SZ Careers Advice Centre.

[DTS]

Right,

Last few months has been a really hard time to be a mortgage broker. The whole market has been flipped upside down and people that we could mortgage six months ago we cant even think about now.

I cant knock the job really as its good income and basically I spend my whole day talking which I love but as the time rolls on I cant help but think I would like to do something oneday that I really enjoy rather than something I do just to earn enough money to enjoy my life.

On the downside I have to spend a lot of time and effort on things that often go nowhere. Its a real up and down job and the income can be inconsistant.

Given my time again I reckon I would really liked to have either been a PE teacher or maybe even a chef as I love cooking (altough I would have to miss games so that would be a no). That said I love having cash in my pcket so maybe I would have hated them too. Postman has always appealed as seems a bit of a doddle and you get exercise all day while you get paid.

So I want to know if its everyone can see themselves in there job for life or not and if given what you know now what you might have done different.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I quite like the idea of sailing a boat for a living but I wouldn't want to spend weeks at sea.

I like the idea of being a pilot in the Thames estuary and parking oil tankers or perhaps driving a tug.

I have no idea what training is required or what the pay is like though.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Done this one before (think in the aftermath of Cousin Weir resigning from his job).

I know personally now if I'd had the b*llocks to do it I'd have ignored what my parents and Careers Advisor said about getting a job in Accountancy & Finance.

Wish I had followed my initial desire to get involved with journalism or some kind of media/PR job. Or alternatively some kind of brand consultancy type role.

Latterly I've always wanted to do something sport-science related, (now contemplating taking my cycling coaching exams) and quite fancy retraining to do sports massage or sports physio if/when finances allow.

I really cannot face another 25 years of mind-numbing tedium like I've been doing for the past 4 years (as I said on Saturday to Suffolk Shrimper et al, the only reason I post so much is because I'm so bored at work!)

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I quite like the idea of sailing a boat for a living but I wouldn't want to spend weeks at sea.

I like the idea of being a pilot in the Thames estuary and parking oil tankers or perhaps driving a tug.

I have no idea what training is required or what the pay is like though.

I know one of the Pilots who works Aberdeen Harbour.......he is on an annual salary of about £60k.

Obviously you have to have massive knowledge of the specific harbour that you work.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I am a Purchasing manager by trade and have been for years but if i could choose i would be a Head Chef in a London restaurant....the hours would not bother me, would just love to create amazing food

 

[MK Shrimper]

My job is dire. An absolute breeze, sod all to do most of the time, but I feel my life is just vanishing before my eyes.

If had my time again I'd either get involved in programming or cooking, possibly the latter as it's a passion.

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

No comment (they have spies, even here).

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

My job is dire. An absolute breeze, sod all to do most of the time, but I feel my life is just vanishing before my eyes.

If had my time again I'd either get involved in programming or cooking, possibly the latter as it's a passion.

Maybe we should open a restaurant together mate..........flip a coin for who will be commis!!!!!!

 

[MK Shrimper]

Maybe we should open a restaurant together mate..........flip a coin for who will be commis!!!!!!

Love to :)

In the Fossetts development!

 

[Mad Cyril]

I know one of the Pilots who works Aberdeen Harbour.......he is on an annual salary of about £60k.

Obviously you have to have massive knowledge of the specific harbour that you work.

I should point out that my maritime experience to date includes a couple of narrow boat excursions and drunken afternoons on novelty li-los.

 

[Usual_Suspect]

Enjoy my job, however given the current credit crunch problems, the fact we're annoucing a nice big loss tomorrow and already made people redundant last week I could be pushing trolleys around Tesco's this time next month.

If not I'd love to work in B & Q, potter around advising people on matt or gloss.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Latterly I've always wanted to do something sport-science related, (now contemplating taking my cycling coaching exams)

Don't waste your time.

My dad tought me to ride a bike and I am pretty sure he didn't have any fancy qualifications.

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I should point out that my maritime experience to date includes a couple of narrow boat excursions and drunken afternoons on novelty li-los.

ow.......bit of work might be needed mate!!!

you could work on a ship and not go deep sea.....getting your ticket is not that hard mate

 

[Tinks]

I suppose I am very fortunate in the fact that I still enjoy my work and have been in the same job for over 25 years. I have had many opportunties to progress and guess the stage I am at now I am the most happiest with. I have also been very lucky to have been funded by my employer to complete various university courses including 3 diplomas,a degree and also a specialist course - probably saved me thousands. But saying that my salary does not reflect my role and qualifications and if you take into account the responsibility,decision making and authority I guess I would earn a lot more in another industry.
I think given the time again I would still do what I do now however, with the qualifications I hold for my job at the moment I would seriously consider working abroad and have told both my offsprings if the opportunity comes along then they are to both take it.
The only job that I have ever wished I could have tried was a barmaid.

 

[Yer Blues]

i would be a wrestler

 

[Aberdeen Shrimper]

I suppose I am very fortunate in the fact that I still enjoy my work and have been in the same job for over 25 years. I have had many opportunties to progress and guess the stage I am at now I am the most happiest with. I have also been very lucky to have been funded by my employer to complete various university courses including 3 diplomas,a degree and also a specialist course - probably saved me thousands. But saying that my salary does not reflect my role and qualifications and if you take into account the responsibility,decision making and authority I guess I would earn a lot more in another industry.
I think given the time again I would still do what I do now however, with the qualifications I hold for my job at the moment I would seriously consider working abroad and have told both my offsprings if the opportunity comes along then they are to both take it.
The only job that I have ever wished I could have tried was a barmaid.

Can just see you now....pulling a pint

 

[Tinks]

Nah the hairs too short and wrong colour. Oh and my breasys ar'nt large enough!

 

[Slipperduke]

Is that Fabio Capello at the England training camp?

 

[fatshrimp]

Often thought about re-training, but to be honest I couldn't do with the reduced income for the next 5 years or so, and I am sure that tedium would set in again eventually.

I was made redundant a couple of years ago and was out of work for 10 months. That would have been an ideal opportunity to do something else, or at least think about it, but I was too busy trying to get back in the comfort zone and have lunch with my wife and friends!

I work for a city bank and do enjoy my job on the whole. However, as someone else said, market conditions are hard at the moment, it's pretty tough and getting new business ain't easy.

That said, my boss is quite understanding, I have a good work / life balance and I don't think I am poorly paid.

How much longer it will last, I can't say and I wonder which will be the next firm in real trouble. Hope it's not mine.

I write short stories for my kids and they really enjoy them. Writing is a tough thing to break in to, and it's something I could do on the side. My wife always tells me to send some of my stories off to a publisher.

Maybe I should. Maybe I will when I get thrown out on my ear for abusing the interweb.

 

[The General]

Im a very easy going person - take life with a pinch of salt and am generally laid back and rather casual about everything which i do. Being a postman is hardly the nuts, lets be honest, but if you crack on, are prepared to do some fairly serious hours ( lets say you actually work beyond the AM bit of the day ) you can earn a pretty decent wage - for what you are actually doing. But, this is the wrong time to become a postman and i'd say, about now is the time to be looking to get out, they have finally fathomed on that thousands and thousands are home at a nice time of the day (lets say 11.30am to be safe) and we are getting paid for watching Jeremy Kyle or maybe a bit of Bargain Hunt whislt supping away on a coffee and a huge chocolate bar stuck in ya gob!

I think it all depends on your circumstances and your outlook on life! Do i want to be gettin up at 7am ... sitting on a train for 2/3 hours ... and getting home about half 6/7pm?! Do. I. F*ck. If i was offered double my wage, i wouldn't take that, at this current moment. 3-5 years down the line, i might be in a position to have to - but at the moment?! No way, miguel!

Kev