing app/games for mobile platforms?

As previously mentioned RM offer xmas work. He needs to be able to drive if he was applying for a permanent position in deliveries.
RM do have a graduate program if he fancies moving away from his degree.
Decent starting wage but does require travel/relocation in the main.

missbiggles1

jammy_dodger wrote: »

when home at holidays our nearest public transport is 10 miles away so couldnt get to a job unfortunately
he is willing to move to wherever he can find work im just trying to help and see if there are any avenues not explored
have received some good advice from some posters and shall pass the information on to him

Too late for your son but may help others in that situation. Many students stay at their university during the long holidays to enable them to work and then don't move back home when they finish their courses.

Have you any friends or family living in more accessible areas that he could use as a base for his job searching because, from what you've said, he can't actually get to a job now unless he passes his driving test and somehow manages to get a car.

jammy_dodger

missbiggles1 wrote: »

Too late for your son but may help others in that situation. Many students stay at their university during the long holidays to enable them to work and then don't move back home when they finish their courses.

Have you any friends or family living in more accessible areas that he could use as a base for his job searching because, from what you've said, he can't actually get to a job now unless he passes his driving test and somehow manages to get a car.

staying with a family member in the nearest city to be available for work whilst learning to drive and widen options cant afford to live independantly without employment and income

Starlet

As you would probably appreciate, your first job isnt your dream job. (This is what I had to deal with after graduating.)
So, if he has absolutely zero experience, then perhaps he can start volunteering for a charity somewhere - doing office support work to build up a skills profile on his CV; this experience would help him when applying for office jobs.

In the worst case scenario: even if he does get rejected after a few job interviews then it wouldnt matter because it would be good practice for his interview technique