CosRush

Ive been out of work now for over 2 years looking after my young children, and now that they are going to nursery im looking at going back to work.

Only trouble is what the hell to do......

I dont have any 1 thing that jumps out at me saying 'do this'......

Ive got a wide area of skills from engineering to computing to customer based..........

Just dont know what to do.....

get a job that pays the bills (anything suitable) or try a new career for which ive got no idea what to do...........

Any advice from anyone having gone through this already???

xr-stu

ive recently gone from mechanic to security/doorwork and loving it. was there two/three weeks and promotions were mentioned already! unless you need to be earning 20k+ straight off the bat just get on the jobcentre website and have a pop and anything mate! if it doesnt work out, its no hardship to look for something else!

Big G

I am having a change of career,
After making good wages in the taxi and losing my social life i still am in limbo but got a few irons in the fire, PR work, writing, going for my HGV and do a few hours a week agency.
Still gonna be feelance as being self employed for so long taking orders from a possible fuckwit would be hard to take.
Hard decision to make, cash or life, I chose life.

The Sludge

I have. Retail Manager of 10 years to Direst Sales representative. Considering working for meself tho now

JoeE30

Went from mechanic of 6 odd yrs to Hgv1 driver...And now want to move on...You wana swop the engineering with me as that is what i was looking to get in to.....

Good luck what ever you do...

nthorpey

just leaft 10 years of working on shop floor programming cnc machines and into sales selling the things as of tomorrow. complete change for me, give it a go and if you don't like it, its better to have given it a go rather than regretting not doing it in the first place.

good luck

mark_24v_wiring

iTrader: (1)

My wife went back to work after the kids and just started do a few hours a week as a receptionist at the local swimming pool totaly not what she did before the children after a while she decided that she wanted something more rewarding so now the kids are at school she works at a special needs school just as a class room assistant she really loves it the money aint great but it does mean that she has the same holidays as the kids and that sure makes life a hell of a lot less complicated

CosRush

Thanks fella's for the replies

I think the thing thats made it worse is the fact that after 8 years in my engineering job I fancied a change and went a completely different career path, leaving my secure well paid job for a lesser paid one......

Turned out to be not like I expected and I left.

So now I guess im worried about making the same mistake again, but know that if I dont at least try i wont know

what a headache

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

I've seen that you're not too shabby at being a sparky jared m8.

CosRush

Thanks Kev Ive just had an inspection too and its passed

Is one of the things ive been contemplating along with plumbing.....

Decturbo

Currently work as a maintenance engineer on permanent nightshift. Total career change for me as i am starting a pharmacy degree in september

Steve200+

I changed a couple of years ago from being (if I say so myself) a half-decent IT Tech (MCSE+I, CCNA, CCNP, A+, Dell and Compaq certified) to trading Sports/Performance cars.

Love it, despite the massive wage-cut. If you don't try it, you'll never know, there's times when you regret it, I got offered a 35k/year job last month, and I thought about it, but I know I'd just hate it again.

Good Luck with whatever you decide mate... doesn't sound like financial things are an issue, so try a few!

CosRush

Unfortunately it is, but i'd rather not go into this on a Public Forum

needless to say any training will involve having to borrow money to fund it.
training away further complicates things too

Urban Legend

currently a graphic designer changing to driving instructor! i love cars/driving plus i get to be my own boss, good money and way more flexible, sounds good on paper!