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How much is your stutter affecting your confidence in the interviews? I'd hazard a guess that's the reason for your lack of success more then the stutter itself. If you go in with the attitude of "ye...

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Job Interviews Hello, I graduated college a year and a half ago with a degree in Graphic Design. Not to be conceded or anything, but I was always the best in my classes and my portfolio is very good. ...

In most jobs, speaking is only a small part of the actual job. Make sure you do the other parts well or ideally excel in them and they will be glad to have you :)...

As I said to someone else on this thread, it's hard to say that you made the wrong decision. I work as a teacher, I stutter on the odd occasion, but it's not like having to speak to a plethora of diff...

I hear ya, I chose to be a chemist, thinking it wouldn't involve a lot of talking. Lots of talking and presentations though! I wish I didn't worry so much about my stutter and just charged ahead....

Not following through with my goals in my 20's. Thinking I had no shot at becoming a police officer due to my stuttering. Now at 33, I have passed interviews and so on to become a police officer. Wish...

Has anyone ever tried Toastmasters to help with stuttering?

Has anyone ever tried Toastmasters to help with stuttering? I’ve been stuttering since I was five. I’m nearly forty now and in a career where I have to sometimes give speeches, which for me, is mortif...

Got the highest paid job I ever had. It was a significant bump. Found out day one it involved a lot of phone work in an open office setting. Went home for lunch and never came back. I still cringe abo...

Guys, I went forward in life, had talking jobs always. Even radio sales. A challenge is a good thing to do....

Gave up pre-med studies because of the thought that my stutter could possibly kill a patient one day caused by delayed life saving instructions due to my impediment. Switched to transportation. Much...

What is a dumb decision you made because of your stutter?

What is a dumb decision you made because of your stutter? I switched careers from finance to web development thinking that coding doesn’t involve much talking. Turned out coding involved as much talki...

Control what you can control. You can't control how people react to your stutter. The good thing is that you're actually trying to talk. Keep talking and people will adapt to your stutter. When you're...

I'm glad that it turned out like that for you, but teaching is something completely different. Even a small/moderate amount of stuttering suffices for you to be eliminated just at the first glance. St...

Believe me, you care far more about how you are perceived, then how much other people care. If you can do your job, and people like you I cant see how it will result in you losing your job. Also look...

My experience is as long as you do your job. People don't care. I am a signal electrician on a city rail network and most of my job is fault rectification. My job has a lot of talking on the phone an...

I’ve felt the same way and sometimes till do, even 20 years into my career. I’m now mostly mild to moderate, but get frustrated when it’s a sever moment. After being in 9 different corporate and manuf...

Feel like they made a mistake hiring me and that they'll realise it eventually (vent)

Feel like they made a mistake hiring me and that they'll realise it eventually (vent) So I'm almost done with my internship at a big firm and half way through they already offered me a job for after m...

Hey, it went really well. They were a great interview and while they did occasionally stutter it certainly didn't affect their demeanor or mask their knowledge or etc. We took the general advice and d...

I know exactly what will help. Practice saying “arlic” until it sounds like “garlic”. I personally have trouble with G and D and B so I use this method everytime and it always works because the person...

I know exactly how you’re feeling, the feeling of being small in a place that seems huge. Almost like your a pebble in a world full of boulders. This year I’ve had to apply for jobs. I applied to so...