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dannyboy

tfso!
Oct 20, 2003
3,662
Waikanae NZ
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
 




RM-Taylor

RM-Taylor

He's Magic.... You Know
NSC Patron
Jan 7, 2006
15,396
Become a driving instructor at a proper driving school, easy way to make money.
 










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Franks Wild Years

New member
Oct 26, 2004
6,326
Barking at the gates of the west country
Its difficult isn't it. I keep thinking about doing something different for various reasons, but my current skills are pretty specific and I'm not a college person.
I would say that if you already have some driving instructor experience then you're part of the way to a new career. You can be self employed, decide your hours which would help childcare stuff. Set up a cancellation fee which would deter non comers.
Good luck with whatever you do.
 


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dannyboy

tfso!
Oct 20, 2003
3,662
Waikanae NZ
cheers mate, yes it is hard. thing is if you charge a cancellation fee you often dont see them again.

i dont mind college again as long as it gave me a tradethat is well paid. rather than just acedemic study again
 






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REDLAND

Active member
Jul 7, 2003
9,443
At the foot of the downs
tinx said:
Plumber? The amount they charge ther ehas gotta be some money in that.
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it fucks ya knees though and all that lead will send you crazy !!
 




hitony

hitony

Administrator
Jul 13, 2005
16,284
South Wales (im not welsh !!)
dannyboy said:
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
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i wish you the best my friend, at least you have age still on your side, one struggle i am coming up against is mine, i am 54 next march and it does get more difficult.

Good luck in whatever you decide. :thumbsup:

(personally i would forget the pub game, they are struggling everywhere)
 




strings

strings

Moving further North...
Feb 19, 2006
9,969
Barnsley
Civil servant - they would like aperson with a bit of experience (i.e. somebody tht isn't a recent gradute) and would also like your politics degree. Problem is that it isn't practical (mostly London based) and is office based (which you don't want). Still, there are lots of different departments, so you are bound to find something vaguely interesting.

Failing that, I am not too sure, I too am jobhunting a the moment and I can tell you one thing - this isn't a great time to be looking for work.

Something that may be interesting is jobs in the charity sector - working for a charity does not neccessarily mean poor pay. Also, because different charities have different objectives, there are bound to be some jobs that are not office based.

The best place to look for such jobs is http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk.

Oh and forget pubs - you know the sector is in trouble when even Students' Union bars are shutting down!
 








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bhaexpress

New member
Jul 7, 2003
27,627
Kent
hitony said:
i wish you the best my friend, at least you have age still on your side, one struggle i am coming up against is mine, i am 54 next march and it does get more difficult.

Good luck in whatever you decide. :thumbsup:

(personally i would forget the pub game, they are struggling everywhere)
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An unfortunate fact is that at your age (the same as mine) getting any sort of job is not easy. The normal response is that you're 'Too experienced' and that gets said because the law doesn't allow employers to use the real reason 'Too old'.
 


hitony

hitony

Administrator
Jul 13, 2005
16,284
South Wales (im not welsh !!)
bhaexpress said:
An unfortunate fact is that at your age (the same as mine) getting any sort of job is not easy. The normal response is that you're 'Too experienced' and that gets said because the law doesn't allow employers to use the real reason 'Too old'.
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You are so right there, i have had 5 interviews in the last week and had 5 replys of basically your "over experienced" for the position.
 












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