Sorry to hear about your job situation, it's never fun to be last person standing. Some good comments here. How bad is your stutter? For me and my block, I've found that consciously slowing down my breathing before I have to pick up the phone is helpful. For outgoing calls, I often rehearse a little script. Definitely try practicing with some retail folks. They'll never meet you in person and you might be surprised at how patient most people are. There will always be frustrated people, but you'd have to deal with them in person, too, so it's not really an additional loss. As far as interviewing goes, I make it a point to let people know that I consider my speech block a weakness, but that I am always looking to improve it (note that it's *not a personal failing*, but rather just *not a strength*). This lets them know that I'm aware of what it means to try to overcome something and shows that I can persevere in the face of adversity. One thing I've done in the past is establish a separate voicemail-only number for professional contacts. This let me give out a phone number *and* meant that I could call people back at my convenience, in comfortable surroundings. Still means that you'll have to be on the phone, but you might be able to get back some control, which, now that I think about it, is more or less the reason I struggle on the phone in the first place. Edit: "not" to "note".