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I'm doomed. DOOOMED!!11!!

I was laid-off a few months ago. No big deal. The IT job market has improved. I have a stronger skillset. It started off great. Recruiters were calling 3x a day asking for my resume. Ra! Do never test!

Then I go off on an adventure to CT to go for what appears to be my dream job. Big disaster. The HR dept. wrote the job description and it turned out to be totally the wrong job for me. I returned home and crashed into a depressed funk that took two weeks to dig out of.

Since I'm making less than $200 per week on UI, there is severe pressure on me to get back to gainful employment. The extra stress is causing havoc on me. Every small mistake or wrong move sends me into a tailspin. Right now I'm a total wreck and I'm having panic attacks.

In fact two weeks ago, I had a panic attack on day of an interview where an NT friend referred me to his boss. I was in no shape to interview -- woke up depressed then had a meltdown. I called to reschedule. Aparrently you don't do that with a world-class investment firm. I was able to interview on the rescheduled date and time but I think my f--kup killed any chance of employment there. My friend got called onto the carpet by his boss for my screw up and my friendship was adversely affected.

I have pratically no friends to network with. My basic resource these days has been tech recruiters. And most are flaky or insincere at best.

Help!

Hand me one of your oars. Maybe we can get through these waters together. Here's my deal: I'm a frustrated broadcasting guy with a severe case of burnout, plus a real money shortage. Even with a part-time second job I don't earn enough (but it does help). I've been looking for almost a year for my next job but it isn't out there. I've been waiting on a really nice job for over a month now, but the managers aren't sure how many people they'll need to hire so my interviews are on hold. Meantime I'm frantic to find a sure thing, obsessing over how much money I don't have, and sucking at my current job because of it. I don't even have zero self-esteem right now. My networking situation's not much better than yours, so I can't help too much in finding you a job, but if you need someone to vent to (and don't mind a little venting in return), I'm here. PM or e-mail if you need anything. For help with job-hunting, we've got a few ITers here who'd probably know where to point you.

Broadcasting. Ouch. That's much worse than the IT industry. Do you have skills that can be transfered beyond broadcasting?

Well, let's see. I've done some customer service, I'm pretty hip to electronic stuff (that's what my part time job is all about), and I've done a few other things...but nothing's gotten me that job yet.

Ok here is my situation regarding employment,

I'm 22 years old, have High Functioning Autism, currently an disability pensioner. I have virtually no friends and never have been in any social groups since I moved to Bendigo 2 years ago.

The only meaningful work experience in my whole life, I have was a month and half of working as a volunteer in a computer recycling centre. I have completed high school and a Certificate IV in Accounting and just started a University level Accounting course.

Apart from my training in basic accounting and MYOB, I have no skills whatsoever.

I live in a country where are not many jobs for people who are older than 18 and have zero skills and employment experience. I tried for a year and half (6 months of which was after I completed my Certificate IV) all up looking for entry level positions and meet with little success. I heard of NT people in a similar position than me being unemployed for several years.

I fear even if I graduate, my lack of experience is going to serious hamper me employment wise for the rest of my life. The disability pension will probably be my main source of income, my employment experience would consist of volunteer work and an ocassional temp job.

I feel the same way, belive me.

I'v lost count the number of time Iv'e been fired now and still, yes, STILL i don't know why i am being sacked.

I was doing some tempory work at a place named astron in hungerford, but my dad had a phone call (so he says) that they said I messed up and don't want me back..

The worse thing is, I LOVED it there, a simple job andgetting paid quite a bit £7 hour......perfect.

All good things come to a end.....for me!!

I'm in the same position. The only job i can most likely get is data entry which will most likely put me in a mental ward through boredom.

I apply for all sorts of stuff but i usually get no responce or a rejection if i'm lucky. I never make an interview.

I haven't had a job. I'm 20 if I actually could land an interview i'd be asked "Why have you been unemployed for so long." Since i've never had a job and if i said it was due to my disability i wouldn't be hired even though discrimination is illegal you need expensive laywers and lots of money to do anything about it, thus i'm stuffed.

I'm heading back to college next year to finish off my IT degree. I've taken a semester off because i was on the verge of going insane.

Sometimes it seems like my only real option is to try and start my own bussiness, sell things on a website or something like that.

~EG (Maria)