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8 Sep 2010 @ 2:26 AM
kwombat Join Date: Wed 8th Sep 2010
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Unemployed ,depressed and meds aren't helping.

It's been two years since I had a full time job. I recently completed a sucessfull contract assignment of which I was immensely proud, but after 2 months I'm back to the self doubt, fear of failure and overall despair I'm constantly missing stupid spelling mistakes on my resumes and cover letters. The meds keep me on task, but due to my extreme hyperfocus, steering my thinking to positive takes tremendous efforts. I'm overcome by the fear of another decade years of working entry level jobs and not advancing b/c of stupid absentminded mistakes! If this resonates with anyone. please comment.

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8 Sep 2010 @ 11:28 PM Reply # 1
Gail25 Join Date: Thu 6th Aug 2009
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Resume Help

I keep making mistakes with my resume. I have two for different types of work. I hate typing and can not seem to figure out the spaces and lines. Anybody know some good templates for Acting and Market Research? I wish I knew somebody who could type it for me. Any volunteers out there?

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12 Sep 2010 @ 7:05 AM Reply # 2
Giulia Join Date: Fri 16th Oct 2009
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resume, mistakes....

Ok, you complain of mistakes of your resumes, covers etc.... You hate typing because of not knowing spaces etc.... Did you think about a software problem ? I mean, do your software suit your needs ?

Office suite does not summarize of MS one. You have other ones, and much better, like Open Office. Here, you can have all the spelling correction you want, and free of charge.

Your company can also adapt the software for your disability. And getting open source software won't cost anything to them, just some willpower to keep you in the company. Spelling corrector enables me to be aware of spelling mistakes because of being absent minded. I use it on OpenOffice (office suite), Firefox (web browser) and Thunderbird (email client). And if the company doesn't want to change your computer settings to adapt them to your disability, you may negotiate to buy a new computer and put the settings which are right for you, like Linux instead of Windows.

If you hate typing, try to know why and how can you solve it. Changing the software to get the same format file (for example, if you need to send a Word document, OpenOffice does it like a piece of cake. You can get another PDF reader etc....) can make a huge difference. And setting the OS or changing it can also change your life.

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