Job search after nearly three decades! - Advice needed please!

El_Rey

Rosa_Damascena said:

lincroft1710 said:

I think you first need to decide what you want to do and sensibly review if you have suitable qualifications. Start writing your CV.


Be aware that with a new job you will be in a very vulnerable position for 2 years, having minimal employment rights.

Not so, give it a short time and the Labour government will change that situation.

OP - you cannot continue in a job that is causing you such anxiety, but that does not mean that you need to make it easy for your employer IF this is something that was created by intent. Alternatively, is redundancy an option on the horizon?

One of my talents is matching people up with fulfilling work (a hobby rather than a career). This is a useful model to consider. At the moment you seem stuck in the profession segment, finding a similar role in the right environment could make all the difference to your quality of life:

Without wanting to hijack the thread, how do you match people up to fulfilling work? I would love to hear your advice. 

lincroft1710

Rosa_Damascena said:

lincroft1710 said:

I think you first need to decide what you want to do and sensibly review if you have suitable qualifications. Start writing your CV.


Be aware that with a new job you will be in a very vulnerable position for 2 years, having minimal employment rights.

Not so, give it a short time and the Labour government will change that situation.

Maybe, maybe not.

DidleySquat

Rosa_Damascena said:

lincroft1710 said:

I think you first need to decide what you want to do and sensibly review if you have suitable qualifications. Start writing your CV.


Be aware that with a new job you will be in a very vulnerable position for 2 years, having minimal employment rights.

Not so, give it a short time and the Labour government will change that situation.

OP - you cannot continue in a job that is causing you such anxiety, but that does not mean that you need to make it easy for your employer IF this is something that was created by intent. Alternatively, is redundancy an option on the horizon?

One of my talents is matching people up with fulfilling work (a hobby rather than a career). This is a useful model to consider. At the moment you seem stuck in the profession segment, finding a similar role in the right environment could make all the difference to your quality of life:

Hi,  Nothing is being done by design by my employer, it's just the way the role is now and the circumstances. 
I've just made the decision, that in my next appraisal, I'm telling my manager that I'm going to apply for voluntary redundancy next March (not available at the moment, but they come around every year for efficiencies).  I want out one way or another and he would know about it in March when I applied,  though I'll not mention that I'm also applying for jobs at the moment though. 

MissG80

Brave Start support people aged 45+ to change careers. 

SensibleSarah

Well done you for taking the big step of deciding to leave. My eldest brother (late 40s) was made redundant from his job of more than 25 years a couple of years ago. He hated that job and had done for most of the 25 years, so it was a blessing in disguise. It did take him a while to find a new job (he was very picky about what he applied for and had lots of interviews but doesn't always do well in that kind of setting) but he had savings and his redundancy pay to live off for the interim. He ended up getting a civil service job in a totally different area to one he'd worked in before and he absolutely loves it. 

Personally, I've taken the 'any job as long as it gets me out of here' approach a couple of times and it's always been a frying pan into the fire situation - but I still don't regret doing it with the benefit of hindsight. It brought me to where I am now, many years down the line, which is a much happier self-employed person. 

FlyMeSomewhere79

I think the thing to be aware of at the minute is how difficult the job market is, many people on linkedin and YouTube are complaining about how difficult it is to find work again after being made redundant.

I'm a 44 year old female that's just been made redundant, I'm H&S by trade, also was an administrator for many years, I'm also a qualified project manager who held such a role for 5 years. I'm told I'm too over qualified for admin roles, not quite H&S experienced enough compared to other candidates for many roles despite having learnt my trade since 2009. I'm struggling to get anything but rejections for project management work.

I am waiting on decisions for two interviews I had last week, I had a third that I didn't get but got glowing feedback. Interviews are coming in fits and starts. 

If you take redundancy in March, you may not find other work - a lot of people online are complaining that they seem to be on the scrap heap once they've reached 50 or over - it's rubbish at the minute, it really is.

Nobody wants to give anyone any training anymore, let alone let you have a complete career change. I live in a town that is soon to make thousands more redundant from the steel industry like I was and I just don't know who will help and give jobs to people that will inevitably need some retraining to work to adjust to a different industry & different roles.