Finding the Right Job or Career That will Facilitate Your ADHD

Adults with ADHD will have some problems with time management and organization and procrastination these problem areas are inherent in people with ADHD. However, some adults with ADHD have sort help through coaching to structuring and organize their day and have become extremely organized.

Many people have asked what specific jobs are best for individuals with ADHD, but each person is unique and ADHD brings out different strengths and weaknesses in each person.

Every industry also provides a wide array of jobs so that for any interest, a job can be found. An ADHD person might find being an independent contractor or freelance worker suites them better as it keeps the job new and refreshing.

So, how do you determine what job is best for you?
Please understand that this process will not be completed in a day or a week. It may take longer. Your goal is to find a career that suits your lifestyle, your personality and your interests.

Buy a notebook to keep all of your notes, as you will refer to them in order to determine in which direction your career should go.
Take as much time to work on the following steps, as you need. The slower this process is the better the outcome.
Write a list of interest. Start with as many items as you want.

The list might look something like this:
Likes:
Reading Books
Talking with people
Spectator Sports, especially basketball
Swimming
Internet
Web Site Development
Health Care
Solving Problems

Dislikes:
Answering phones
Paperwork
Large crowds
Early mornings
Working with numbers
Tedious projects
Public Speaking

Add to the list when you think of any other interests or dislikes.
Put a star or tick next to the interests that really excite you. Do the same to the dislike list but this time tick the one that you really dislike.
Write your work experience. Think of every job that you have had.
Form the earliest to the current.

List all of the skills that you had for that job.
Skills
Office Skills: Filing, Answering Phones,
Bookkeeping, Receptionist Duties
Web site development, Programming
Software: MS Word, MS Front Page, Lotus
Cash Register, dealing with customers
Additional Skills: great spelling skills, quick learner, think outside of the box
Problem solver

Add as much detail and information as possible to the list for example include
Education,
Personal experience
Volunteer work. .
Life Skills list

Your next sheet should include all of the day-to-day skills you have. :
The things I am Great at are
Find creative solutions to problems that arise.
Life and sole of the party
Find it better when I am in small groups
Work well on my own
Work well in small groups
Love to give and organize parties
Willingly make sacrifices for something I really want

The things that need Some Work
Getting up and to work on time
Over coming being Intimidated by large crowds
Forgetful
Disorganized
Sometimes work very slow to make sure it is done right
Procrastination

Decide which of the above you are willing to work to change don't accept a position where success would depend on an item that you have not developed

Make a list of what you have liked about previous jobs that you have held.
Flexible Hours
Lots of contact with the public
Worked without much supervision
Allowed creativity to come through
Received sense of accomplishment at completion of project
Boss gave credit for jobs well done
Deadlines forced me to complete work on time

Put a star next to the items you really liked.
Make an list of what you did not like in previous jobs:
Did not get along with boss
Got talked to about lack of organization
Panic of upcoming deadlines caused me to miss the deadlines
Tedious and boring
Too unstructured
Too many people around

Mark those that you do not feel you would be able to deal with again in a work environment.
Take a break, and leave it for a day or two.
When you come back to it, you might be surprised to see that you have even more to add to it.
Compare the results of your interests and your experiences. What interests do you have left that are backed up by some type of experience or education?

Look at the interests that are left and begin to write down all of the jobs that are available in those interests.
You should now have in front of you a list of several jobs for which you have an interest and some experience/education in. Work with your list of life skills to determine if any of those positions would not fit your personality. Match the positions with your strengths to find a position where you will be able to grow instead of feeling frustration.
Look again at what you disliked and liked determine what is important to you.

Do you like the structure of a large company?
Do you like the excitement of a new company, being there on the ground floor and watching and being a part of the growth of the company?
Do you want someone in the background to oversee your work, yet leave you alone to complete it?

Use these to determine which type of company you would like to work for
(or whether you would prefer to be self-employed).
Using all the list of information you compiled should help you immensely during the interview process. This knowledge will allow you to show your confidence and make decisions based on what is best for you, rather than on the impulse of "Wow, this sounds terrific, when do I start?" attitude

Doing a job that we are interested in, what we are good at which is governed by our strengths, rather than pointing out our weaknesses will lead to success in our careers.

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