feel so stupid

prosaver

depends where you live if there's a high unemployment its hard,
usually people gets job through friends,
leaflet posting is good there's always adds on gumtree, i done it yonks ago.
why not try busking?

sam_m

marliepanda wrote: »

I am sorry but your opinion is far too high of yourself.

'Those guys are all low functioning'
'The girls aren't attractive'

You are high functioning but: cannot cook, cannot get a job, cannot get a girlfriend, struggle to do household tasks, struggle with controlling your emotions and actions.

At least these 'low functioning fellas' on the programme are doing something.

I work with some high functioning autistic people. They have some issues with interacting with others which comes across shy and a little awkward, but they all have jobs requiring a lot of intelligence. Drive to work. Have work relationships and private relationships Manage to overcome and interact to hold meetings. People understand their issues and help them but they are not pandered to. One man hates dealing with new people and finds it awkward, so he is the one that has to go greet people for the meetings, to get him interacting with more new people. When he has a bad day he doesn't have to, but most of the time he does.

That is high functioning. Not just thinking 'I'm not as bad as them'

You should always find someone you find physically attractive, however you have to find 'your level' I find Chris Pine attractive, but, I know my level

Actually with the household tasks i am getting better at them now so i don't struggle as much as i used to. And that description of shy and awkward is exactly what i am like and i would hate being pandered to. I would also feel that if i went onto the undateables i would be taking away the place of someone who actually needs it more

prosaver

you could make leaflets up a do gardening tidying
car boot sales ?

sam_m

kimplus8 wrote: »

Hello,
My brother is autistic and he really struggled with interviews (not making eye contact/body language etc) so he took on some volunteer work in a small charity shop for 6 months and built up some history of being committed to a job role and gain a great reference. He now has a part time job in poundworld and secures loads of overtime to keep his wages up.
Have you also thought about enrolling as an apprentice? It probably wont be until September now but that give you time to consider what you want to do and prepare for interviews.
hope this helps :-)

You see something like that would be great, a part time job in poundland would be great but again i tried there and they were not looking for any people. I want to go back to college next year to get my qualifications up and also because i started on Entry 3 skills for working life so moving on to a Level 3 course would be a big achievement for me with me knowing i can actually do it

Sncjw

Could you. It do a level 3 course in an academic qualification or are you not able to?

I mean life skills is great but if your doing this type of course but it's probably one of the reasons your being turned down.

sam_m

prosaver wrote: »

you could make leaflets up a do gardening tidying
car boot sales ?

With the leaflets how would you suggest I create them, would you just hand them out with my phone number on saying i can tidy people's garden for 5 pound a hour, or even maybe dog walking.

Sncjw

Do you have GCSEs because the entry level quals seem like it's lower than GCSEs is that right?

sam_m

Sncjw wrote: »

Could you. It do a level 3 course in an academic qualification or are you not able to?

I mean life skills is great but if your doing this type of course but it's probably one of the reasons your being turned down.

What i meant is that i have worked my way up i started college in 2013 with no qualifications
This is what i have in order

1. Entry 3 Skills for working life
2. Level 1 in Animal Care
3. BETEC Level 2 in Animal Care
4. BETEC Level 2 in Travel & Tourism and next year i hope to be doing BETEC Level 3 in Travel & Tourism

I started of with maths and English
Entry 3 in English
Level 1 in English
Level 2 in English

And Entry 3 in Maths, Level 1 in Maths

prosaver

sam_m wrote: »

With the leaflets how would you suggest I create them, would you just hand them out with my phone number on saying i can tidy people's garden for 5 pound a hour, or even maybe dog walking.

you could put both jobs on a leaflet ..I done it and put about 200 out and got one reply which led to her next door neighbour and it spreads by word of mouth... go around looking at not so tidy gardens , worth a try.. usually busy this time of year:)

prosaver

i would put that on my dog walking leaflet like:

qualified
dog walker available
level 1, 2 in animal care