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I did orginally post for people to discuss what they actually wanted to be, did they get there, find out about peoples roots into where they ar,e but obviously a few of you decided to attack me...
The reason I'm not a counsellor right now is because 1. I'm one of those million of people who applies for 100's of jobs a month and gets nothing, I even volunteer to bulk my CV up and you can't say that for half the job seekers out there, yes I have a few mental problems due to a hecktic and devastating past life but I haven't quit on my dreams yet, I want to be a psycho sexual therapist and eventually I'll be one. All I wanted to do is discuss other peoples thoughts on their dream jobs or how they got into a job they were loving now and so far only one person has that posted.
I won't be checking again, sorry to have bothered you all.0 -
I'll say thank you to those who actually posted some decent posts. 1. I know everything I need to know about each job I have looked into, apart from the dog training. I know what not to be (apart from the librarian thing which I thank the person who mentioned it).
My aim is psycho sexual therapist and I have been working towards it for 2 years so far, I'm studying Psychology A Level atm to bulk my understanding up along side my two PASSED counselling qualifications, I have 4 more levels before I can be a qualifired counsellor then I'd need to specilist which you can do at special counselling/psychology colleges around the country but since it's all part time, there is no funding that will cover it enough for me to be able to start, so all I was trying to vent about is the fact I've hit a dead end...0 -
A few years ago, I got bored with my job and looked at others that i could do, I looked at jobs to be a Buyer for a company, but didn't have the relevant experience/qualifications to apply, so left it at that, but always thought that the job would be interesting to do. Anyway, I stayed in my clerical office job.....I then got asked to help out as and when needed in the purchasing department of the company where I worked, to cut a long story short, the buyer left, I got her job and now my company is paying for me to do the degree for purchasing, so I have been really lucky and fell into my job. I hope you are as lucky and get to do what you want.0
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First, apply to uni to do a psychology degree or something similar, you can fund this through the student loans company and won't have to pay it back till you're earning.
Then do an extra year on this sort of masters:
http://www.uel.ac.uk/programmes/psychology/postgraduate/summary/psychosexualtherapy.htm
You can fund that with savings, part time work and a career development loan, you don't start paying that back till a few months after the end of the course.0 -
A few dream jobs for me would be:
1) Film critic
2) Work as the safety driver for F1
3)Work for ferrari or BMW taking and testing new model cars straight from the factory to burn around the test track.
4) Food critic being paid to eat
And my actual job now is an accountant..:-( !!"£$%^&*()0 -
You should take a look at the Open University - there is financial assistance available if you are on a low income. So not all doors are closed to study.
I studied with the OU myself - they have a huge range of courses including some in counselling.0 -
1 Chocolate taster
2 Mystery shopper for holiday companies
3 Lottery winner :T0 -
When I was 19 I pulled the defininition of a dream job, working for P&O on the SS Arcadia as swimming pool attendent. Med cruising, then a world cruise, then out of Sydney around the South Pacific on 2 week holiday cruises. Brilliant memories, but no money in it and it gave me a false expectation of what to expect for the rest of my working life.0
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Clearly what the country needs right now is more counsellors. Never mind that we already have more counsellors than doctors and nurses put together. Never mind that there are 50 psychology graduates chasing every job.0
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If you're on benefits at the moment then there should be funding available to you. Check your local college as most of them offer a drastically reduced rate for those on benefits/low income. Also worth checking Open University as they do a wide range of courses which you can also get financial help with. I currently work full time but because I'm on low income I still get help with my OU courses (since there's no chance I would be able to afford them otherwise!) Could also look at degrees in counselling/therapy - because you'll now be classed as a mature student the criteria can often be more flexible and then you should be able to get help with fees and student loans.0
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