Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by bawolff on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:26PM (#26828291)

As someone who sometimes struggles with social stuff, join a club has never been useful advice for me. Its never worked out well, i'm not sure where y'all live where there are actually interesting clubs, and they're pretty awkward environments generally imo.

I've had better luck with do something with a more structured environment. E.g. take an in person class (something not work related. Learn sign language or something) but that takes $$$ and ymmv.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by Larrikin on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:29PM (#26828703)

I think it used to be difficult to find decent clubs outside of school, but sites like meetup have tons of different groups. Language meetups are particularly plentiful. They are different from a class, but they are always open to people of various levels.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by bawolff on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:45PM (#26828805)

Honestly, i found clubs to be uncomfortable social interactions, even in university (actually, even in high school, and grade school). Maybe they're just not for me. Anyhow i found other ways to fulfil my social needs.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by chillfox on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:21AM (#26829419)

Fair enough, not everyone learns in the same way.

You are right that clubs will feel awkward, for the first 2-3 months anyway. But they will also challenge you to improve your social skills.

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