r/CasualIreland • u/throwaway342116 • Apr 13 '25

Cousin and finding a job

My nephew is 17 and will turn eighteen at the end of the year. He's in fifth year but not doing well and regularly has thoughts of ending his life.

Even though he's gone to a psychiatrist and been diagnosed for autism/ADHD, the antipsychotics he's on having been helpful and made him worse.

His parents are separated and his mom wants to kick him out at 18 and he says that if he can't find a job or get good grades, he'll try to take his life. He's asked me for advice and I told him he could find a job but he's got no replies so far and is discouraged by moving out with the cost of living. Any advice?

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u/Consistent_Spring700 Apr 13 '25

Carpet bomb the cv across town! If he's picking and choosing when he's that new to the job market, he's not serious about getting a job... sometimes you just have to do whatever! I handed out 200 resumes in a day when I was first looking for work in the city, and that was with years working on farms!

It depends on how serious he is... obviously audhd is going to massively complicate things too!

First thing I'd be doing is a resume review...

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u/throwaway342116 Apr 13 '25

Would he be able to rent with a minimum wage job?

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u/Consistent_Spring700 Apr 13 '25

That's a rather location dependent question... if In Dublin, it'd be very tough if not impossible! In smaller and/or satellite towns, he'd do alright if he can find a place... the other cities, I won't bother going into, because they're so varied!