How do you go about finding a job?

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I don't know how aspies could find jobs....any tips...

I've heard that when you apply somewhere you have to constantly bug them weekly by calling them and checking on your application status and if they have any open positions still.

Find something that interest you, find an education within that field and then start looking for job.
For example I have always be interested in computers so I went to the universcity to study software engeenering. Even before I was finished I did have 2-3 job offer

Could you say a bit more about yourself (eg what you might be interested in, education, any previous jobs, etc) first? Also which part of the job application process might you need help with?

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I need help with applying

When I was searching for a job, I usually answered everything I fitted. So jobs that were way below my qualification were also ok, like jobs that met my qualification. In my country, you get money from the social office if you dont have a job, but they will always be nagging you as long as you dont have one. So it suits me more having a student job for half day (So I have time to search for another job.) then getting the same money from social office and have them always nagging me.

Before I write to a company I normally do a small phone call before, to ask if the job is still available. So often the companies pay the newspaper to show their job request the next 8 weeks, but after 2 weeks they already found someone. If the job is still available, I also question if they have special interest on some detailled information (Computer skills, languages, ...)

After that I normally create my "letter" to the company, I dont even know the word in english, so I dont think I should explain that to you, but normally there are plenty of explanations and examples on the internet, how this written "letter" from you shall look like, what kind of informations should be in it and so on...

After a week I normally call and simply ask, if my "letter" was received by the company, so that I can send another one, if the first one wasnt received whyever. If everything is ok, I add the question if the company already knows, about when they will be deciding about the job.

If I dont get to hear from the company I normally phone or mail every two weeks, to know if the job is still available. (So if they tell at the "Did you receive my paper calls." that there wont be any desicion until the 23.06. then I wait until about 07.07. until I call. If they only can tell me, that they dont know yet, I call again in about two weeks.) So dont nag them or beg them or whatelse, its simply about getting information. ("Hello, I wrote to you a letter according the job you offered in the newspaper as .... I only wanted to ask, if there already has been a desicion or if its still current.")

If they are interested and you get an invitation for a meeting i normally check the company in the internet. So what do they produce, what do they write themself about the profit in the last years, do they have contacts to foreign countries you maybe know the language.... Job interviewers want you to be interested in the company: The thing is I am not interested normally, so I am pretty bad in having "spontanous questions of interest", so I try to invent some obvious questions before.

When you have a job meeting, try to use phrases that show them that you would be interested in finding a job for a long time. So companies hire and fire you nowadays the second they need it, but on the other side they still want workers that would be willing to die for their company. So noone wants to works like that, for a company that will fire you anyway in the second keeping you will cost them a cent profit, so you have to lie about that too.

To do so I normally ask about the gone fiscal years, if the company is spreading, so are they searching for new workers to replace an old one, or do they have so much new contracts with other companies that they simply need more workers, what are the goals of the company the next years.... How much of the products market do they own in comparison to their cometitioners and so on... -.- Have there been new inventions by the company in the last years, so are they also develop...

If they ask you about the money you want to earn I normally answer with what I want to earn in one year, if the company will be satisfied with my work. So this lowers the chance of a conflict at the first meeting. The phrase with the one year shows them, that you are interested in finding a job you want to keep for a longer time, and there is less chance that they will be ending the interview because of you demanding more then they want to give a new worker and so on.... So instead of slamming him a number on the desk, he can agree to or not, you both can still discuss around.

If you get out of questions you can ask "standard questions" as: Is there a clothing rule in the office, so is it about suits for everyone, or only suits for the one having customer contact, so what do the actual workers actually wear? What kind of breaking possibilities are existing, so are there shops you can buy your middaymeal around, or are people bringing their own food and heating it.... What working times do you have... how big are the offices, how many collegueas are in the department the job is about, what kind of computer programmes are used in the company....

So from my oppinion: I simply work to have some money, that allow me to have my hobbies and thats why I want to work for a company. And because a company wont keep me, if they are not satisfied, and I wont get money if they are not sutisfied, I would try to satisfy them. But you are not supposed to tell so, so the job has to be the job you always dreamed of. -.-

The rest is up to you, and your special needs. So for example I accept that I dont fit into 2-person teams. So if I work alone its ok, or when I work in a group its ok, but I already lost a job because of my older working collegue not enduring to be 9h a day "alone" as it felt for him. So NT sometimes want to chat and have social contact, and if they have someone else everything is ok, but if an NT depends on me all day for having social contact he is a very poor person.

Another thing is, that I am from europe, so in other continents there might be other habbits.

Go to a career fair!! ! Do NOT apply to jobs online!! !

I applied to over 750 jobs online without getting so much as a single response. I went to one career fair and instantly got 10 interviews and 1 full-time job doing what I've always wanted to do. I think that those numbers speak for themselves lol. When you apply online you never know if anyone is even going to see your application or resume, whereas at a career fair they will read it in front of you, and allow you to explain everything that you have to offer.

Thank you everyone for all of your replies. Schneekugel, it looks like you have a lot of experience and your advice sounds very good .I will definately keep it in mind. Stargazer, thanks for the statistics !

It has been a long time since I have had to look for a job.
It sounds right to me only applying online will get no results, except under special circumstances, probably similar to online dating, meeting in person is far better.

When I was young with little money, no help from no one and a bad recession I had to find a job. I was just out of high school. I know this is a low tech approach and at the time it was more of a survival thing. Here is how it works.

Now don't laugh about this method. You get up in the morning and start at the closest place that provides some kind of employment, ask if they are hiring, offer yourself to work for them. Go to every single place, all of them regardless. Keep doing this all day long going from place to place progressively farther and farther away from where you sleep. Keep doing this every day 7 days a week until you get a job.

DeedleDoo thanks a bunch. I hope I find a job before I ask Jupiter for a job!

But you want what DeedleDoo, that is really how I think finding a job works,

Sometimes it's impossible to convince others to bring you aboard. In that case, buckle down for frugality and enjoy your free time! I've greatly intensified writing as a hobby and really have no materials wants, now that I gave up the capitalist lie that I needed a job to have self-worth.

Hello! I'm new here and this is my first posting.

I've found that the best way to get a job is to know someone who can get your foot in the door. That's how I got the job I have now. I didn't even have to suffer through an interview, which I would have most certainly made a fool of myself at. I know not everyone already knows someone in their chosen line of work who has hiring authority, but if you consider all of the people you know, you might be able to come up with someone who can help you (or someone who knows someone at the very least.)

finding is easy but keeping it is difficult

It is significantly harder if you don't have that perfect linear corporate career history or worse have not worked for a significant period of time (after six months a current gap in employment really starts to hurt you).

I have not worked (on my Resume at least ) since December 2012. I own a business as an S corp absentee which I need to sell because I am not making much money and have no money to pay taxes this year, no money for self employment taxes either.

Your question is so broad it's almost impossible to answer.