Sunday working.

Emmzi

Luvly.cuppa.T wrote: »

SP, did you quit uni in the end? Or have you graduated now?

SP is now a graduate :-)

studentphil

But still a very poor graduate.

brazilianwax

Poor as in low quality or poor as in skint?

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

Poor as in low quality or poor as in skint?

poor as in skint.

Maybe poor quality too as I have tried for a couple of higher grade jobs and got knocked back on lack of experience so I am sort of stuck where I am now for a while until I have enough experience.

brazilianwax

studentphil wrote: »

poor as in skint.

Then you should work Sundays!!!!

studentphil

brazilianwax wrote: »

Then you should work Sundays!!!!

Alright, it is probably more experience to reach this magic experience level, but I don't know exactly how much experience is really enough.

studentphil

I suppose it is a valid point though that I have no real experience so I can well see why I aren't getting far.

Homework

I work full time and then self employed each evening and weekends. When the debt is paid off I will keep doing it and have some savings. When I have savings and am in a better position I will not work as much.

It's eveyone's own choice. What do you want and what will you do to get it. If you are short of money and have an opportunity to get some more money then take it. You don't have to do it every week and most parents would be quite happy that their children were willing to do a bit extra to get themselves more money. Depends on your circumstances and everyone is different.

When I was 20 I had 2 jobs to save towards getting married and a house, that's maybe just the kind of person I am.

PasturesNew

Experience is a boogah to be honest.
If you are working in a fast-changing environment, such as IT, then whatever experience you have will usually never be quite what they want. e.g. if you're a Novell networking expert with 10 years' experience, you can bet your bottom dollar the job calls for MS networking.

However, if you're after a career in something that doesn't change that much, ie retail, then it's just "time". However, you might then fall foul of size of company you have the experience in - or type of shop. HMV for example might not be impressed by Lidl experience. And River Island won't have much interest in Tesco working. As a rule of thumb, you'll never "win", you just have to hang in there and keep hoping.

I'd say there are probably cut offs at: 2 years, 5 years, 10 years. Although a friend of mine is a Library Assistant. She has done this for 9 years, she's always taken on extra responsibilities and duties, she's been proactive and always ensured that her customers received top service - and it was only just last week that she got her first promotion (which she had to apply for and be interviewed for) to Senior Library Assistant.

In many fields, the only way to progress is to change companies, which is unfortunate. Many people find they are stuck in their current job - nowhere to move to unless somebody dies.

studentphil

You need a customer facing experience to move up and really other than a few months in this job I don't have any of that if I am honest.