Searching for jobs is already hard in this competitive world. To add to that, interviewers dismiss candidates if they are given even the slightest bit of excuse to do so. But what if you are someone with the skills and a mental disability at the same time? Considering the current hiring trends, how will have an emotional support animal when looking for a job affect your odds?
Here are a few factors to consider before losing any hope of finding a good job and having an ESA. A quick tip now – it won’t!
Don’t have an ESA letter for you and your pet? You can get your ESA letter online by completing the questionnaire in the link below. 
Can an employer ask if I have an Emotional Support Animal?
While searching for a job, no one may ask you if you have an emotional support animal.
Moreover, there is no registry that lists that you are currently living with an emotional support animal. This makes it almost impossible for them to know if you have one or not. Thus having an emotional support animal when looking for a job shouldn’t pose a problem at all.
Companies and employer cannot ask about your medical history when interviewing your for a job. Your medical history is your private information and does not have to be shared with anyone. If you suffer from a mental illness, you are not required to bring up this information to a prospective employer.
Should I take my Emotional Support Animal to work?
The real answer is “it depends”.
Emotional support animals are not given the same freedoms and privileges that service animals have. However, they do have special access rights to flights or public housing facilities where they otherwise wouldn’t be allowed. To qualify for an ESA letter, please click on the link below and a therapist will be in touch with you directly –
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Emotional Support Animals are not required public access to office buildings or restaurants. This means that you may not be able to take your emotional support animal to work if your employer will not grant special access. This means until you are hired, you do not need to request special access. During an interview, you do not need to disclose that you have an emotional support animal.
If your problem is quite severe, there are a few companies that might be accommodating. These companies may even allow your ESA to come with you to the office. Although it is not required by law, employers are becoming more and more supportive of their staffing improving their mental health.
In such cases, the company will consider what kind of animal your emotional support animal is. They should be accepting of your emotional support animal. That is, of course, your emotional support animal to get a fully-grown grizzly, in which case your ESA will likely not be granted special access.
There is nothing wrong with having an emotional support animal when looking for a job
The Society for Human Resource Management estimates that around 7 percent of employers allow pets at work. Emotional support animals may or may not have a stigma in your office, but it is up to you to decide if you want to share your need for an ESA to your employer.
The fact that you are dealing with your problems head-on will only help you continue to improve. Having an emotional support animal does not prevent you from looking for a better job. In fact, this may indicate that having an ESA is improving your mental health. As long as caring for your Emotional Support Animal does not negatively affect your ability to work and your skills are good enough for the job. Your new company will still view you as an asset.
Just get back on your feet and keep searching, the perfect job is out there somewhere waiting for you. And you never know, you might even get to take your ESA to the office every day to make your job even more enjoyable.
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I am in need of registering my dog as an ESA. She has kept me from getting anxious so far and i sleep better knowing i have someone with me. The only thing holding me back is, i want to join the FBI after college. Will a ESA letter show up on my medical records? or a federal background check? I haven’t been able to travel to see my family and that was a huge way for me to deal with my stress. I’m in quite the predicament because i don’t want to ruin my future but i do need her for my problems.
This is not something that we can decide for you. Having an ESA is a personal choice and should not affect a person’s job outlook.
There’s no registry, there’s no way to look up whether or not you have an ESA. ESA isn’t covered under ADA regulations like a normal Service Animal. Lately, all employers will request clinical documentation if after hiring you, you decide you want your ESA in the office or out on the job with you. This is crack down on fraud and incidents with untrained “pets” …