u/SoftHelicopter6330

As an autistic person, Is It better to be self-employed? I've been looking for a job for months, hoping to not have to go back to some toxic factory job, but It's really difficult.

I'm 25, I have some experience, but Its all unskilled jobs where they hired people in batch. Before that I did lots of failed interviews, but I hoped that now having some experience would make it easier. Now I had interviews for maintenance, warehouse, gardener, garbage collector, plant nursery, but I didn't received any offers, despite doing all the rehearsal, smiling, asking questions and so on. To me It's really depressing because I know that even after getting the job, there would probably be lots of other issues, like bullying, isolation and so on.

(Im 25 and unemployed) In the last 3 months I've been looking for a job. After some negative experiences with collegues, and the feeling of never fitting in, and the struggle of spending all day socializing, I decided to look for a less social job.

But at the 2 interviews I've been, as a cleaner and then as a garbageman, they told me they were looking for someone proactive that could handle interactions with clients. I'm afraid they could have sensed my awkwardness, even though I said I'm a hard worker and that I'm good at interacting with clients, and tried to act confident (talking clearly, keeping eye contact, asking questions and so on).

How can I look more proactive and pleasant?