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❇ A little update from me ❇
Amy22
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So I know a few of you have probably heard me talk about me applying for jobs and apprenticeships too and sometimes having been quite unsuccessful in securing them to the point i nearly almost gave up trying buthad a good long talk with myself not to. I wanted to update you all on my journey and I have got some good news. Well its two bits of good news actually.
So the first good news is that as some of you are aware I applied to do an internship with a local company in my area that are disability confident and run a programme aimed for neurodivergent adults to help them get into full time employment. I recently had to go to their assessment day to complete some tasks and I was told in the afternoon I'd have a phone call from the tutor running the internship. To be honest I was quite nervous a bit because I normally end up getting to the interview stage and they I get the usual "thank for applying but you didn't get it" type of response all the time. However the phone call came quickly and I was told I got offered a place. The course starts in September and I will be doing various placements in different departments such as marketing, customer service, IT support etc. I'm so so excited to start this new journey in September and I cannot wait. Eventhough this is a very different route for me it will aid me in my employment search for now, until I can find something more stable and up my street in the TV and film industry (I know I talk about how important the media industry is to me and this really where I want to work).
So my second piece of good news is that a long long time ago back in the year 2019 (before I was an adult actually 😂) I used to volunteer in my local British heart foundation charity shop in my town. But then the pandemic hit and I couldn't work there as they wanted paid staff there not the voluntary staff. However, I noticed that they were looking for more volunteers recently and I applied once again to volunteer with them. My old supervisor is now the new manager and she was very happy to have me back working there. I am currently working there on Saturdays doing the morning shift instead of the usual afternoon shift I did which could get quite quite busy. It's been so great so far and I have even had a go steaming clothes 🤯 (the steamer does look a bit intimidating at first but once I handled it right I got the knack of it)
Honestly it's so mad to think somehow things are slowly looking back up for me again as I originally thought I would still be struggling to find something I love. Also my volunteering role I might be doing in my local library is still pending at the moment due to them being busy. But hopefully I can volunteer there as well to increase my skills. I'm also on a gaming course in my library on Fridays where I make a board game from scratch and I have to game test it too to see if it works. I have got a few ideas....involving tanks and my love of cats 😂.
So the first good news is that as some of you are aware I applied to do an internship with a local company in my area that are disability confident and run a programme aimed for neurodivergent adults to help them get into full time employment. I recently had to go to their assessment day to complete some tasks and I was told in the afternoon I'd have a phone call from the tutor running the internship. To be honest I was quite nervous a bit because I normally end up getting to the interview stage and they I get the usual "thank for applying but you didn't get it" type of response all the time. However the phone call came quickly and I was told I got offered a place. The course starts in September and I will be doing various placements in different departments such as marketing, customer service, IT support etc. I'm so so excited to start this new journey in September and I cannot wait. Eventhough this is a very different route for me it will aid me in my employment search for now, until I can find something more stable and up my street in the TV and film industry (I know I talk about how important the media industry is to me and this really where I want to work).
So my second piece of good news is that a long long time ago back in the year 2019 (before I was an adult actually 😂) I used to volunteer in my local British heart foundation charity shop in my town. But then the pandemic hit and I couldn't work there as they wanted paid staff there not the voluntary staff. However, I noticed that they were looking for more volunteers recently and I applied once again to volunteer with them. My old supervisor is now the new manager and she was very happy to have me back working there. I am currently working there on Saturdays doing the morning shift instead of the usual afternoon shift I did which could get quite quite busy. It's been so great so far and I have even had a go steaming clothes 🤯 (the steamer does look a bit intimidating at first but once I handled it right I got the knack of it)
Honestly it's so mad to think somehow things are slowly looking back up for me again as I originally thought I would still be struggling to find something I love. Also my volunteering role I might be doing in my local library is still pending at the moment due to them being busy. But hopefully I can volunteer there as well to increase my skills. I'm also on a gaming course in my library on Fridays where I make a board game from scratch and I have to game test it too to see if it works. I have got a few ideas....involving tanks and my love of cats 😂.
Just a person who likes pop culture and films
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@independent_ I'm so excited. Aw yeah I used to volunteer there years ago before covid happened but I'm glad to be back working there. It's basically giving me some routine until September because at the moment I'm just stuck in my house not doing much watching YouTube
Aw thank you so much, I really appreciate it a lot x