  Successful job search results from job seekers' well-shaped social
communication. While well-known differences in communication exist between
people with autism and neurotypicals, little is known about how people with
autism collaborate with their social surroundings to strive in the job market.
To better understand the practices and challenges of collaborative job seeking
for people with autism, we interviewed 20 participants including applicants
with autism, their social surroundings, and career experts. Through the
interviews, we identified social challenges that people with autism face during
their job seeking; the social support they leverage to be successful; and the
technological limitations that hinder their collaboration. We designed four
probes that represent major collaborative features found from the
interviews--executive planning, communication, stage-wise preparation, and
neurodivergent community formation--and discussed their potential usefulness
and impact through three focus groups. We provide implications regarding how
our findings can enhance collaborative job seeking experiences for people with
autism through new designs.
