Lack of well paying jobs?

briona

TaxPayingMug wrote: »

Well i lived in South Wales at the end of the 90's and beginning of the 2000's and never earnt less than £33K.

If you are qualified, skilled, and in a sector which is requiring these skills you are worth the extra.

If you are going for a job lacking in any of those three, you get less....easy.

Maybe you just aren't as desireable in the job market as you think you are.


What are you on about?

I am skilled, qualified to degree level and have over 10 years experience in my sector. Working in the South Wales Valleys for a social enterprise (where the Chief Exec only earned 32K) my salary was never going to reach dizzying heights. Once I started working in London I commanded salaries of 40-50K with ease.

I maintain that no-one NEEDS a huge salary. I would not have thought that too difficult a concept to understand. If you're having problems with it, I respectfully suggest that your level of English might not be as good as you think it is...

Briona

DKLS

ringo_24601 wrote: »

me too! Small world it is

Small world indeed, and despite a posters imagination thinking its dirty or seedy :rotfl: I wish, the bulk of my work is is with code a fairly clean occupation.

Nearest I have got to seedy and dirty, is filming a group of sex workers for a project and getting patient juice on my shoes whilst producing a surgical film. :eek:

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You might not 'need' a high salary, but I certainly want one

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DKLS wrote: »

Small world indeed, and despite a posters imagination thinking its dirty or seedy :rotfl: I wish, the bulk of my work is is with code a fairly clean occupation.

Nearest I have got to seedy and dirty, is filming a group of sex workers for a project and getting patient juice on my shoes whilst producing a surgical film. :eek:

That is quite nasty. Thanks for sharing. I know a trust in London who's IT dept. is right next to the GUM clinic.. and they're both at the end of a 'dead end' corridor.

My work for today isn't very seedy at all, i've got to fix a broken touch-screen clinic checkin screen.

DKLS

ringo_24601 wrote: »

That is quite nasty. Thanks for sharing. I know a trust in London who's IT dept. is right next to the GUM clinic.. and they're both at the end of a 'dead end' corridor.

I take it you don't want the links to the videos taken from the GUM clinic then? as for the patient juice that was fine I was in scrubs

westv

westv wrote: »

I presume we'll have to guess or do a forum search to know what this "sector" is.

DKLS wrote: »

Medical IT or Informatics as its now known.

So, from the sounds of it, a specialist area then.

skattykatty

I live in the South East, moved out of London because we couldn't afford the rents, but now living in an area with no jobs! Commute into Landon and stay with family for a few days a week. Get paid more for 3 days work in London than I would for five days work locally. Unless I go back into teaching, there is NO WAY I can even approach the 'average' UK wage. I think some people do need to reappraise what they want/need BUT I think it's clear that wages have remained low, whilst living costs (esp. mortgage/rents) have gone up and up and up. Not looking forward to increas in rail fares either, sigh...

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westv wrote: »

So, from the sounds of it, a specialist area then.

Not that specialist.. we use to hire graduates like it was going out of fashion a couple of years ago.. anyone with an IT or related degree would start on an instant 24k (or negotiate higher if you were savvy)

Anything that is well paid is, in general, not that easy to get into and therefore 'specialist'. If anyone could do a particular job, why would you bother paying people well? It's all about supply and demand

DKLS

westv wrote: »

So, from the sounds of it, a specialist area then.

Depends on which aspect some of it is highly specialised, others not so much and will accept transferable skills from other sectors.
I started out as an accountant :eek: I did realise the error of my ways though and forge myself a career in a new direction. I made a few mistakes along the way but am happy doing what I now do, which is more than could be said for bean counting where I would be praying for death by 9.10 am.

I guess the point I am trying to make is if things are hard in your chosen field with few jobs, low salaries lots of competition etc, perhaps its time to learn some new skills or see what transferable skills you have for another sector.

As always in hard times there are some sectors that really struggle others thrive regardless of economic climate.

lucylucky

"I assumed the poster meant England."

If that is the case I trust that they are not seeking employment where a knowledge of geography is important.;)