new career - retraining

[Fazz62]

After seeing the other thread I thought ID put this out to the great and not so great minds of nsc. heres the deal. i finished uni about 15 years ago now. got a 2;1 in politics but rather stupidly thought id be a pub manager instead. did that for 10 years and ended up hating it. so what do i do now i thought. bit old to start applying for jobs on back of my degree so thought i need to retrain to get myself a skill. so i thought how about a driving instructor. got to the final stages of passing (which meant i was working as one for a year in total) then the missus got pregnant . she earns more so i stay at home.

thing is nows the time to get working again. should i be a driving instructor again ?ive done most the training , easy to pass . problem is i learned that a lot of people cancel their lessons all the time so a 40 hour week has in the past become a 20 hour week. back into the pub game? thing is both are gonna be affected by the current economic climate.

so what the f*ck do i do , im 38 have a brain dont wanna work in an office. what skills are the country crying out for that is enjoyable? anyone been in this predicament before?

cheers everyone

In many ways you know the answer better than any of the posters on here?

How keen are you to go back to working?
Do you feel "obliged" to go out to work as your "missus" is bring in the majority of the household income?
How much do you value in which way you earn your living? Happy to be miserable throughout your working day if it means that it pays?
How much time are you willing to give up from being with your family for the sake of work?

 

[seagull_special]

I am 42 yrs old and for the first time in my life I lost my job last week. I am married with a 4yr old son and to be honest i am very worried about the future.. Fortunately I will get three months salary. On the plus side I have got to spend time with my family and it has made me appreciate how lucky i am. I have always been in catering and the sacrifices have always been high, weekends and holidays and working split shifts and nights. So i am going to look on this as an opportunity, I have signed up to do a counselling course and will be looking for a complete career change, it might not work out and I may be forced back into catering but I really hope not and I am going to give it everything i've got. Fazz that is a brilliant contribution and DannyBoy, I wish you all the best.

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Why not become an Immigration Lawyer.? Plenty of them required.

Especially for all those foreigners coming in, and all the brits buggering off.

 

[Fazz62]

I am 42 yrs old and for the first time in my life I lost my job last week. I am married with a 4yr old son and to be honest i am very worried about the future.. Fortunately I will get three months salary. On the plus side I have got to spend time with my family and it has made me appreciate how lucky i am. I have always been in catering and the sacrifices have always been high, weekends and holidays and working split shifts and nights. So i am going to look on this as an opportunity, I have signed up to do a counselling course and will be looking for a complete career change, it might not work out and I may be forced back into catering but I really hope not and I am going to give it everything i've got. Fazz that is a brilliant contribution and DannyBoy, I wish you all the best.

Firstly sorry to hear you have lost your job, especially as you have a young family. As I see it you have a lot going for you, not least that you are willing to give it everything.
For what its worth.
I think you will find that as most parents find, that the next few years that you about to experience with your four year old growing up will be very special. Hopefully taken him to Falmer for the opening game? Memories that money can't buy. Althought this obviously doesn't pay the bills. Maybe counselling would work for you? Who knows? Possibly if it doesn't work out, then hopefully you have the "safety net" of going back to catering?

 

[Rowdey]

Plumber? The amount they charge ther ehas gotta be some money in that.

Tsk, don't believe the hype of £150k a year..

What with Polaks and Site workers moving into Domestic, it's going to get tighter with bottom end of the market getting really cheap.
All with a 'Tail Light Guarantee' Yee Haa...

 

[El Presidente]

so what the f*ck do i do , im 38 have a brain dont wanna work in an office. what skills are the country crying out for that is enjoyable? anyone been in this predicament before?

cheers everyone

Ever thought of lecturing? Good hours (15 a week), good holidays (8-10 weeks a year), good money (£40k+), good pension AND lots of 'perks' which I can't describe here.

 

[Fazz62]

Ever thought of lecturing? Good hours (15 a week), good holidays (8-10 weeks a year), good money (£40k+), good pension AND lots of 'perks' which I can't describe here.

Ever thought of profesional football? Good hours (15 a week), good holidays (8-10weeks a year), good money (£40k+), not such a good pension BUT lots of 'perks' which I can't describe here.[/QUOTE]

 

[Djmiles]

Become a driving instructor at a proper driving school, easy way to make money.

Really? My driving instructor told me he would make more money working at Tesco than he did being an instructor, and that was when petrol was 85p a litre.

 

[Djmiles]

Ever thought of profesional football? Good hours (15 a week), good holidays (8-10weeks a year), good money (£40k+), not such a good pension BUT lots of 'perks' which I can't describe here.

[/QUOTE]

Footballers get 8-10 weeks holiday a year? Not all footballers think pre-season is a holiday

 

[hitony]

What's the retirement age for NSC [nazi] mods?

We keep going until we die, ( bit like Judges really!!)

 

[Gully]

...but judges generally lose it as they get older, remember the one who didn't know who Gazza was (fair to say that neither did he from time to time), do we have this to look forward to?

 

[hitony]

...but judges generally lose it as they get older, remember the one who didn't know who Gazza was (fair to say that neither did he from time to time), do we have this to look forward to?

Do you have what to look forward to ? us not knowing who Gazza is ? (who is gazza anyway ?)

 

[withdeanwombat]

Ever thought of lecturing? Good hours (15 a week), good holidays (8-10 weeks a year), good money (£40k+), good pension AND lots of 'perks' which I can't describe here.

Gosh,a blast from the past!

Since the old "silver book" conditions of service were outed,lecturing has been a fifteen bob a week job,for the most hours other legislation allows for 53 weeks a year.

Schoolteaching pays more,as does a newspaper round.