How Employers can Support Your Young Person

1) I thrive on positive reinforcement, tell me what I can do.

2) I work well with checklist, quiet environments.

3) Give me advance notice of changes to my work schedule.

4) Assistance with filling in employment forms and contracts.

5) I am a visual learner and thinker, so seeing the job rather than telling me is better.

6) I have a great memory, are good with attention to detail, and like to the same job.

7) Once I have done a job many times, I like to learn other tasks too.

8) I like to work with kind people.

9) Use my strengths to build on my work skills, like maths, visual lists, maps, paying attention to small details, and structure. See my profile for more information about my strengths, or talk to my family and other supports that know me well.

10) Verbal instructions that are brief and logical are great for me as I am a literal thinker

11) First and Then instructions are clear. For example,

12) First do the returns ‐ Then tidy the shelves

13) I am very smart but can find it hard to talk to people so you can support my communication skills, by communicating with less words, logical language and give me time to process information.

14) I am good with actions and thought process that are logical such as maths problems, maps, locations, concrete information, and dates.

15) I am a very kind person, and can be very hard on myself, as I like to do things well and hate making mistakes. You can help by reminding me it is O.K to not get things right all the time when we are learning new things.

Thanks for taking the time to get to know my amazing skills, and what I can contribute to the workforce.