Dyslexic -,didn't get job due to spelling

xapprenticex

tazwhoever wrote: »

Keep trying OP, you will find a employer that can understand.

I see what you did there. Nice joke. :money:

ceredigion

Anybody that says spell checkers solves the problem, doesn't have the problem.
To the OP you need to learn to deal with it. They don't owe you a living. My answer is to be self employed and employ a full time secretary.

RichardD1970

ceredigion wrote: »

Anybody that says spell checkers solves the problem, doesn't have the problem.
To the OP you need to learn to deal with it. They don't owe you a living. My answer is to be self employed and employ a full time secretary.

Well it certainly helps me immeasurably.

I'll also have another tab open where I will google anything that I type which bamboozles the spellchecker and also use to check the correct usage of language and phrasing.

(i.e, I just checked "phrasing" because although I know it is the right word I am looking for, it just didn't look right written down)

I also try to be meticulous with my proofreading (hmm, one or two words, just need to check ).

Yes it slows me down but I would rather that, than persistently make mistakes which I feel would reflect poorly on me.

[Deleted User]

Shaznay1 wrote: »

Hi

Applied for a government job and advised in the job application disability part of my dyslexia diagnosis. Just got an email rejecting the application because of spelling...(which is related to dyslexia.) I would call them but their is no visible contact number for recruitment and the email advised to not respond to it. If I'm having this issue with dyslexia i can only imagine that they are probably ignoring others disability issues as well! Does anyone know of a governing body who maybe able to investigate. x

You didn't get a Civil Service job because they told you it was due to your spelling? Yeah right. No way you would get any kind of feedback like that - it would just be a generic thanks but no thanks, and if you had an interview it would be based on the evidence you spoke about.

dippy3103

ceredigion wrote: »

Anybody that says spell checkers solves the problem, doesn't have the problem.
To the OP you need to learn to deal with it. They don't owe you a living. My answer is to be self employed and employ a full time secretary.

Doesn’t solve the problem at all, it merely helps you to deal with the problem. My glasses don’t solve my shortsightedness, they merely aid me- it’s the same principal.

I’m dyslexic and auto correct was my friend making this post.

w06

Quite, dyslexia is no reason to submit a poorly worded or spelled (?spelt) application. Doing so demonstrates that you haven't found ways to deal with the dyslexia, which is a problem whereas the dyslexia per se isn't.

I honestly think that dyslexia brings with it as many advantages as disadvantages, learning to embrace them key to it not mattering.

(DOI dyslexic)

coffeehound

w06 wrote: »

I honestly think that dyslexia brings with it as many advantages as disadvantages, learning to embrace them key to it not mattering.

Can I ask what the advantages are?

w06

Personally and from observing a lot of others over the years, I think it gives more of a 'big-picture' view of the world and a lateral approach to tasks that's often more successful than the direct approach

RichardD1970

9 Strengths of Dyslexia

w06

I've not seen that before, certainly fits with my experience personally and in those I've taught and worked alongside