Not just a Title but a real group of folks who gather together regularly in San Francisco, the Job Club meets monthly to discuss their own job-placement efforts, and learn new ones from other participants and specialists who are invited to speak at their meetings. This group began their efforts of supporting each other in 2011.
The initial goal was to build an actual structure of employment for neurodiverse adults by:
Michael Bernick and Richard Holden, who formed the Autism Job Club, also wrote the book in 2015 and provides the typical data on the high unemployment rates among adults with autism and other neuro-diverse conditions as I have shared before in earlier posts. However, more encouraging are their concrete descriptions and detailed systems for securing employment as well as information about the ever-increasing movement to hire neuro-diverse folks in major corporate businesses worldwide.
This book when it arrived on shelves, drew a great deal of attention from all different sectors. "In this book, Mr. Bernick and Mr. Holden shed light on an important issue and offer valuable strategies to improve employment for adults with autism in the modern workforce. On a broader level, the book speaks to all audiences about the difficult task of finding a role in the increasingly competitive job world." - Senator Dianne Feinstein
Also, I was able to find that YouTube has an interesting and short video about an Autism Job Club project referring to our folks as Everyday Heroes. The link to this clip is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXik0KQW3A
Another interesting concept that I was unfamiliar with until reading this book was that a new approach to employment for many job seekers whether they are on the spectrum or not is "gig employment." This is described as a willingness to move from project to project or contingent employment or contracting to create an income stream. It is a very popular way, today, for many adults in their 20's and 30's who like a wide variety of jobs, more control over their schedule and/or who prefer to work for themselves.
One last piece for this post is to consider the value of a job coach. Bernick and Holden feel that especially for folks on the spectrum, these individuals can be very helpful by:
The initial goal was to build an actual structure of employment for neurodiverse adults by:
- Identifying the most effective employment efforts out in the world.
- Understand that the job search process can be a long one that takes patience.
- Learning that the process of finding employment is a very individualized process
- Focusing on personal talents and add flexibility to enable the individual to work around difficulties.
- Being willing to gain experience through volunteering
- Sending out more applications than others
- Enhancing applications by including supplemental materials such as in-house recommendations, homespun video links, work samples, and pertinent photos.
- Always networking to expand a list of connections.
Michael Bernick and Richard Holden, who formed the Autism Job Club, also wrote the book in 2015 and provides the typical data on the high unemployment rates among adults with autism and other neuro-diverse conditions as I have shared before in earlier posts. However, more encouraging are their concrete descriptions and detailed systems for securing employment as well as information about the ever-increasing movement to hire neuro-diverse folks in major corporate businesses worldwide.
This book when it arrived on shelves, drew a great deal of attention from all different sectors. "In this book, Mr. Bernick and Mr. Holden shed light on an important issue and offer valuable strategies to improve employment for adults with autism in the modern workforce. On a broader level, the book speaks to all audiences about the difficult task of finding a role in the increasingly competitive job world." - Senator Dianne Feinstein
Also, I was able to find that YouTube has an interesting and short video about an Autism Job Club project referring to our folks as Everyday Heroes. The link to this clip is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXik0KQW3A
Another interesting concept that I was unfamiliar with until reading this book was that a new approach to employment for many job seekers whether they are on the spectrum or not is "gig employment." This is described as a willingness to move from project to project or contingent employment or contracting to create an income stream. It is a very popular way, today, for many adults in their 20's and 30's who like a wide variety of jobs, more control over their schedule and/or who prefer to work for themselves.
One last piece for this post is to consider the value of a job coach. Bernick and Holden feel that especially for folks on the spectrum, these individuals can be very helpful by:
- providing regular attention and focus to the task of finding employment
- conducting a non-biased assessment of skills
- designing an individualized employment program starting with resume design and interview skills
- developing job seeking and networking training
- locating internships to gain additional experience and helping to round out the resume
- communicating the important perspective of the "Autism Advantage" in the workplace for the employer that is rapidly gaining real value for many companies around the US.
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