

It gave me that enthusiasm because I lacked it a bit before getting Kickstart's help.ĭemi: So anyone of working age is eligible for the service, and as long as you have a health condition then we would be able to support you back in to employment. Yousef: At Kickstart there were weekly meetups, looking at my CV, and they have CV workshops.

I support them with job searching, job applications,CV building, interview skills, interview techniques and mainly to build up their confidence and self-esteem. They want to get back into employment, they just need the extra push. My role is to support individuals back into employment, a lot of the customers I have had been out of work for a short period of time. She set targets for me and it gave me something to work towards.ĭemi: The Kickstart service is an employment service. It as good to have someone to go to with the job search and to have your adviser there, and pushing you like Demi did.

It was initially through a Google search, I think I put in "help for people on the autistic spectrum". I was working in a presentation centre doing some admin and that lasted 4 years. Now I'm trying to get over it with techniques. It affected me more when I was younger, I was really shy and school and stuff. Answer (1 of 13): I’m just posting this from my yelp review, but I am just so thankful to the staff that I wanted to write a bit more: I started IK right before SIP (shelter in place 2020) happened, so my options for companies decreased. Yousef: My name is Yousef Bassiouni, I'm 34 years old.
