postr/StutterSeptember 10, 2022

Do You Think People Just Stop Considering You For A Job When They Hear You Stutter?

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Do You Think People Just Stop Considering You For A Job When They Hear You Stutter? When you're applying for a job and getting interviewed, do you ever think that the recruiter just sits there and immediately decides to not shortlist you after they hear you stutter? Even for non-customer facing jobs? I live in a pretty big city and whenever there's a job up, people just flock to it instantly. Every job will have around 50 applicants within just 1 or 2 days. Also my stutter is very severe. A sentence that might take a regular person 5 seconds to finish, will take me 15 seconds. I'm sure if its a light stutter, the recruiter would overlook it. So given this, why would a recruiter have any reason to pick you when they can pick any of the other 49 applicants who can talk easily? Because in a job, communication will always be necessary. You might have to talk to your boss about something that's happened or talk to co workers. And even if you think you can manage the communication, the recruiter will anticipate future problems. " Ok if this guy talks like this, it will cause delays in everything. He'll take too long to finish sentences, my superiors will blame me for the delays and ask me why I hired this guy. I don't have the time to deal with this. " Really they have no incentive to pick you. I'm not being a pessisimist, I'm just being a realist. Why would pick you when they have a choice of other candidates? When they're in a position where they have 50 applicants and they have to shortlist it down to just 3 or 4 applicants, wouldn't this stutter be a deal breaker to them?

Themes

Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceSchool & Work

Subthemes

Anticipating StutteringAvoidance & SubstitutionAnxiety & Social JudgmentEmployment & Career