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Welcome to Dyslexia Now Blog! This blog is in affiliation with a non-profit called Jobs For Dyslexics! We help adults with dyslexia find the jobs of their dreams and spread awareness around dyslexia. This blog will have resources dyslexics can use to get jobs and advocate for themselves.

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Dyslexia Is an Advantage Even When Job Hunting

Research by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire found that dyslexics are great at pointing out things that are out of place like weeds in a garden. Researchers found that dyslexics could point out  visual representations of causal reasoning at faster rates than non-dyslexics.  Which means they can point out things that don't make sense in painting or photographs a lot easier and faster. In one study  astrophysicists  with dyslexia were able to pick out black holes from the noise faster than non-dyslexics. In another study with college students, dyslexics were better at memorizing blurry images that looked like x-rays. These are great advantages in medicine and science.  So, if dyslexia can be a gift, why does it make it harder to find employment. Dyslexics can have a tough time getting a job. Where do you even start? You can start by listing your strengths in your resume. Employers want to know your strengths and skills right off the bat to see ...
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How To Make a Great Resume

One of the most important things when looking for a job is your resume, but writing a resume can be tough especially when your dyslexia or learning challenge makes it difficult to write well. So, here are a few tips to help you create a resume employers are looking for:            A resume must be well-organized, error-free and neat. These are the sections you want to have, and in this order: the header, career objective/ job summary, skills, experience, education, certifications. The header should have your name, present address, email, and primary telephone number at the top of the page.           In your career objective/job summary communicate the type of position you want while summarizing your career. This should highlight the skills you have acquired throughout your career. It should only be one to two sentences long.           The skills section is really important because employers use this...
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Dyslexia at the Workplace

The following is a quote from a person who is dyslexic about his struggles with dyslexia in the workplace. He had some advice for people with dyslexia as well. Some parts have been edited for clarity: "A huge problem I face in the workplace is communication and pronunciation. My boss has a way of saying things or pronouncing things which make me question what he says and what I'm supposed to be doing. On top of that, my dyslexia makes reading any documents or papers at work hard; it slows me down because I have to take my time. That is even though I have many computer programs at hand to help me read and do the paperwork to accomplish all of the goals.              To overcome some of my difficulties, I have to ask my boss to repeat what he says or I have to re-read the documents I was given, re-read what I have written and what I read to prepare reports and other documents. Which takes more time, but I have to do it in order to make ...
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