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I just feel stuck. I’ve been working in this retail job for a year. The company itself is horrible however I like the people I work with in my small store. When I first got the job, I told myself it was a ‘for now’ job and was still looking for a non retail, more career based job. A year and a lot of applications later and I’ve not made any progress. I worry that my stutter is making me undesirable to employers, sometimes I mention it in my applications and explain why my stutter has brought me some positives. When I get an interview I mention it too, and I’ve never got past an interview. I also do struggle a lot with talking on the phone and I do mention this in interviews too because I want to be as honest as possible. I think I have a lot of strong qualities that employers are after, I just worry it’s the stutter that’s letting me down. I’m not on a stable income and haven’t been for the last year. I have zero job security at this place. I just don’t want to work for a shitty retail companies anymore. If I’ve already been trying for a year and haven’t got anywhere, what will the next year or the next year be like? Is my stutter actually affecting my chances of getting out of retail? Do employers think I’m low skilled? I just feel so helpless right now.