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Relocating in the UK

Thatsthespirit
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There is no real plan set in place yet, hence why I'm asking on here so please refrain from biting my head off if I come across as naive, I'm just weighing up my options!
I'm turning 24 in a couple of months and want to start making some changes in every aspect of my life including work and living. I left school at 16 to go straight into work, my GCSE's are below average and my CV isn't too hot (although I've never been unemployed touch wood). I've gone from working in a carpet factory for 6 years to working for the water (around 7 months now). However, I've come to realize I'm not enjoying it like I should and don't want to start climbing a ladder I don't want to be on.
On top of this I live in the same town I was brought up in just outside Wolverhampton, and it's very run down and not too nice to live. However, due to circumstances I ended up saving my money to put a deposit down on a house with the help to buy scheme. Said house is now on the market and currently looking to make about 10k off it. The initial plan was to do what most of my friends did and travel a little.
But what happens after that is where I'm stumped. As I say, I want to move but I have no real reason in regards to family/friends. Most of my family live around here. I've also not got much experience to move for a job. But I've travelled to some great places in the UK and I feel like I'm wasting my life away here. (Cornwall/Yokshire/South Wales etc). But is it possible without any job lined up? Do I have any options? I asked in a separate forum about returning to studies/university but people were against it (getting in debt etc) so I don't know.
I'm turning 24 in a couple of months and want to start making some changes in every aspect of my life including work and living. I left school at 16 to go straight into work, my GCSE's are below average and my CV isn't too hot (although I've never been unemployed touch wood). I've gone from working in a carpet factory for 6 years to working for the water (around 7 months now). However, I've come to realize I'm not enjoying it like I should and don't want to start climbing a ladder I don't want to be on.
On top of this I live in the same town I was brought up in just outside Wolverhampton, and it's very run down and not too nice to live. However, due to circumstances I ended up saving my money to put a deposit down on a house with the help to buy scheme. Said house is now on the market and currently looking to make about 10k off it. The initial plan was to do what most of my friends did and travel a little.
But what happens after that is where I'm stumped. As I say, I want to move but I have no real reason in regards to family/friends. Most of my family live around here. I've also not got much experience to move for a job. But I've travelled to some great places in the UK and I feel like I'm wasting my life away here. (Cornwall/Yokshire/South Wales etc). But is it possible without any job lined up? Do I have any options? I asked in a separate forum about returning to studies/university but people were against it (getting in debt etc) so I don't know.
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I don't think you asked the question about returning to education on the Student board here as it's unlikely that any reasonable poster would have advised against it because of extra debt - student loans are by a long way the best form of debt to have, and in some regards are not really debt at all. It would be quite a long road for you as you'd need to gain more qualifications before being able to do degree level study, but if you have a goal in mind it could be worth it in the long term.0
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Thanks for the reply. I actually posted about returning to university in a Student forum and this was the replyIf you go to university for the sake of it you could just end up unhappy and miserable for 3 years. Remember its more than the social life- its about having to undertake research in a lab or library, write up findings, meet constant deadlines, revise for exams and that can be torture if you don't enjoy what you are studying.
Also universities require evidence of recent education, so you would likely need to take an Access Course (a 1 year course for those aged 19+) or A-Levels.
Also in this day and age unless you are studying nursing or medicine a degree doesn't equal a better job on its own, whilst there are a number of graduate roles out there, competition for them is intense. Employers look for evidence of work experience and many graduate schemes at least have a number of layers in the application process- this may include competency questions, online tests- numerical/verbal reasoning, competency questionnaires, situational judgement tests, phone interviews, assessment centres. There are non graduate scheme graduate jobs which just require a CV & covering letter, in which case you have to be able to polish them up well.
Obviously the work experience you have will help to some extent, especially if you can highlight the relevant skills you have gained, but work experience more relevant to what you want to go into post uni can help you stand out- obviously this is difficult if you don't know what you want to do.
My mind is all over the place at the moment. Reading what that person put makes it sound like a prison. I understand the work load, but it's not like I'd be going into from sitting on my back side all day.
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How about an Open University degree. You could then work while studying.
It is not a soft option and OU degrees are well thought of.
I wouldn't recommend going to somewhere like Cornwall without a job lined up. Wages tend to be low there and housing is expensive.
Good luck with whatever you decide on;)0
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