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Please help me.

I lost my job, I have severe RSI and can no longer pursue a career doing the only thing I know how. I have no qualifications and no one will hire me in the current economic climate. I’m intelligent but stranded from options, I’m not a defeatist but my faith is diminished. What can i do?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (17 minutes after post)

Does your state government allow retraining?
Ask your doc, or contact an RSI group to see if there are retraining options available.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 44 minutes after post)

If the RSI means you can’t type on a keyboard (that is the most common kind, I think), there are ways around this such as voice recognition software. there are also touch pad things that replace the mouse-and-click movement. there are also other ways around things, maybe you need to think about moving *up* a level where you’d have an assistant to help when things need typing. I know lots of bosses who “write” all their correspondence by dictaphone that someone else later does the actual typing. if you would give more details about your field and exactly which tasks you can no longer do people here might be able to brainstorm more alternate ideas for you. i do wish you well, i know it is really hard to stay positive when job hunting. but looking for more options is exactly the right thing to do, i’m sure you’re on the right track!

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