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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Considering moving job again.

Forget qualifications and experience for one minute and just go off what you've read before.

What would I be good at? Because I'm fucked if I know. I seem to be capable of pretty much anything, but other people seem to fuck up any pleasure I take from working.

Love writing, but don't know how to turn that into a job.

Love helping others solve personal problems.

No money to retrain independently.

Not organised enough to be self employed.

Help me out here..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What did you do before? What skills do you have that may be transferable?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Combat Engineer

Telecoms Engineer

Field Surveyor

Care Assistant

HGV Class 2

Forklift

Water Treatment Engineer (paintplants)

All that was shit though..

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Project Management - there are always projects to be completed - background allows for a multitude of industries - you get to write reports and stuff

Failing that you could always drive the fastest milk cart in the West!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Project Management - there are always projects to be completed - background allows for a multitude of industries - you get to write reports and stuff

Failing that you could always drive the fastest milk cart in the West!!

I think there is more chance of someone putting me in charge of a milk cart than putting me in charge of any of their projects.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Project Management - there are always projects to be completed - background allows for a multitude of industries - you get to write reports and stuff

Failing that you could always drive the fastest milk cart in the West!!

"Earnest" He was the fastest milk cartvdriver in the West!

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

If you want to write you need to get a body of work together.

Start a blog, commit to writing every day.

Submit articles to local papers - they're desperate for content. I recently had a piece I wrote for work get picked up by the press and quoted extensively.

Perhaps gig reviews or wherever your passions lie.

Find a local charity and offer to copy edit some content.

After you have a body of work to point people at, perhaps sign up to People Per Hour and see what comes of that.

Perhaps also start to become famili with different style guides and practise writing in various voices.

Oh, enjoy it!

P xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Project Management - there are always projects to be completed - background allows for a multitude of industries - you get to write reports and stuff

Failing that you could always drive the fastest milk cart in the West!!

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No one drives a faster milk float than me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What about getting into adult education? Use your writing skills to help others learn?

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

"What about getting into adult education? Use your writing skills to help others learn? "

Funding for adult education has been reduced by 53% over the last few years. I love the sector, but it ain't in good shape right now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Are you more into people...ie networking, chatting or "schmoozing' or do you prefer tk actually work on a project whatever that may be?

I'm an Engineer (civil) but over the years my roles changed from the actual project side to more people management / stakeholders etc...which in a way is ok (but I do miss working on specific projects)...Now, I dont do anything remotely 'Engineeringy' (sorry couldnt think of the right word) and its all just talking to people from different parts of the spectrum.

Perhaps instead of thinking of what you're good at or thinking of a specific role...think about what you want to do position wise? Maybe help others, or invent something ground breaking, or even work from home more...and then take it from there. Maybe do a bit of voluntary work? I think you have plenty of skills so maybe start by helping those with none and see what doors that opens up?

Either way, good luck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Put yourself on a sex ban (porn/wank ban if you're not getting any).....

.....this time tomorrow you'll be enrolled on an airline pilot's training program, or something suitably awesome!

Yvw

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Crikey Genghis that’s a right old old mish-mash. Bit like me - ended up in adult eduction sort of helping people make their workplaces better. It’s served me well for 23 years. Rubi may have a point

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"If you want to write you need to get a body of work together.

Start a blog, commit to writing every day.

Submit articles to local papers - they're desperate for content. I recently had a piece I wrote for work get picked up by the press and quoted extensively.

Perhaps gig reviews or wherever your passions lie.

Find a local charity and offer to copy edit some content.

After you have a body of work to point people at, perhaps sign up to People Per Hour and see what comes of that.

Perhaps also start to become famili with different style guides and practise writing in various voices.

Oh, enjoy it!

P xxx "

thankyou

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What about getting into adult education? Use your writing skills to help others learn? "

When I've not teaching qualifications?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Are you more into people...ie networking, chatting or "schmoozing' or do you prefer tk actually work on a project whatever that may be?

Either way, good luck"

Thanks.. I'd rather be helping people than working on engineering projects. Think I'm about done with this type of work.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Put yourself on a sex ban (porn/wank ban if you're not getting any).....

.....this time tomorrow you'll be enrolled on an airline pilot's training program, or something suitably awesome!

Yvw"

You may have a point lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Crikey Genghis that’s a right old old mish-mash. Bit like me - ended up in adult eduction sort of helping people make their workplaces better. It’s served me well for 23 years. Rubi may have a point

It is.. but again I've no teaching quals to speak of.

I've considered starting up my own advice line on adult related matters (which I know isn't what you and Rubi are on about). From dating to frotting etc.

But only because I'm fascinated by sex and relationships and people keep saying I have to do something I'd enjoy. To be fair.. if I were writing, that's what I'd want to write about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I could do with a new career.

Collaboration?

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

"What about getting into adult education? Use your writing skills to help others learn?

When I've not teaching qualifications?"

I know of at least one project that fast tracks ex-forces into teaching.

But generally - and I have been going through this recently - it's a buyer's market and whatever new career you settle on you'll likely need the right quals or the right experience.

This isn't to put you off, just that you are more than likely to need to show some quals in the field.

There are plenty free or cheap online courses offered by, say, LinkedIn. Do some. It shows willing.

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By *ristolcouple21Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

If you’re looking to retrain there are Advanced learner loans available through student finance. You look at distance learning perhaps? Or studying part time? If that was an avenue you wanted to explore!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I could do with a new career.

Collaboration?

Yes! We could do what I said

Two numpties who've made loads of relationship/sexual fuckups.. advising others on how not to do it..

Podcast

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What about getting into adult education? Use your writing skills to help others learn?

When I've not teaching qualifications?

I know of at least one project that fast tracks ex-forces into teaching.

But generally - and I have been going through this recently - it's a buyer's market and whatever new career you settle on you'll likely need the right quals or the right experience.

This isn't to put you off, just that you are more than likely to need to show some quals in the field.

There are plenty free or cheap online courses offered by, say, LinkedIn. Do some. It shows willing. "

I've looked into teaching.. but there are loads of barriers and I don't think the pay is any better.. for a whole load more responsibility.

Responsibility I can handle, if I'm paid accordingly.

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By *andare63Man
over a year ago

oldham

Life coach . Maybe ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Life coach . Maybe ?"

Even though my own is all over the place..

You could be just like me.. Nice, funny and friendly. With hardly any mates, a broken marriage, a flat I can barely afford and a job that's getting on my tits.

Dont you wanna grow up to be just like me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could do with a new career.

Collaboration?

Yes! We could do what I said

Two numpties who've made loads of relationship/sexual fuckups.. advising others on how not to do it..

Podcast

Sounds like a plan to me!

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By *andare63Man
over a year ago

oldham

"Life coach . Maybe ?

Even though my own is all over the place..

You could be just like me.. Nice, funny and friendly. With hardly any mates, a broken marriage, a flat I can barely afford and a job that's getting on my tits.

Dont you wanna grow up to be just like me

Ah yes but think of the advice you could give in order to not end up like that ? A wealth of experience at your door

Some of the best financial advisors I’ve known are skint . Great with other people’s money but useless with their own .

You obviously have a wealth of life and work skills . Mistakes are only mistakes if you keep making them ,,,, aren’t they ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Know anything about Podcasting? All I do is listen to them!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I could do with a new career.

Collaboration?

Yes! We could do what I said

Two numpties who've made loads of relationship/sexual fuckups.. advising others on how not to do it..

Podcast

Sounds like a plan to me! "

You could do it as a series of conversations and invite other guests who’ve fucked things up too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Know anything about Podcasting? All I do is listen to them!

I've never so much as listened to one in my life

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Life coach . Maybe ?

Even though my own is all over the place..

You could be just like me.. Nice, funny and friendly. With hardly any mates, a broken marriage, a flat I can barely afford and a job that's getting on my tits.

Dont you wanna grow up to be just like me

Ah yes but think of the advice you could give in order to not end up like that ? A wealth of experience at your door

Some of the best financial advisors I’ve known are skint . Great with other people’s money but useless with their own .

You obviously have a wealth of life and work skills . Mistakes are only mistakes if you keep making them ,,,, aren’t they ? "

My fuckups are great.. I've learnt loads. just not the sort of stuff that looks good on a CV.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Health care assistant, bar work, librarian, handy man, befriender, barista, class room assistant, cleaner, post man, driver, seasonal agriculture or amazon delivery person.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Health care assistant, bar work, librarian, handy man, befriender, barista, class room assistant, cleaner, post man, driver, seasonal agriculture or amazon delivery person. "

Yea.. but they're all pretty much minimum wage jobs right? Thanks, but I need more money, not less.

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By *andare63Man
over a year ago

oldham

"Life coach . Maybe ?

Even though my own is all over the place..

You could be just like me.. Nice, funny and friendly. With hardly any mates, a broken marriage, a flat I can barely afford and a job that's getting on my tits.

Dont you wanna grow up to be just like me

Ah yes but think of the advice you could give in order to not end up like that ? A wealth of experience at your door

Some of the best financial advisors I’ve known are skint . Great with other people’s money but useless with their own .

You obviously have a wealth of life and work skills . Mistakes are only mistakes if you keep making them ,,,, aren’t they ?

My fuckups are great.. I've learnt loads. just not the sort of stuff that looks good on a CV."

Appreciate that but from here on in fella you are in charge of what goes on that CV ,,,,, nobody else . Your only 37 .

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"Health care assistant, bar work, librarian, handy man, befriender, barista, class room assistant, cleaner, post man, driver, seasonal agriculture or amazon delivery person.

Yea.. but they're all pretty much minimum wage jobs right? Thanks, but I need more money, not less."

I only know two legal and socially acceptable ways of making more money that's earning it or selling stuff for it. So you either need another job to run alongside the one you've got, a job that pays more or a shed load of things to flog. Many of the suggestions so far have been ones that need you to either retrain or rely on skills that you need to build a good reputation to build up a client base so you're not going to make more in the near future from any of them.

What skill do you have that is worth the most in the current Labour market? Figure that out, sell it to the highest bidder and stick at it to fund yourself while you sort out what you really want to do and establish yourself in that field.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Health care assistant, bar work, librarian, handy man, befriender, barista, class room assistant, cleaner, post man, driver, seasonal agriculture or amazon delivery person.

Yea.. but they're all pretty much minimum wage jobs right? Thanks, but I need more money, not less.

Fair enough

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Handy man. My mother in law was quoted £70 per hour for putting up some shelves in Hertfordshire.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Handy man. My mother in law was quoted £70 per hour for putting up some shelves in Hertfordshire. "

lol.. not bad

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Literally nobody has hand skills anymore, so make money from those keyboard pushing fux!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Literally nobody has hand skills anymore, so make money from those keyboard pushing fux!!"

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't know when you left Class2 work as a job. But don't go back....it's getting worse by the day.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Don't know when you left Class2 work as a job. But don't go back....it's getting worse by the day."

I know. it paid more than I'm on now.. but I never saw my kids. Now I can see them, but can't afford anything.

I need my kids and they need me.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills"

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today. "
theres loads and voluntary work looks good on a cv. Try and look at things positivly instead of poo pooing everything. If you want a better job you will find away of getting it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't know when you left Class2 work as a job. But don't go back....it's getting worse by the day.

I know. it paid more than I'm on now.. but I never saw my kids. Now I can see them, but can't afford anything.

I need my kids and they need me."

Been in the same boat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today. "

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills. "

I was going to suggest something like that too. Police, domestic violence agencies, something like that maybe.

But OP consider it carefully as you have great empathy and I think it might get you down.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills. "

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

It's all very well being able to demonstrate those skills, but if no qualifications are forthcoming. My skill set isn't going to be any the better. I've done care work, because I'm naturally like that anyway. I was good at it to, NHS and Care Related work doesn't really strike me as a positive working environment if I'm honest. The management made it Hell and dehumanized everyone.. which tore me up a bit inside.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm at university.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out."

This isn't so much as career advice but judging from previous posts and what you said here, you may think about looking into learning reiki. Think you would benefit greatly from it

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

I was going to suggest something like that too. Police, domestic violence agencies, something like that maybe.

But OP consider it carefully as you have great empathy and I think it might get you down. "

It would.. If I didn't handle Iraq very well, because I felt sorry for the Iraqi's. I'm hardly going to cope with the Police too well. Well I would actually, but no. Too toxic and I'm too anti-establishment nowadays. Fuck tha Police

I'm glad you spotted it would be no good for me though. First smile I've had all day

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm at university."

I'm jealous.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out.

This isn't so much as career advice but judging from previous posts and what you said here, you may think about looking into learning reiki. Think you would benefit greatly from it

Sorry.. more negativity.. I'm a sceptic

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out.

This isn't so much as career advice but judging from previous posts and what you said here, you may think about looking into learning reiki. Think you would benefit greatly from it

Sorry.. more negativity.. I'm a sceptic

Don't knock it till you try it.. Love that saying. Opinions and informed opinions once looking at every angle

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What do you hate about the jobs you've done before? What would you never do?

Unleash your grumpiness. Only think of the negatives that pissed you right off.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out."

I had to leave care work for the same reasons

Im at the same sort of crossroads and probably looking for something similair to you. All I can think to do is start low level back into a care of type work where they are willing to retrain you will quals and keep working up and across from that. I saw a job for advocacy come up that looks massively interesting. Lots of reading up around laws etc but didnt seem to want specific qualifications beyond being good with people.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out.

I had to leave care work for the same reasons

Just read the bit about the police,perhaps not advocacy then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's wonderful.

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester

"Combat Engineer

Telecoms Engineer

Field Surveyor

Care Assistant

HGV Class 2

Forklift

Water Treatment Engineer (paintplants)

All that was shit though..

Can you fit a kitchen or bathroom ?

Odd jobs like installing a washing machine , garden jobs etc......

people are looking all the time for handyman types who can turn their hand to anything , and it’s good money .

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Can I ask two questions before proposing ideas?

1. Do you work a job now where some initial volunteering within another industry/role as an opportunity to have a look, and build contacts, is feasible? I mean is there a morning, afternoon, evening or weekend day each week (for a timelimitwd period) that you might have free to be able to volunteer in this way, or is it not possible at all? (Forget skills/experience - is it practically possible?)

2. Does your job have to be in Worcester? What’s your catchment area locationwise to find work within?

Thanks.

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

*timelimited

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Can I ask two questions before proposing ideas?

2. Does your job have to be in Worcester? What’s your catchment area locationwise to find work within?

Thanks."

1. I have alternate weekends to myself. So am free then.

2. I need to live where I am in order to be close to my children. Am happy to travel anywhere for, or with work, Provided I have a work/home balance. HGV driving wouldnt allow thd balance.. but i saw the whole country.

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over a year ago

"What do you hate about the jobs you've done before? What would you never do?

Unleash your grumpiness. Only think of the negatives that pissed you right off. "

I see where you're going.. but if I do that in a Forum.. it's not going to look pretty I assure you

So I'll refrain if you don't mind

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over a year ago

"Do some voluntary work to build your cv.

i know jack shit but i have great social skills and excellent with people. I was chosen and asked to do the voluntary work i do based on these skills

What voluntary work will improve my CV for an employer in the future? Experience in stuff nobody will pay you money for?

Sorry.. I'm in a bad mood today.

On the samaritan type phone lines or the ones for lonely old people to phone up? Shows caring/listening/councilling type skills.

It's hard to respond without being negative about it, but I'm on one of those moods.

I take on board other people's emotions quite fluidly, so there is only so much of other people's needless suffering i can handle before I start to suffer for it and blow out.

I had to leave care work for the same reasons

Just read the bit about the police,perhaps not advocacy then

I'm glad I'm not the only one. We should have a chat about it.

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over a year ago

"What do you hate about the jobs you've done before? What would you never do?

Unleash your grumpiness. Only think of the negatives that pissed you right off.

I see where you're going.. but if I do that in a Forum.. it's not going to look pretty I assure you

So I'll refrain if you don't mind

I'm not trying to get you a ban.

I mean if you know what you definitely *don't* want, it will steer you down different paths.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Combat Engineer

Telecoms Engineer

Field Surveyor

Care Assistant

HGV Class 2

Forklift

Water Treatment Engineer (paintplants)

All that was shit though..

Can you fit a kitchen or bathroom ?

Odd jobs like installing a washing machine , garden jobs etc......

people are looking all the time for handyman types who can turn their hand to anything , and it’s good money ."

I can.. but fuck me do I hate doing it. Handyman is not for me. Self employed - I'd really struggle with that, trust me, I can't even budget properly

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"What do you hate about the jobs you've done before? What would you never do?

Unleash your grumpiness. Only think of the negatives that pissed you right off.

I see where you're going.. but if I do that in a Forum.. it's not going to look pretty I assure you

So I'll refrain if you don't mind

I'm not trying to get you a ban.

I mean if you know what you definitely *don't* want, it will steer you down different paths. "

I know

I don't need your help there

Other avenues.. like unemployed

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"Can I ask two questions before proposing ideas?

2. Does your job have to be in Worcester? What’s your catchment area locationwise to find work within?

Thanks.

1. I have alternate weekends to myself. So am free then.

Thanks. To clarify, I didn’t mean move location residence wise or a job that moves location (although a good point!) - I mean, does the job have to be in centre of Worcester or do you have a car so it could be in a wider catchment area of Worcester itself? Forgive my London-centric knowledge here, but for example, could you commute to say, Cheltenham or Gloucester, or are you needing to be contained within Worcester? What’s your current catchment area?

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

Just re-read your response and you did say you could commute (within work-life balance limit), sorry I was just negotiating a taxi at that moment so hadn’t fully spotted that.

Right, I’ll get some ideas to you.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Can I ask two questions before proposing ideas?

2. Does your job have to be in Worcester? What’s your catchment area locationwise to find work within?

Thanks.

1. I have alternate weekends to myself. So am free then.

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

I reckon I've got it... Humanist Celebrant.

Could be a decent side hussle as you get established.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I reckon I've got it... Humanist Celebrant.

Could be a decent side hussle as you get established. "

Not bad!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Considering moving job again.

Forget qualifications and experience for one minute and just go off what you've read before.

What would I be good at? Because I'm fucked if I know. I seem to be capable of pretty much anything, but other people seem to fuck up any pleasure I take from working.

Love writing, but don't know how to turn that into a job.

Love helping others solve personal problems.

No money to retrain independently.

Not organised enough to be self employed.

Help me out here.."
parking warden .........you don't give a crap what anyone thinks of you or

A crossing person you'll always stand out for the wrong reasons

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Considering moving job again.

Forget qualifications and experience for one minute and just go off what you've read before.

What would I be good at? Because I'm fucked if I know. I seem to be capable of pretty much anything, but other people seem to fuck up any pleasure I take from working.

Love writing, but don't know how to turn that into a job.

Love helping others solve personal problems.

No money to retrain independently.

Not organised enough to be self employed.

Help me out here..parking warden .........you don't give a crap what anyone thinks of you or

A crossing person you'll always stand out for the wrong reasons "

I stand out for the wrong reasons do I?

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By *arex2Couple
over a year ago

Bradford

Your'e not wrong there!

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