Suggestions for work

[ISABELLA27]

My work history is awful, and it should have occurred to me years ago that I am on the spectrum, but it didn't, and I only recently at 43 had myself diagnosed officially. Co-incidently I have found myself having to support myself and my 2 children for the first time. I don't seem to be able to function in a work enviroment so I need to think of setting up a company of some sort. I am pretty well qualified, and quite honestly, do not want to study any further. Has anyone any ideas please that they don't mind sharing.

[Tally]

Hi Isabella, and welcome.

 

Could any of your interests have any earning potential?

 

Have you thought about some voluntary work to see where your skills may lie?

[Kathryn]

What are you qualified to do - and what do you enjoy doing?

 

K x

[ISABELLA27]

Hi Isabella, and welcome.

 

Could any of your interests have any earning potential?

 

Have you thought about some voluntary work to see where your skills may lie?

[ISABELLA27]

Hi Isabella, and welcome.

 

Could any of your interests have any earning potential?

 

Have you thought about some voluntary work to see where your skills may lie?

[ISABELLA27]

Hi, thank you for responding to my note...

 

I've worked as a volunteer for several years, I ran a children's playgroup, worked as a manual bookeeper for several organisations, and organise an

annual fundraising event for Amnesty, so lots of experience organising events. I don't enjoy working as a bookeeper but do like organising events, just not sure whether I could make a living out of it. One of my problems is that I've been raising my children for last few years, and now feel unemployable. Just lost my confidence I suppose.

[ISABELLA27]

What are you qualified to do - and what do you enjoy doing?

 

K x

[ISABELLA27]

Hi, thank you for responding.

 

I'm a qualified primary school teacher, but found working in schools very stressful. I specialised in Mathematics and have tutored privately for some years, but if I'm being honest, I don't make a good maths teacher. I find it so easy, and can't break it down to make it comprehensible to children, so have decided to move away from teaching altogether.

 

I enjoy so many things, but can't to seem to get started on any of them.

 

Regards

[Tally]

I think a lot of people find it hard to return to work after taking time out to raise children. It's not like you've been sitting on your backside though, an employer would see it as a perfectly valid reason for the gap in your employment history.

 

Some voluntary work could be a good way of getting some recent experience and building up your confidence, and also to see whether you still feel able to work as an events organiser. I'm sure that many charities would be interested in your experience.

 

How much do you dislike bookkeeping? Could you tolerate doing a little to earn some money?

[Mumble]

I don't enjoy working as a bookeeper

Too many ghosts?

 

BTW, what do you keep a ghost in, seeing as they can go through walls?

[leeds_demon]

Hi, thank you for responding.

 

I'm a qualified primary school teacher, but found working in schools very stressful. I specialised in Mathematics and have tutored privately for some years, but if I'm being honest, I don't make a good maths teacher. I find it so easy, and can't break it down to make it comprehensible to children, so have decided to move away from teaching altogether.

 

I enjoy so many things, but can't to seem to get started on any of them.

 

Regards

Hi Isabella

 

You say that you enjoy organising events, have you thought about becoming a party-planner? I have AS and I must admit, I don't like the workplace environment - my work history is not all that brilliant, to say the least. I have had very few jobs and after leaving Leeds Uni (where I gained a Master's), I applied for jobs, but didn't get past the interview stage for most of them (that's when I was invited for an interview).

 

Anyhoo, I am now self-employed as a telemarketer and have a website, which I am trying to turn into a success. Given the fact that I lack self-motivation, (an Aspie trait, from what I have read), I find it difficult to do the telemarketing, as I get side-tracked, by various websites , such as the Daily Mail website, (I have to have my computer on when making phone calls, so as to input the result of the conversation).

 

Have you thought about teaching maths to adults, which might be another option to consider? There is also consultancy work - advising companies on how best to meet the employment needs of people with Asperger's.

 

By the way, I wish I had found Maths easy. I couldn't understand Maths at all and my parents almost tore their hair out trying to help me with my masths homework, when I was at priamry school. I don't really understand percentages or fractions and equations where X+Y = 25, etc - forget them.

 

But don't give up. If you're interested in the idea of events organising, then you should try and contact Liz Taylor Hospitality. Ms.

Taylor appeared in the BBC Three series, 'Working Girls', which saw young, unemployed women, who had no intention of working, enter the world of work and one young lass was sent to work for Ms.Taylor.

 

Good luck.

[Tanya52]

Hi Isabella,

 

Hello everyone.

 

I also thought about a free-lancer party-planer for kids. My experience in it is next to nothing but I know that my friend last year paid over £80 for her little girl’s birthday party with a clown, that was run in one of our local parks. It is a brilliant park with all appropriate facilities such as a café, a playground not to mention a picnic area.

[ISABELLA27]

Hi Isabella

 

You say that you enjoy organising events, have you thought about becoming a party-planner? I have AS and I must admit, I don't like the workplace environment - my work history is not all that brilliant, to say the least. I have had very few jobs and after leaving Leeds Uni (where I gained a Master's), I applied for jobs, but didn't get past the interview stage for most of them (that's when I was invited for an interview).

 

Anyhoo, I am now self-employed as a telemarketer and have a website, which I am trying to turn into a success. Given the fact that I lack self-motivation, (an Aspie trait, from what I have read), I find it difficult to do the telemarketing, as I get side-tracked, by various websites , such as the Daily Mail website, (I have to have my computer on when making phone calls, so as to input the result of the conversation).

 

Have you thought about teaching maths to adults, which might be another option to consider? There is also consultancy work - advising companies on how best to meet the employment needs of people with Asperger's.

 

By the way, I wish I had found Maths easy. I couldn't understand Maths at all and my parents almost tore their hair out trying to help me with my masths homework, when I was at priamry school. I don't really understand percentages or fractions and equations where X+Y = 25, etc - forget them.

 

But don't give up. If you're interested in the idea of events organising, then you should try and contact Liz Taylor Hospitality. Ms.

Taylor appeared in the BBC Three series, 'Working Girls', which saw young, unemployed women, who had no intention of working, enter the world of work and one young lass was sent to work for Ms.Taylor.

 

Good luck.

[ISABELLA27]

Thank you very much. You've given me some ideas, and also highlighted that the lack of self motivation is an AS trait. I didn't realise that, just thought that I was rather spoilt in my life so far, and had become lazy. I don't know what a Telemarketer is but I hope you make a great success of it.

 

Kind regards

Isabella

[ISABELLA27]

Hi Isabella,

 

Hello everyone.

 

I also thought about a free-lancer party-planer for kids. My experience in it is next to nothing but I know that my friend last year paid over £80 for her little girl’s birthday party with a clown, that was run in one of our local parks. It is a brilliant park with all appropriate facilities such as a café, a playground not to mention a picnic area.

[leeds_demon]

Thank you very much. You've given me some ideas, and also highlighted that the lack of self motivation is an AS trait. I didn't realise that, just thought that I was rather spoilt in my life so far, and had become lazy. I don't know what a Telemarketer is but I hope you make a great success of it.

 

Kind regards

Isabella

Telemarketer is someone who calls businesses on behalf of a company to drum up business. e.g. I did some telemarketing for a web design agency and I contacted businesses to see if they needed websites designing.

[ISABELLA27]

Thank you for that. I've learned something new today. Bye for now...