Dyslexic -,didn't get job due to spelling
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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.
And you will know that auto correct did not find the error at the end of your first paragraph. I don't say that as a criticism, simply an observation of how spell-checkers and auto-correct are not perfect.0 -
anamenottaken wrote: »And you will know that auto correct did not find the error at the end of your first paragraph. I don't say that as a criticism, simply an observation of how spell-checkers and auto-correct are not perfect.
I don't think perfection is a requirement, but spelling errors that the average person would pick up will cause job hunting to become that much more difficult.
The issue here is more the spelling i gather, and spell check is your friend.
No aiding software was used in the making of this post.:money:0 -
xapprenticex wrote: »I don't think perfection is a requirement, but spelling errors that the average person would pick up will cause job hunting to become that much more difficult.
The issue here is more the spelling i gather, and spell check is your friend.
No aiding software was used in the making of this post.:money:
Spell-check is a friend but was the spelling error I mentioned one "which the average person would pick up" or would it not be a problem?0 -
Sadly I'd say that the 'average' person would not pick up onanamenottaken wrote: »Spell-check is a friend but was the spelling error I mentioned one "which the average person would pick up" or would it not be a problem?
stationery / stationary
principal / principle
license / licence
and even in some cases
to / two / too
their / they're / there
And so on.
But I would, and in my work it would matter. For most of my colleagues, it wouldn't.Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
Sadly I'd say that the 'average' person would not pick up on
stationery / stationary
principal / principle
license / licence
and even in some cases
to / two / too
their / they're / there
And so on.
But I would, and in my work it would matter. For most of my colleagues, it wouldn't.
Even with dyslexia I know the difference with those. Spell checker may not but I do.
If I can see the word then I know if it’s rigjt , it’s just getting the word at the start , hence I always have another tab open and play around0 -
Agreed, muddling homophones up (their/they're/there and the like) isn't really the issue in dyslexia it's a lot more complex than that.0
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I'm aware of that, but I was picking up on a specific question about what the average person would pick up, and how much it mattered.Agreed, muddling homophones up (their/they're/there and the like) isn't really the issue in dyslexia it's a lot more complex than that.
And in some lines of work it matters more than others (and it surprises me how many people don't know that cars are stationary and pens are stationery!)Signature removed for peace of mind0 -
I agree this does not add up.
A rejection would have been a usual "I'm sorry you have not been successful in being put forward to interview stage" type sentence.
Spelling errors would not have been cited.
Did they reject you OP, and you just assumed it would be down to Dyslexia?0 -
I'm aware of that, but I was picking up on a specific question about what the average person would pick up, and how much it mattered.
And in some lines of work it matters more than others (and it surprises me how many people don't know that cars are stationary and pens are stationery!)
Purely hypothesising but I wonder whether folk who know that they are dyslexic would be less likely to make those sort of mistakes - or at least to leave them in without editing - because they're very conscious of the need for writing to be correct. It's difficult in an evolving language too, where what was rigidly one spelling becomes accepted as another a decade or two later.0
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