@chibam, I know that my occupational therapist, on hearing that I wanted to become a librarian, helped me with my negative and cognitive symptoms so I would appear more 'normal' and took me to a makeup artist to help me learn how to apply makeup nicely, so I could appear more 'polished' in social situations. She talked to me about librarianship, why I liked it, and said she thought I'd be good at it because of some personal attributes she'd noticed. She got me into a volunteer work position where I could brush up on my customer service skills, because my health precluded me from being a checkout/fastfood person in my teens, by being my second referee as well as telling me about it. She even came down and had a chat with my new boss to figure out if I'd have any foreseeable problems, such as the accessibility of the toilets, or if I could manage the clothes hangers ok with my good hand. She has also kept an eye out for entry-level library jobs and passed them on to me to apply for, and has offered to look over my applications before I send them in.
I think that what
@hanami meant to say was that occupational therapy is not solely job related - if you look at the page hanami linked, it talks about meaningful activities - which could be a job, or it could be a volunteer position, or it could be participating in a sport or a hobby. Occupational therapists are very practical people, in my experience. They also look at breaking down the prerequisites for participating in an activity, such as what you need to live independently, that you need to structure your days so that you can participate in everything that you want to. If you say to your OT 'I want a job that's not a desk job' they will tease out some more specifics from you (like, if you prefer gardening work or some other kind of work) and they will help you towards something that you want to do.
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