After twelve years+ in marketing, I am beginning to understand that my value may not come from being the deepest specialist in one area, but from the way my autistic brain connects everything together. I reflect on pattern recognition, curiosity, strategy and creativity, while being honest about how difficult it is to recognise your own strengths when rejection keeps making you question them.
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How Many Times Can You Be Rejected Before You Start Believing It?
After months of applications, silence and rejection, job searching has become about far more than finding work. It has started to affect my confidence, my mental health and the way I see my own experience. As an autistic adult, I have also found myself questioning whether recruitment processes always give people the chance to show what they can actually do.
When Job Searching Starts to Change How You See Yourself
After hundreds of applications, countless moments of self-doubt and a mental health battle I never expected, I reflect on how job searching has slowly changed the way I see myself, and why sometimes all someone needs is the chance to be truly seen.
Leaving Behind Something I Gave Everything To
My time there was transformative, offering valuable insights into workplace support for neurodivergent individuals.
When Functioning Isn’t the Same as Coping
For the first time since starting this series, I’ve needed to take a step back from writing.