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>Do you think being a customer service representative will help with my speech fluency? Yes. : ) Can hardly think of a job where you'd have to talk more. And you don't need a lot of training. ...

I have worked for Sonic drive in for almost a year (come May 17th it will be a year 🙂) and it has helped me with my stutter enormously. When I started there I was very hesitant in taking orders or c...

What kind of job should I look for if I want to improve my speech fluency?

What kind of job should I look for if I want to improve my speech fluency? I don't want a sale and marketing job (don't like the idea of upselling someone or persuading someone to buy an item for my o...

My first job was at a fast food restaurant, White Castle. I still crave sliders. I stuttered and they love putting me on Drive Through and the registers. I managed somehow......

I stutter but more social than my wife who doesn't stutter. I hate trivial conversation and find them annoying. Stuttering has made me into an introvert. However, I have to talk at work for my job so ...

You rock! Job interviewing IS work experience, in a sense, it's building up confidence and experience through the interview process. As a person who stutters, I can attest to this by saying it gets ea...

Yeah, if you do get the second interview, bring up that you stutter in the beginning. Tell them it's normally rare and doesn't interfere with your work, just occasionally means it takes you a little ...

Roll with it friend. 2 things - you don't want to work with people that think poorly of you due to a speech impediment. Good coworkers generally just want someone that can do their job and are reaso...

Just fucked up a job interview by stuttering. I have another interview coming up.

Just fucked up a job interview by stuttering. I have another interview coming up. Hey Everyone, So this is my first time reaching out to any community about my problem. I'm actually surprised one ex...

Good luck at the job. I started working as a gopher for an auto shop, having to order everyone's muffins and coffees in the morning, calling taxis, showing up at auto shops with parts etc. It did a lo...

I just finished school and am going to start a new job soon( a week or two). It's a warehouse job and honestly I chose it specifically so I wouldn't have to talk to others as much. So I suppose it has...

Do you work, and how has it impacted your career progression? I've been there but was lucky to be thrown into the fire of the working world and got over it through that. The best way to work through ...

The thing is you can't please everyone. If you can explain something that is relevant to your work with or without a stutter, you will be valued no matter what. It's your brain telling you that people...

I am just waiting for the day when people see my abilites instead of how i speak because i feel that its not important how you speak , the more important thing is that how you're going to explain it ,...

Be brave. Never give up. Life is beautiful, don't let the silly stutter ruin it. Be curious, friendly, open. Don't let stutter make you closed and bitter. Stutter gave us one great benefit when getti...

I think the funniest job rejection I received was an email, full of grammatical errors, explaining how they were looking for someone with strong communication skills. A quick google search of anti-di...

My job interview is at 10AM this morning for a Cap 2 position at Walmart. Knowing that, it's made me feel a bit better since the majority of my time I'm going to be working during off peak hours and u...

maybe i should commit suicide as well. I am currently an engineering major and i am half way done. It bothers me that i will take alot of classes next semester that require alot of communication for...

I m from delhi ( india) ..No dear sometimes your confidence may also become worthless.. i remember the time , i went for my first interview at the bpo , the guy who take.the interview was a piece of s...

I agree with everything said below. I would just add this, if you do freeze up during the interview would they be opposed to you writing your answers down? If is a job that does not directly involve c...