Module 02 - Understanding Your Strengths
What if the way you've been told to think about yourself at work has been completely wrong?
This April, the AV Job Seeker Network continues the JobSeeker Roadmap with a session dedicated to one of the most powerful — and most misunderstood — parts of career development: understanding your genuine strengths.
Most of us have spent far more time cataloguing what we struggle with than exploring what we excel at. This session flips that entirely — drawing on strengths-based research, Advantaged Thinking, and tools including CliftonStrengths and VIA Character Strengths to help you identify your natural talents, build your personal brand, and articulate your unique value proposition.
Meeting Details
The new program introduces a clearer structure with monthly modules, practical worksheets, and a dedicated facilitator who is an Careers Practitioner Specialising in Neurodiversity and Disability Employment Supports.
This means the program now combines two things that matter deeply to Autism Valued:
- Professional career development expertise
Lived experience leadership from within our community
Our meetings are currently held online via Zoom on the last Friday of every month.
Participants gain access to a 09 module self-paced learning series, alongside monthly Job Seeker Meetings that provide space for reflection, questions, and connection regardless of which module someone is currently engaging with.
About This Session
Strengths-based thinking isn't a feel-good exercise — it is a research-backed approach that consistently produces better career outcomes. This session introduces the concept of Advantaged Thinking: the understanding that individual strengths exist within a structural context, and that identifying both is essential to building a career that actually works for you.
We explore how to identify natural talents versus learned skills, how to translate those into work-relevant language, and how to build a personal brand and value proposition — even without a traditional employment history. Importantly, this session addresses the reality that autistic and neurodiverse people often bring significant strengths that conventional hiring processes fail to recognise — and gives you the tools to change that.
What’s Included
All AV facilitators and volunteers are peers of their group participants and hold a valid Working with Children Check. If you know a child whom could benefit from our sessions, they must be registered by the parents membership, and/ or accompanied by an adult.
Cost and Membership Information
Registered job seekers may be eligible to have their AV membership reimbursed or covered by job-seeking support programs, such as those offered through Disability Employment Services (DES) or NDIS providers. To check eligibility and request support:
- Contact your job-seeking program provider or NDIS plan manager.
- Explain that AV membership provides access to employment support programs designed for neurodiverse individuals.
- Provide them with AV’s details and a description of the AV Job Seeker Network (available upon request from our admin team).
If you need further assistance, please reach out to our Facilitator directly.
AV Membership Benefits
- Access to free tickets for activities, including the AV Job Seeker Network.
- Exclusive access to members-only programs and interest groups.
- Opportunities to support the work AV does for the neurodiverse community.
If cost is a barrier; and you would like to join AV, please contact our admin team for support.
Registration Guidelines
- Registration is required for all AV activities.
- For online events, you must register to receive the Zoom meeting link.
Community Guides
We’ve created step-by-step guides to make participation easy:
These guides are designed to ensure that every participant has a smooth and enjoyable experience.
For Assistance or More Information
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Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm
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After-Hours Support
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Phone support available 1 hour before and during
the first hour of each event
Please note emails may not be attended to afterhours
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