DB10GOONER wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:58 pm
Sorry to hear you didn't get the job, Sean. What about night watchman or other off-hours security work? You might pick up something local where you are left alone to get on with it? Have you considered maybe trying some form of counselling for the phone and communicating with other people problem? Most jobs unfortunately involve using the phone and communication in general. Best of luck either way, mate.
Cheers, DB. Night shift work would suit me, as long as it was local. Night-time security or concierge in a closed office would suit me fine, though I need a security licence. There is so much red tape these days. I wouldn't mind a driving job, but I have still never even learned to drive. Employers won't help with that anymore and certainly the dole don't either. I'm led to believe it'd cost hundreds, or just north of a grand.
The apprenticeship I went for dealt with facilities, which I thought would suit me pretty well. I had applied for the 'proper' version of the job, which requires a driving licence, despite it being a largely indoors job. Same goes for park jobs. Just my luck. There's a bunch of apprenticeships coming out which I am applying for, seeing as no-one will entertain me at any other level, or the job requires too much responsibility, has tasks I cannot deal with, or I don't have the right licence.
Communication with colleagues and using e-mail is not a problem. The problem is I grew up without a phone in the house and I only use my mobile as an alarm clock, so I am pretty buggered on the phone thing. I can tolerate so much, but my last job insisted I take the helpdesk two weeks per month (which was supposed to be rotated amongst my colleagues, but was not - My boss was somehow still clueless on that until my final week), which made it a living hell. Not to mention the ridiculous amount of work our sister department were creating for us. We had about four and a half people dealing with payroll for over four thousand employees. I couldn't wait for that apprenticeship to be over. Sure I got an accountancy qualification our of it, but it seems finance, although it should suit me, can be a terrible head-fuck if things aren't run well. I used to think I wanted a job that made me use my head, then I went though that crap and realised I definitely don't want that.
StuartL wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:23 pm
Sorry to hear you didn't get it fella, don't dispair though mate.
Your comments and indeed links you put up, show you are an intelligent guy and are some of the most articulate on here, not everything involves being good with people.
Cheers Stuart, I try not to let it get me down but it's hard sometimes. Like I said, I try to care little about things in order to stop the many setbacks I have had in my lifetime affect me too much. My bereavement two years ago largely killed what hopes and feelings I had for myself and my life. There is no fixing that, nor any other family left for me to be around. In some ways that liberates me enough for these setbacks not to matter anymore. I just get through the days. I've dealt with depression since I was a boy, so it's nothing new for me at all. I suspect I have a mild case of Aspergers or autism. Some have suggested I could be schizoid. Of course none of these would get me parked on disability, despite it harming my employability significantly. Job interviews are normally a nightmare for me, but I seem to be vaguely improving there. I seem to impress people pretty quickly, but not in job interviews. Unsurprisingly, I am quite happy to shut myself away, having given up on humanity and any dealings with it.
Thanks for the compliment. Sadly, as well as I may come across to some on here; discussing The Arsenal, having a decent standard of general knowledge, plus having an interest in history, geography and I.T. - Sadly none of these things really make me very employable, especially with the social issues I have and those damn phones. It's all useless information. You won't be surprised to hear that school was a nightmare for me as well, especially secondary which I never even finished. I went to college for a couple of years and got some certificates, though I still ended up on the dole for almost all of my twenties. It really is a wasted life. It's pretty crap being smart enough to realize that you are screwed. I'd love a job where I just had to sit on a computer, be barely required to speak and had some variability, whilst piling up my savings for retirement. Being a writer or author would be nice, but I wouldn't have a clue.
I am just one of those cursed people that doesn't fit in anywhere, sorry to say.