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Deciding what do with your life

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  • needmoney
    needmoney Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    Murphy_The_Cat wrote:
    Not at all needmoney.
    As of yesterday, she doesn't have a job at the moment as she has just started her maternity leave :j . Prior to that, for the past 2 years and a bit, Mrs Cat worked with me for 3 days a week.

    But at the time that she went to the Careers Analyst, she had left Uni with a food related degree, but didn't know what to do with it. After visiting them, they opened her eyes/steered her into a different direction, and she then pursued a career in Sales, with her starting from the bottom and eventually finishing up as National Account manager/ Sales manager for a UK industry leading company. (plus she got to visit America, China, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain, Germany & France as well)

    Then She/We had MTK and our priorities changed.

    But she would never have considered the Career path that she chose, it was only the Career Analyst that suggested this route to her after looking at her skills/strengths.

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    Which kind of goes back to the 'what they teach in schools' discussion.
    If only we all could have been guided in such a way.
    I might start a poor me thread now something like:-

    Pity me for the chances I missed because I didn't use the skills I didn't know I had:rotfl::rotfl:

    Seriosly though as you say money well spent for Mrs cat:j
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
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  • Murphy_The_Cat
    Murphy_The_Cat Posts: 20,968 Forumite
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    needmoney wrote:

    Pity me for the chances I missed because I didn't use the skills I didn't know I had:rotfl::rotfl:

    Seriosly though as you say money well spent for Mrs cat:j

    And thats the big bugbear that a lot of people have about going to a careers analyst is taht they are going to have to pay for it. The guidance that Mrs Cat got cost (IIRC) about £600, but she got her money back in her first paycheque from taking a higher paid job.
    This page gives you an idea about the costs involved.

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  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
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    piper5 wrote:
    what do you want to do phil, its your life, and im no artist so i aint painting the picture of it for you!!!!

    to be fair to phil, these threads are almost becoming an art form! personally, i wonder whether he's contemplated a life lived under a bridge with the other trolls...

    jmarko

    p dot s dot dash! :D
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  • piper5
    piper5 Posts: 2,409 Forumite
    p dot s dot dash! :D[/QUOTE]
    LMAO!!!!
    :T
    The places i have been so far: Palma, Tunis, Rome, Corsica, St.Raphael, Naples, Pompeii, Barcelona, Villefranche, Ajaccio, Livorno, Genoa, Madiera, Martinique, St Maartens, St Kitts, St Vincents, Dominica, Barbados, Antigua, Tortola, Jealous anyone????? :T
  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
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    piper5 wrote:
    jmarko wrote:
    p dot s dot dash! :D
    LMAO!!!!

    :confused: No idea what you're on about! ;)

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  • piper5
    piper5 Posts: 2,409 Forumite
    jmarko wrote:
    :confused: No idea what you're on about! ;)

    jmarko
    lol!! yb eht yaw ti lliw eb tuo yadnom!!!
    :T
    The places i have been so far: Palma, Tunis, Rome, Corsica, St.Raphael, Naples, Pompeii, Barcelona, Villefranche, Ajaccio, Livorno, Genoa, Madiera, Martinique, St Maartens, St Kitts, St Vincents, Dominica, Barbados, Antigua, Tortola, Jealous anyone????? :T
  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
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    piper5 wrote:
    lol!! yb eht yaw ti lliw eb tuo yadnom!!!

    erm... :confused: ... wait... is 'lol' 'lol' backwards? :rotfl:

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  • piper5
    piper5 Posts: 2,409 Forumite
    jmarko wrote:
    erm... :confused: ... wait... is 'lol' 'lol' backwards? :rotfl:

    jmarko
    uh-oh youve set me off now, that really made me giggle!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :T :T
    :T
    The places i have been so far: Palma, Tunis, Rome, Corsica, St.Raphael, Naples, Pompeii, Barcelona, Villefranche, Ajaccio, Livorno, Genoa, Madiera, Martinique, St Maartens, St Kitts, St Vincents, Dominica, Barbados, Antigua, Tortola, Jealous anyone????? :T
  • jmarko
    jmarko Posts: 4,137 Forumite
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    piper5 wrote:
    uh-oh youve set me off now, that really made me giggle!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :T :T

    :D

    Seriously, though, can you imagine how upset the OP-who-cannot-be-named must be that this part of his thread has been hi-jacked for inappropriate purposes?!

    !hguoht uoy knaht

    D: oops! that doesn't work, does it! :D

    Maybe something secret squirrel... I look forward to seeing the squirrel when it returns with its nuts...

    that sounded bad too!

    maybe I should shut up? :rotfl:
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  • bobbarley
    bobbarley Posts: 190 Forumite
    I want to own my own business, that's my ambition :)
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