commentr/StutterMarch 10, 2020

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I was in a similiar position to you when I first graduated and what helped me was: * Joining a stammering support group. Like you said, you feel as as if you can't do it, so you have to see that it can be done. Through joining my local support group I've found so many stammerers that have excellent careers, some in fields that require a lot of public speaking eg. Senior Management. Once you meet and interact with other stammerers that have made careers for themselves, you'll feel more confident that you can do it too. * Analyse why you have failed your interviews and ask for feedback if possible. Even though stammering is a speech condition, it doesn't make us completely awful communicators, as communication is made up of loads of things eg. Body language, eye contact, listening carefully etc. So it might not be your stammer that's holding you back, it could easily be something else. * Networking and researching vacancies as much as possible. I got my first job through my lecturer at university. From there I landed a major internship with a charity that works with disabled people, through landing that internship I was able to network loads and now I've gained more interviews through my network recommendations. I understand that your issue isn't landing interviews, however when you get an interview through a recommendation, the interviewer is already more confident of you as an applicant and a person, because you've been vetted already as it were, this should make it easier for you to land a job. * You're landing interviews, even for non-stammerers this is difficult so that's an achievement in itself.

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Community & SupportSchool & Work

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Advice RequestsEmployment & Career

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