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Job application?
I have been volunteering at the local thrift store and I got a application for the thrift store yesterday when I was working I didn't even ask for it . They just have it to me. I am stumped on a few questions.
1. Do you have a condition that would require job accomodations?
I have major social anxiety
2 reference would I put the thrift store down it's the only experience I have had.
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If you have not worked anywhere else, then put down your volunteer work with them. They obviously know this but its good to remind them of it, especially if they have other applicants with previous jobs, but you already have experience with them and none or less training needed. That is an important plus for you. Especially if they initiated and gave you the form and want you to apply, they must really like you working with them. I know social anxiety can be a minus in some jobs, especially those dealing with the public. You don't have to be Ms. Social Butterfly, but if a customer asks a question, you need to be able to talk to them, clearly speak and answer their question or help direct them somewhere. I shop thrift stores often and know that even if a person works on labeling and hanging clothes, other jobs, that all of them have times when they also handle the register. Most all jobs train employees for that and likely that is one of the things you will still need to learn if they choose you. So in doing that job, if you have a condition that requires accomodations, yes, I believe they may consider this important. However you have already been working there. You should know better than anyone if having to talk to customers is hard for you. I used to have major social anxiety myself. Just so you know to what degree I struggled, it was all during school days, being cured in Sr. HS year, and was so bad I wouldn't get up to use pencil sharpener cus I didn't want people to be staring at me. I also would not smile or say Hi to people because I was afraid that might encourage them to start talking to me and I was terrified of having to do a conversation with anyone other than my immediate family members (parents and siblings only) If I had not gotten cured of it, it certainly would have held me back in many areas of life. No matter how long you've had it, there are ways to be healed for good of anxieties.
You could put down that you are a bit shy if you are willing to give it a try to be cured of your anxiety. I can share that with you but only if you at ropes end and tired of your anxiety always being an issue no matter what you do in liffe. Just let me know with a message to me on my website.
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