Work and money involve more than finding a job that matches an interest. These articles examine workplace expectations, learning, disclosure, income and financial decisions through my experience of building a sustainable working life.
Workplace expectations and performance
Ask Not What Your Employer Can Do for You
Consider both workplace barriers and the responsibility an employee carries when someone offers an opportunity.
Unwritten Work Rules Nobody Tells You
Make implicit workplace expectations visible instead of assuming everyone already knows them.
Staying Employed
Weigh the practical value of keeping a job even when it does not fulfil every interest or preference.
Professionalism Required for Employment
Develop a work ethic built on reliability, useful contribution and continuing improvement.
How to solve Multitasking Difficulty
Understand task-switching costs and organise competing demands into a more manageable workflow.
Qualifications and continuing learning
Are formal qualifications helpful?
Choose qualifications by the opportunities they open, alongside experience and evidence of ability.
Making the best of Massive Open Online Courses
Use online courses to explore a subject and fill knowledge gaps before making a larger commitment.
Income, working arrangements and money
Employment Success with Freelance Jobs
Consider freelance, contract and part-time work as possible routes to income and further opportunities.
Belonging Is Not a Livelihood
Separate community appreciation from a sustainable route to income and professional development.
How to get a pay raise
Examine the value of your contribution and how to demonstrate or negotiate it when discussing pay.
Working with Money
Notice how attitudes towards saving, spending or avoiding money shape financial choices.
Disclosure, benefits and insurance
To disclose autism or not to employers
Compare disclosure during recruitment, later disclosure and non-disclosure in light of your needs.
Disability Identification is not always positive
Consider the purpose of disability support and possible costs of formal identification before claiming benefits.
Insurance Discrimination
Read my insurance application experiences and argument for underwriting based on clearly identified risks.
Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn explores personal growth through responsibility; Singapore Autism Jobs Employment collects local employment resources.