having a hard time finding a job

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hi, new member here, i have been looking around my area for work and can't seem to find anything. i had two interviews in october but never heard back. tried the community college, but my grant ran out due to fact i was taking so long to graduate. i am always on the look out for employment. tried the local supermarket, they supposedly hire people with disabilities. right now they are just not hiring. i hope to get work soon because being home all the time is making me stir crazy.

Depending on how low you're willing to set the bar, you could try fast food. Your odds at getting a job are better in fast food than supermarkets. It's not ideal, but in a pinch...

i once worked in fast food though i could give it another try i was 20 when i worked fast food almost ten years ago and lasted about two months.i had about 4 jobs since then and i get easily frustrated so i end leaving but the only problem is that there is a gap in my employment for about 1 1/2 years. right now i am on ssi but would like to move on from it by finding some stable employment. plus i am not really good at fast paced jobs, i also feel uncomfortable telling my possible employer about my ASD. i feel they may not hire because of it.

It's not just you that's having a hard time getting a job.

The job market hasn't fully rebounded, giving the employers the upper hand.
Even new and recent college grads like myself are finding it very hard to find any employment, due to all the requirements now.

There is also a huge amount of laid off experienced workers who are unable to land employment for various reasons.

If you can't find work on your own soon, try going to your state/province employment office, they should have a program for disabled people as well.

Also if you are good at networking, you should do better than most at finding a job.

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As for Fast Food, right now you are competing against middle aged folk.
They would rather have middle aged folk than young people, because middle aged folk are more loyal and unlikely to run off for better pastures.

Yes even McDonald's it trying to reduce turnover by hiring middle aged people.

Beware many fast food franchises are now requiring 4 year college degrees for employment (they started this last year).

yeah i know i am from michigan as well and employment is hard to find, asd or not. i guess i will have to keep doing what i can for employment

If you're that desperate for work, then go to the Michigan Rehabilitation Services Office (MRS).
They are the state agency that helps people with disabilities land jobs.

You need to go to their site and download the form.
Fill the form out and turn it into your nearest MRS office.
They will then contact you normally through mail to come to a group appointment and go from there.

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I find that hard to believe. Maybe in upper management but not as a line-worker. If anything they probably wouldn't want to hire people with degrees to do those low skilled jobs because they will jump ship the minute a better job becomes available so looking for college grads in fast food makes zero sense. If anything they probably prefer uneducated people who won't leave thus reducing turn over.

To topic creator: Try temporary employment agencies. They can help you out in finding work and some of them provide career training. Temp jobs are dime a dozen and many can go from temp-perm.

What were you majoring in?

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I'm having a hard time with jobs too, and could use some help. I'm in Austin, TX.

Have you tried working for a temp agency?

Especially if you're willing to do manual labour.. there are jobs out there every day that go unfilled because people aren't willing to do hard work for low pay. But sometimes that's simply what you have to do.

I've worked through some temp agencies over the years when I needed to. Sometimes you end up working for an employer that's hiring and can end up getting a proper permanent job out of the deal.

There are white collar professional office job type temp agencies as well, but I bet the job/labour markets are similar all over the place.. over supply of educated people competing for very few professional openings.. which means it's time to roll up your sleeves and do some hard dirty work to earn your way - but hey; paid workout! Plus you might just find that you enjoy it & could even discover a particular trade or technician job you'd like to train into. You never know.

Anyways, that's my 2 cents.. go sign up at a temp agency and do whatever work they assign you to. Sometimes you get lucky and work in a clean dry place with decent pay, other times not so lucky.. sometimes you could get a long term several week or multiple months assignment, other times you might work for 3-5 different employers in the course of a week. But all the time you have work to do and a paycheque coming in.