How do you know what job is right for you?

Think if theres something burning inside you that you want to do-go for it mate if you have the oppertunity now-as you've said people on here will only know the online blue but its you who will know the "real"you.i know someone who had the chance to do the same but decided to stick with the familiar path and was happy for a while, but a few years on told me that he regretted not taking"his chance" when he could-wife family etc meant that it was to late in his opinion to change,said he should have gone with his gut feeling but instead listened to his head.
Not helped you any I know but good luck if you take the chance-it takes Big Balls to do this.

My colleague here has worked here 30 years today...

He'd been a bit down about it needless to say!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Guys, no point suggesting careers, you don?t know enough about ?me? to do that ?

I want to know what mechanism people have used to know what NEW career path to follow/move to .. Hopefully I can then use that proforma to do the same ..

Sorry but that makes this post mute.

Choosing what to do is a personal thing that relates to every characteristic of yourself. Without it means nothing.

There is no mechanism in making choices like that. Its an individual thing.

If you want help in choosing a new career path then just ask.

i think its a very difficult question. i dont think there's a specific thing or train of thought that you can do/act on and find out what you want to do. a few things i've thought of though:

responsibilites: do you have any?? (wife, children, mortgages, car payments, visas) which of these do you need to support (down size house? change to cheaper car?? can you sell off the family??) then you know what sort of income you will need to support the others round you.

personal: do you have any thoughts on what sort of thing you'd like to do? move abroad? complete shift in job?? back to training/uni/learn something new??

then what would you be able to do to combine these??

i know currently i'm in a good job, but it doesnt excite me. i sit here on nice days wanting to be outsite, on my bike or snowboarding or something other than being in the office! i'm seriously considering once my training is over (my work send me to uni part time to study for a degree!) to move away and start something new. i'd love to travel a bit, serious consideration has been given to moving away to do a snow season (working in a chalet/lifts system or something) just making enough to get by but be able to do something i love everyday. then maye stay on and start doing what i'm qualified in or just start something new altogether!

dont know if that has been of any help to you, but i've just realised how much i want to be finished here and consider a move abroad!!!

Originally Posted by DanDare

Sorry but that makes this post mute.

Choosing what to do is a personal thing that relates to every characteristic of yourself. Without it means nothing.

There is no mechanism in making choices like that. Its an individual thing.

If you want help in choosing a new career path then just ask.

But, that is the whole point, without knowing intimately every aspect of me, how can you help select me a career?!!? You can?t - so the best you can do is give me a method of how to find out for myself. That is what I am asking for and all you can supply .. it is also knowing my current job/likes/dislikes/experience/education/'position'/commitments etc etc irrelevant ...

If you can?t see what I am even asking for, then I am not sure you can help!!

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You're going to have to decide exactly what it is you do and don't want (yes, I know.......... )

I realised I didn't want to go to the same place every day, deal with the same people every day, get the same hassle every day, then when that project was finished it all started again with the next one, same thing just different part numbers. It was in engineering, but so little of it was "engineering" and so much was bureaucratic admin stuff.

So I now go different places, work for different people on different jobs, have days off when I want. It's called self-employment.

Now when I do engineering contracts I am no longer in a managerial position and don't get the grief of project management. I do go to the same place at the same time with the same people, but it's probably only for 3months so it's easy to cope with. Then I have a holiday!!!

I have thought about it long a hard and being just shy of 27 years old (yes I know I look old F off ) I can only describe my way of thinking.

Assume that tomorrow you could start from scratch, what would you choose to do?

Personally, I would choose to become a motorcycle engineer/designer. Do a proper uni course and preferably work in a racing team.

So for me the key question is out of 100% of your day to day life how much do you want to spend in this job??? If it's the combined product of a job and a hobby then I would like to spend ALL of my time on it

Hope it helps

I do fancy being my own boss ... and perhaps doing something on bikes, perhaps racing ...

This would suit me as I could get involved at all levels as I grow the business - but I just don't see the market ...

http://www.daltonsbusiness.com/busin...4-1371-120074/

I might do some more research mind as if it is all export, there might be a larger market than I envisage ...

All I need now is a snappy business name … Blue_Diesel

personally I wouldn't go for it but if you wanna get involved in bike related business there are a few things that are missing from the UK market

just think of what you are doing yourself and why other people are not doing it. if it's because they don't know how to do it then that is a gap that needs filling

best of luck again

Originally Posted by 600+

personally I wouldn't go for it but if you wanna get involved in bike related business there are a few things that are missing from the UK market

just think of what you are doing yourself and why other people are not doing it. if it's because they don't know how to do it then that is a gap that needs filling

best of luck again

Hey, it's only £50k+stock ... its not that much of a gamble