Vocations · Job Skills

Tell people how
you work best.

A new manager or teammate cannot guess that you follow meetings better with a written recap, or that headphones mean focus. A short card tells them, with no diagnosis and no formal request. Write the preferences that matter most, check the card is short enough to read, and print it.

Make a cardWhat you get

Your cards

The worked example is made up: a new analyst’s card with six preferences in four areas, and an older class card due for a reread. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Vocations · Job SkillsFree

What you finish with
A card per setting: what to call you, pronouns, who it is for, best ways to reach you, preferences sorted by area, what makes work harder, how you like feedback, what to do when it is urgent, who it is shared with and when it was updated. Counts preferences and areas; flags a card too long or empty, one older than six months and sharing with a whole team. Prints a one-page card.
Who it is for
Employees, interns and students, with or without a disability, who want to tell a new manager, team or instructor how they work best.
Format
Browser card builder with a saved card per setting. Prints the one-page card, the full record, every card in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Job Skills space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Choose who the card is for.
  2. Add how people should reach you.
  3. Write five or six preferences, one line each.
  4. Add feedback and urgent instructions.
  5. Print it and hand it over, or send it.

Make a card

Vague or clear

Writing a preference that worksVagueClearWhy it worksI need clear communicationA written recap after meetingssays what and whenI get distractedHeadphones on means focusedtells people what to doI don’t like callsA message before a phone callasks for one small stepBe patient with meNew tasks with an examplegives them a methodI’m a visual learnerSlides posted before classis easy to say yes toWriting a preference that worksI need clear communicationClear: A written recap after meetingsWhy it works: says what and whenI get distractedClear: Headphones on means focusedWhy it works: tells people what to doI don’t like callsClear: A message before a phone callWhy it works: asks for one small stepBe patient with meClear: New tasks with an exampleWhy it works: gives them a methodI’m a visual learnerClear: Slides posted before classWhy it works: is easy to say yes to
A clear preference names something a colleague can do on an ordinary Tuesday. Keep each one to a single line.

Handing it over

“I made a short card about how I work best; it might save us both some guessing.” Most managers welcome it. Offer to go over it in your first one-on-one, and update it after a month in the job.

A card or an accommodation

A card asks for small, everyday preferences. If you need a change to equipment, schedule or duties that the job does not normally allow, that is an accommodation request; the Accessibility Disclosure Decision Guide covers that step.

Sources

  1. Job Accommodation Network. Accommodation ideas by limitation (askjan.org).
  2. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy. Workplace flexibility and Accommodations resources (dol.gov/odep).
  3. CAST. Universal Design for Learning guidelines, version 3.0 (udlguidelines.cast.org).
  4. Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology. Accessible workplace communication resources (peatworks.org).

The worked examples are made up. This card asks for everyday preferences and is not a formal accommodation request. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.