Bad time for a job change...

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Spike_UK

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Anyone else getting itchy feet with Work at the moment but feel stuck with the lack of jobs out there?

I don't hate my job, just the people I work with and the lack of progression.
There seems to be nothing out there locally for my skillset.

Sure if I get some qualifications (MCSE guff) then my options would open up a little, but without those four letters employers seem to ignore you despite having real world experience.

Bah...winge over :p
 
You could still look for a new and better job, but do it while you have a job, otherwise you'll be stuck on the dole for months probably while nobody will take you.
 
Oh indeed, I don't plan to leave my current job, just feel a bit trapped at the moment.
I have a mortgage to think about, dole wouldn't cover it. Not even an option.

Nothing on the cards in the job, nothing out there with new jobs.

I don't know if it's just me, but all the job descriptions I read are just full of bigged up PR waffle and don't really tell you anything about the role or what you need to know to be viable.
 
I need to change my entire life, I need a whole new change of scenery which includes a new job. I don't even care what it is or what money I make, just so long as I can afford to live.
 
I feel exactly the same, dont feel theres much more I can get out of this job (coming up to a year) and Im looking for a job change but maybe even looking to change out of the I.T sector
 
jobs are becoming more scarce even with MCSEs.

There's no harm in looking just don't quit before you sign anything, as a promise means nothing and you'll end out on your ass like me.

MW
 
There are many people who wish to change their entire life but right now its not the correct time to take any such risk or else you may find yourself in trouble. Just hang on wherever you are.
 
Sometimes " Better the Devil you know " ? And that is even more true in the present climate . If jobs are even more scarse with a qual you don;t have then why not stive to get the qual and then move on ?
 
Rich1988 said:
maybe even looking to change out of the I.T sector
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I'm in the IT Sector but supporting Education. It's the same stress but less money. :p

Feel exactly the same if I'm honest.

This will be my forth year there and I'm lagging behind money wise for what I do.

From the jobs I see in the corperate world I'm about 5-8k below what I should be for the work I do and experience I have. My employer knows it and for the past year have been saying "we're working to get you more"...still no sign.

I admit some of my problem is that I don't honestly know what I want to do. IT was my career path, but I feel I want out...or at least a change of role.

Call centres are a no no. Not doing it. Been there, done that, still got the panic attacks.

I'm 3rd Line Support and Developer in my current role, but in the education sector this just means if no-one else can fix it, I will and if they want something new, I'll work out how. I don't program things. Script sometimes, but usually it's just creating a MSI package ready to deploy through Group Policy.

The jobs out there that match what I do (and enjoy) currently either have high qualification needs or have knowledge reqs that are beyond me at the moment.
 
Bald-Eagle22 said:
Sometimes " Better the Devil you know " ? And that is even more true in the present climate . If jobs are even more scarse with a qual you don;t have then why not stive to get the qual and then move on ?
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True, and I'd love to, but the courses cost money (which I don't have) and my employer hasn't got a training budget due to cost cuts. :(

That was my first idea 6 months ago. (not meaning to "poo poo" your suggestion)
 
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indeed, first job got bored off after 2 months, within the year i got promotion, within first 2 months i was bored again, no progression at all.

regardless of where ever i go, always a good idea to keep an eye on jobs.

plus support side of IT sucks, hard.
 
fonzee said:
regardless of where ever i go, always a good idea to keep an eye on jobs.

plus support side of IT sucks, hard.
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I usually do that, but this time I felt that I'd found "the one". The right job and environment that I'd be happy for a long time. However, that's no longer the case. Instead of planning ahead and prepping for my next move as most people do, I trusted my line managers that they'd look after me.

Lesson learnt. Look after number one at all time.

I'm sick of waiting and chasing. I'm on the lookout full time now (on the quiet of course).
 
Stick your CV on one of the big recruitment websites and the vultures- i mean recruitment consultants- will soon start calling you.

Give it a few weeks for the 2009 labour budgets to be released and jobs will start appearing. It's not all doom and gloom!
 
janesssssy said:
Took the words right out of my mouth
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Glad it's not just me.

If I could afford it, I'd work on the highstreet in a video game retailer for 6 quid an hour if it meant I'd enjoy it. (although I know I wont, it's just an example)

I've tried Web Design and hated it. It took all the fun out of something I enjoyed as a hobby.

I'm now doing Desktop Support and I'm startin to hate that too. If something breaks on my PC or a Family member phones with PC problem I hate dealing with it as I've been doing that all day!!! It's taken the fun out of PC Tinkering too!

I feel I want to try something else, but I have no idea and at 28 I can't really afford to mess around.
 
DON'T QUIT ANYTHING. I got laid off at the end of November, and have been unemployed since and can say with absolute honesty, that jobs are great. The humiliation of having to resort to claiming JSA, the frustration of having application after application go ignored and unanswered, then the jobs you do get through to the interview stage for get offered to others when you felt the interview went well is just horrible. I feel worthless, useless and totally depressed with it all. Honestly, I just can't understand how people can aspire to never working, this isn't living at all, it's just existing. :(

Whinge over.
 
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