100 voices - the ADHD careers survey

Hi fellow ADDers.

A huge thanks to the 100 ADHDers who took time to complete an anonymous survey and share their thoughts and advice on ADHD and careers. Over the coming weeks I will share the results starting with a broad look at the demographics.

Who are our 100 voices?

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What gender are our voices? Our voices are predominantly female –over 60% of respondents.

 What age are our voices? While our respondents come from a range of ages, over 60% are between 25 and 44 years of age.   

 When were our voices diagnosed? As many of our voices were diagnosed after their 35th birthday as before.

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In what careers had our voices found success? There were a few consistent areas of work in which our voices had their best jobs:

  • Caring professions

  • Teaching

  • Trades & construction

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  • Sales & consulting

  • Hospitality

  • Projects & management

  • Technology roles

I’ve reviewed the open text responses to the ‘best job’ question and grouped into the career areas above. For example, a number of the respondents who mentioned Project Management also mentioned Management roles hence I combined these in the areas above.

My next post will start to give more detail on the specific findings and advice from our voices.

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A huge thank you to our voices - the 100 ADHDers who shared their thoughts and responses. I hope and expect the information shared to be of interest across our community.

CareerAdventuring