Need a new job... suggestions please.

[andyaikido]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

[SV1000s]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

Get a CV together, if you have a serious interest in the Security world then you may want to look into doing Hotel security/Loss prevention.

Or...

Spend some money on a Close Protection course and get out to Iraq or Afganistn (£80K a year).

[andyaikido]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

Get a CV together, if you have a serious interest in the Security world then you may want to look into doing Hotel security/Loss prevention.

Or...

Spend some money on a Close Protection course and get out to Iraq or Afganistn (£80K a year).

Cheers, Loss Prevention's what i'm already doing, each company has it's own name for it. Will do a search for the other.

[SV1000s]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

Get a CV together, if you have a serious interest in the Security world then you may want to look into doing Hotel security/Loss prevention.

Or...

Spend some money on a Close Protection course and get out to Iraq or Afganistn (£80K a year).

www.crg.com



Cheers, Loss Prevention's what i'm already doing, each company has it's own name for it. Will do a search for the other.

[Marshall]

Im in exactley the same position as you, but not in security.

i hate my job, its making me depressed, i cant really afford to be on any less than i am now (which isnt a lot)
i dont really know what i want to do
all i know is it has to be practical and not really office based

im looking into possibly being a butcher at the moment

[weazelz]

looks like there's a job going at hein gericke:

http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=42737

[lynw]

As per a recent thread:

If you know you're not happy then first of all you need to consider what it is you want to do instead. Give that a lot of thought and research before deciding.

Next consider what you have to consider how to do it. Do you need retraining/qualifications/certifications to show you can do the job? If so, consider how to get them - though I suspect studying while working will be the only option. However, consider most employers look favourably on getting qualifications while working - shows you can manage your time and commitments well and are prepared to put a lot of effort into it.

Also consider the cost of how to get those certifications and whether you/your family can afford it.

:D

[Daimo]

All the above text was removed from my brain. So saved me the effort... :lol:

[Marshall]

Heres my problem, ive not know what ive wanted to do for the past 6 years and still dont, all i know it has to be hands on.

i cant afford to not work i have too many comitments, i also cant really afford to pay for training. And i cant afford to take a cut in pay. My employer couldnt give a monkeys whether i want training etc. And im probably going to be out of a Job when they privatise the MOD training, in the next year.

so im sort of shafted either way

[lynw]

Heres my problem, ive not know what ive wanted to do for the past 6 years and still dont, all i know it has to be hands on.

i cant afford to not work i have too many comitments, i also cant really afford to pay for training. And i cant afford to take a cut in pay. My employer couldnt give a monkeys whether i want training etc. And im probably going to be out of a Job when they privatise the MOD training, in the next year.

so im sort of shafted either way

Presuming youre a f/t civil servant then?

AFAIK, they cant just sack you under these PFI agreements. If its similar to the t&c which customs were under they have to give you a choice of staying with your department and being surplus and having to move location or you become an employee of the company winning the tender. If it is under those terms the only difference is you wont be counted as a civil servant so thereby Gordy retains the jobs needed for departments to function AND gets his 100,000 job cuts in one go.

Damn, all this cynicism is getting to me. :lol:

[Marshall]

Yeah I'm a full time civil servant.

the info we've just had about the entire thing is as follows

The training is either going to be done here at Cosford or at St Athens in Wales (the info as of today is pointing at Wales)

if its in Wales, then ill either be made redundant or offered a job in wales under the contractor (which wouldn't be feasible)

if its Cosford the contractor takes over, and here's the sneaky bit as soon as the contractor takes over the government are no longer liable for anything that happens to the staff. We've basically been told that something like a month after they take over there going to freeze our pensions, get rid of flexi time, and can and probably will cut our wages and holiday (its already happened on the 3 sections of cosford that have been privatised)

so as you can understand i really don't want to be here.

plus i hate the job and want to leave anyway

[El Saxo]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

PM on it's way.

[Kate]

Heres my problem, ive not know what ive wanted to do for the past 6 years and still dont, all i know it has to be hands on.

i cant afford to not work i have too many comitments, i also cant really afford to pay for training. And i cant afford to take a cut in pay. My employer couldnt give a monkeys whether i want training etc. And im probably going to be out of a Job when they privatise the MOD training, in the next year.

so im sort of shafted either way
You don't know what you want to do, have you had a good look around? Ignore everything and have a think about what you would like to do. For instance, you say you want something 'hands on'. Ok, like what? Plenty of things fall into that category you know. Plumber springs to mind as they are hands on and they make a ridiculous amount these days.

If you are truly unhappy doing what you are doing then change it.

[Marshall]

Heres my problem, ive not know what ive wanted to do for the past 6 years and still dont, all i know it has to be hands on.

i cant afford to not work i have too many comitments, i also cant really afford to pay for training. And i cant afford to take a cut in pay. My employer couldnt give a monkeys whether i want training etc. And im probably going to be out of a Job when they privatise the MOD training, in the next year.

so im sort of shafted either way
You don't know what you want to do, have you had a good look around? Ignore everything and have a think about what you would like to do. For instance, you say you want something 'hands on'. Ok, like what? Plenty of things fall into that category you know. Plumber springs to mind as they are hands on and they make a ridiculous amount these days.

If you are truly unhappy doing what you are doing then change it.

as daft as it sounds i did a week long trining course to be a plumber, its only basic emergancy stuff. i was meant to be getting a job with the company who trained me, but that never happened. ive tryed numerous plumber/heating ventalation places round here and none of them are interested, infact i was told by one of them the midlands now has soo many plumbers that centra heat had to let go 5 plumbers the other day.

seriously thinking about being a Butcher

[nickj]

You don't know what you want to do, have you had a good look around? Ignore everything and have a think about what you would like to do. For instance, you say you want something 'hands on'. Ok, like what? Plenty of things fall into that category you know. Plumber springs to mind as they are hands on and they make a ridiculous amount these days.

If you are truly unhappy doing what you are doing then change it.

I agree with Kate, if you want to do something with your hands then look at a trade like plumbing, plasterer, electrician etc.

All of these trades are fading and if you build up a good reputation you'll never need to advertise. The money you can earn doing one of these now is very high and you can choose your own hours.

[Viney]

Assasign?

Porn star?

Goat hearder?

Recluse?

Driving instructor?

[Kate]

I don't know about the Midlands, but down south good plumbers and electricians are hard to come by. The company where I currently work (for another 2.5 weeks anyway, yay!) are always hiring, there just aren't enough around.

If you like it, keep looking, perhaps try and get some more training.

What about house/building renevations etc? thats also hands on and a carpenter I used to know had so much work on he was turning people away.

Plasterer? A good plasterer is worth his/her weight in gold and is another hands-on job.

[Kate]

Driving instructor?
If you believe the hype this is a pretty good idea. You get training and a guarenteed job at the end of it and the pay is pretty good at around £30k too. This is just from the adverts, I don't actaully know anyone who is an instructor.

[northwind]

If you know you're not happy then first of all you need to consider what it is you want to do instead. Give that a lot of thought and research before deciding.


This is the hard bit :) It's easier to dislike what you do than know what you'd rather do.

[Demonz]

Hi all,

currently work in retail security for John Lewis but don't know what I want to do.

Suggestions welcome, however ridiculous.

No A-Levels or Degrees so that rules me out of a lot of things. Should've paid attention at school. :roll:

Security is a great job to have when you go back and study. I did it for a few years whilst I went back and studied. It was mainly 4/5 hotel work so helped to get in with the interest in the area - plus plenty of study time on the night shift :-dd . Use some form of bridging course to get you back onto a course of somesort and use the security as a step to get you to the next.

Also I would say take some time out and go and travel if you are young. Get yourself a work visa for oz and a buy a flight ticket - spend 6 months working down there save some cash for the rest of your travels. That may open up some opportunities for you - plus its more fun than studying.

[andyaikido]

Assasign?

Porn star?

Goat hearder?

Recluse?

Driving instructor?

Want to be a llama farmer and live in Peru but it's just a pipe dream. :(

[Law]

I wish I knew what I wanted to do as well.

Assasign?
Cool, but I wouldn't want to kill anyone

Porn star?
I wish :roll:

Goat hearder?
Er.....

Recluse?
Been training but it really impacts on my social life

Driving instructor?
I can't see me teaching anyone my driving skills

[UlsterSV]

Join the Army.

[Abyss]

Army has always been something ive thought about and still tempted, not as a grunt but doing IT / Comms i think would be interesting

[UlsterSV]

Yep I'm out of work at the mo and giving serious consideration to joining the army. Though tbh I'm more inclined to try to join the FFL than the British Army.

[Abyss]

Sorry if this is astupid question but FFL? all i get when i google is Food for life :P

[Law]

Sorry if this is astupid question but FFL? all i get when i google is Food for life :P

French Foreign Legion

[Abyss]

Ah-ha, i dont feel as stupid now, i wouldnt of got that :)

Any reason why you would join them instead of the British Army?

[Razor]

You'd learn a new language, learn to appreciate red wine and meet interesting armed people and run away from them.

http://usera.imagecave.com/hondalover/frencharmy1.jpg

[UlsterSV]

Ah-ha, i dont feel as stupid now, i wouldnt of got that :)

Any reason why you would join them instead of the British Army?

Different country, different life, new start. Lots of reasons really. It's just more what I'm looking for. It's alot harder to get into but sure I can only try. Have to get fit first though :P :lol:

Plus from what I've seen the MOD seems to treat it's ex - servicemen like ****.

[Viney]

:lol: :lol:

[lurcher]

cherry beer taster in belgium :D ,or any building trade, crying out for trades at the mo very good money and always in demand 8) im on the hoegaarden now training for next years onslaught :D ,any advice needed just pm me,but dont get stuck in a job your not happy in take your time to find something you enjoy and pays well :D

[northwind]

A mate of mine joined the Legion. We don't hear much from him at the moment, for obvious reasons, but it seems like he's found a home- he was supposed to be joining our navy but it just kept on getting put off and put off with the vetting. One Irish parent, one Bosnian grandparent :roll:

I joined the legion to forget. Forget what? Don't know.

[andyaikido]

cherry beer taster in belgium :D ,or any building trade, crying out for trades at the mo very good money and always in demand 8) im on the hoegaarden now training for next years onslaught :D ,any advice needed just pm me,but dont get stuck in a job your not happy in take your time to find something you enjoy and pays well :D

Dave, don't you remember what happened the last time the cherry beer came out?

[K]

cherry beer taster in belgium :D

Dave, don't you remember what happened the last time the cherry beer came out?

Now there's the pot calling the kettle - Andy, you don't remember what happen last time! :wink: :roll:

Or is that perhaps why you are asking Dave? :lol:

To move on from the Security thing, have you perhaps thought about joining the Police force?

I would say that turning a hobby or pleasurable pasttime into a career isn't always a good direction to take.
It can, over time, leech away your enjoyment. Turning it from something you enjoyed choosing to do to something you resent having to do.

Rather, perhaps think about what style of work you'd rather do and then look to what's available in that.




Then again you could just blow every penny you've got into lottery tickets on the off chance you'd never have to work again. :wink:

[chunkytfg]

Move south and join london underground as a general dogsbody(support fitter) in the singal engineering department.

within 2-3 years providing you have passed all the courses your basic salery will have gone from 22k as a know nothing dogsbody to 49k with the ability to earm upwards of 65k providing you put the hours in.

garunteed pay rises each year due to the militant nature of the unions in the public transport sector plus 34 days holiday a year.

plus on top of that the work is such that the only way to get trained to do it is to actually join LUL in the first place. There is more work than we know what to do with meaning if you leave and join a contractor firm as a self employed engineer your looking at wages in the region of 100k easy(again providing you put the hours in)

Sound good? it's what i do!! I'm 25 living in my own 4bed detached house which i pay for comfortably and have enough spare cash to be able to race a motorcycle next year.

[Abyss]

Move south and join london underground as a general dogsbody(support fitter) in the singal engineering department.

within 2-3 years providing you have passed all the courses your basic salery will have gone from 22k as a know nothing dogsbody to 49k with the ability to earm upwards of 65k providing you put the hours in.

garunteed pay rises each year due to the militant nature of the unions in the public transport sector plus 34 days holiday a year.

plus on top of that the work is such that the only way to get trained to do it is to actually join LUL in the first place. There is more work than we know what to do with meaning if you leave and join a contractor firm as a self employed engineer your looking at wages in the region of 100k easy(again providing you put the hours in)

Sound good? it's what i do!! I'm 25 living in my own 4bed detached house which i pay for comfortably and have enough spare cash to be able to race a motorcycle next year.

lol make it sound so easy :)

[Marshall]

Move south and join london underground as a general dogsbody(support fitter) in the singal engineering department.

within 2-3 years providing you have passed all the courses your basic salery will have gone from 22k as a know nothing dogsbody to 49k with the ability to earm upwards of 65k providing you put the hours in.

garunteed pay rises each year due to the militant nature of the unions in the public transport sector plus 34 days holiday a year.

plus on top of that the work is such that the only way to get trained to do it is to actually join LUL in the first place. There is more work than we know what to do with meaning if you leave and join a contractor firm as a self employed engineer your looking at wages in the region of 100k easy(again providing you put the hours in)

Sound good? it's what i do!! I'm 25 living in my own 4bed detached house which i pay for comfortably and have enough spare cash to be able to race a motorcycle next year.

*jealous*

[aliBONG01]

Dude, there is a Lama farm up past Ramsbottom. Its a far cry from Peru tho!
Get yerself down to Trafford Park, loadsa jobs on there. :)
What do you fancy? Driving, construction, warehouse, pen-pusher or a sales rep?

p.s. there are plenty of jobs down canal street and its cash in hand!! :wink: (joke)

[Biker Biggles]

Job application form required methinks. :lol: