A lot of ‘support workers’ forget they’re applying for a job

and one where listening to what people need is an important skill.

A note to any of them, at least when it comes to me anyway, if I put a post out on social media, especially one that thought has been put in to, especially one that mentions people are able to send a DM with a little about who they are etc (some group rules say people aren’t to message people without consent). People have sent messages so being able to send me messages is definitely working.

You absolutely will not get even a millisecond longer of my attention if you just comment on the post “I’m interested, send me a DM”. For so many reasons that I feel like I shouldn’t have to list and I’m too tired to anyway.

Especially when they can see the amount of other comments that are far more detailed, or that say the person has sent me a message. What would make them think I’m going to do the work of prying even the basics out of them?

At least it’s a quick way to narrow down the shortlist of people