Leaving current job...to look for another one.

altin_2

Hi all.

After graduated last year, i have a full time IT job (related to my degree), but in terms of prospectus, finance etc, is far from what I was looking for.

To cut it short, I'm looking to leave....
Main reason: I have no time for proper job hunting AND have turned down a few interviews for not being able to attend(due to full time commitment).

Any advice please.

cheapgames

If I have and good advice..

don't go to university unless you really do need the degree for the job you want

apologies if im a bit late and unhelpful with my advice, I just disagree with many people going to university ( and no im not a school dropout)

altin_2

Thanks for reply cheapgames.

University...I should say without degree(and being at least 2:1), you will have a lot of doors closed.
But as the say goes:"is who you know - not what you know".

scheming_gypsy

altin wrote: »

Main reason: I have no time for proper job hunting AND have turned down a few interviews for not being able to attend(due to full time commitment).

Any advice please.

From personal experience it didn't work out too well for me. I had endless calls about jobs i'd applied for and a list as long as my arm where I was waiting for interviews. As soon as i handed my notice in the phone stopped ringing.

Annisele

Firstly, don't do it unless you have a substantial wodge of cash (and even then I'd say don't do it). If you leave voluntarily you might find any benefits claim sanctioned, so you need to be able to afford to fund yourself - possibly for some significant time.

If you're working a 40 hour week and you have no time for proper job hunting, I'd suggest it's not the work that's preventing you - it's your caring responsibilities/whatever else it is you're doing in the rest of the time.

If you're working more than a 40 hour week - how many hours are you contracted to work? Are you putting in unpaid overtime?

It sounds to me like your real problem is getting time to attend the interviews. Can't you take holiday? Unpaid leave?

Emmzi

altin, if you can explain your financial position, it will help people give you better advice.

cheapgames

altin wrote: »

Thanks for reply cheapgames.

University...I should say without degree(and being at least 2:1), you will have a lot of doors closed.
But as the say goes:"is who you know - not what you know".

I disagree with that, I think a degree can close doors - many leave with no reasonable or relevant work experience, as a result are now unemployable and have nothing left to fall back on

I know a fitness centre manager, he had a guy with a masters in civil engineering applying to be a fitness instructor... doesnt take much to know he didnt get the job, in the end he employed someone with some reasonable a-levels and some good work experience and work ethic ( not saying that you dont have either, but this is why im against so many people getting almost forced into going to uni)

edit: basically, many leave uni are in your position, or worse.. normally much worse, in something unrelated to the degree as a shop assistant. Higher apprenticeships are the way to go! degree + work experience.. mind you, WORK doesnt appeal to many uni students (again not targeted at you)

rabb

NEVER leave your job if you don't have another already guaranteed.

My banking job was being made redundant so I left to train as a teacher for 1 year.

Went into that but couldn't find a perm job, you only have a fixed time to secure a perm job to complete your 3 term induction. Well my time expired a long time ago. Im registered with agencies and will teach if they call but I would be working when the rules state I SHOULDN'T BE.

So I've got a degree plus a postgraduuate certificate and 7 years previous banking experience behind. BUT also 3 wasted years supply teaching and a now discharged BANKRUPTCY to contend with.

I've applied for easily 150 jobs since July and had 2 interviews and 1 telephone interview. Ive basically destroyed my whole life and am now resigned to a life of poverty and joblessness. THAT is how bad things are. Since start of this year, easily applied for 300 jobs. I go into job agencies they don't even wish to register me on their books. So yeah degrees and so on can hold you back, half the time the person you show your cv to is arrogant and looks down their nose at it.

DON'T be so stupid to leave your job, you're in a very enviable position. People like me, and there's many like me, are rotting away on the dole. I've zero chance of a wife, children, house or a good job. Yes I might get a job eventually, but I'd say the odds are at least 95% against me. I

I HOPE this message makes you see things aren't so bad, best of luck finding more fulfilling work but just remember you've already won the lotteryin comparison to the jobless, joyless hundreds of thousands of Brits like myself.

God Bless

Oldernotwiser

As above^^^^

NEVER give up a job without something else to go to! Even if you're working full time, there's no reason why you can't hunt for a job perfectly well in your spare time.

altin_2

Thanks for advises guys.
(And rabb, I'm so sorry to hear your story)

Another concern is that I'm getting under-motivated(told this to my manager :mad:), and this(motivation) is affecting my work.
Being sacked from work(compared to leaving myself) will make my next move very difficult.

Emmzi

so what reason do you think you could give for your resignation that wouldn't sound like you were a slacker to the next employer? If you have enough money and you have that nailed go ahead.

why are you under motivated? what is this job not giving you?