Sharnaya Pitts

Congee

At this current point in time I am unemployed and so therefore don't have the greatest income coming through. Whilst I am thankful for my centrelink payments, they are still very much a struggle to live off. Now trust me, I know that the payments aren't there to make you comfortable and all that capitalist ideology. However, I also know from first hand experience how hard it is to currently find a job, especially where I'm living. In this day and age everything requires a piece of paper to say how good you are and that almost always means that without said piece of paper you're not even given the time of day to physically show the skills you have. I'm currently 22 years of age and have 2 years worth of experience as an Assistant in Nursing and Endoscope reprocessor. The latter of which is an occupation that not many people can say they have the skills and knowledge for. Now when I was 20, before I acquircd those jobs, I was studying my Cert III in Health Services Assistance, to which I attended every class and excelled in all the practical work. I never finished said course because I never completed my written work and would get easily overwhelmed and frustrated when doing my online quizzes. These struggles and more are currently contributing to my growing suspicions that I have undiagnosed ADHD. The only reason I managed to get those jobs is because of another common factor to how people get jobs these days; I knew someone. This person was my first boss, and she was extremely loved by the entire clinic. I'm still grateful to this day for being given such amazing opportunity to be able to work where I did.