Who can help me find employment?

Oldernotwiser

Top_Banana wrote: »

Is there any way around this lack of experience?

Voluntary work is going to be the key thing you need to do to get into employment. It doesn't matter what you start with but you'll need the discipline of getting up every morning and being somewhere at a set time. After a while you can start to assess your strengths and weaknesses and move forwards.

Top_Banana_2

Thanks for the further replies.

I have considered going to uni'- maybe even to do a teacher training degree. (I'm going to start another thread on that subject)

I have set myself a target: if I do not secure a decent job by September, then I will go back to education. Obviously, I will need to apply now, and I will do.

Thing is- how to choose a good course that will be relevant in 3 years? I cannot go and do a medicine degree, etc, but I have also thought about quantity surveying in the past. In fact, I was offered a place on a QS degree last year.

I'm not going to give up and settle for this kind of lifestyle......it is the pits.

Volcano

Top_Banana wrote: »

Thing is- how to choose a good course that will be relevant in 3 years?

There are many graduate level jobs that do not specify the subject area they require the degree to be in, just that you have a degree. In fact, it may well be the case that the bulk of graduates are doing work that has little to do with their original degree.

Obviously you need to think about what interests you as a career; but it might also be a better choice to do a degree subject you're interested in, after all you may well spend 3-4 years doing it and you don't want to be doing something so dull you feel like quitting.

I'm not going to give up and settle for this kind of lifestyle......it is the pits.

THAT is exactly the attitude that'll drag your life back on track! University as a mature student transformed my life and I'm sure it'd do the same for you.

Wings_of_Ambition

I'd like to echo those suggesting voluntary work.... looks good on a CV, they're unlikely to turn you down, especially if they're a struggling charity (and let's face it, when AREN'T charities struggling), and you can pick and choose the charities that are most likely to give you the skills you need on your CV for whatever career you plan to go into.

I'm a qualified commercial pilot and there are hardly any flying jobs available at the moment, so I'm doing voluntary work with an air ambulance charity... looks great on the CV, I find it fascinating, and its something to chat about at interviews (when I eventually manage to get one!)