Help, im stuck in a black hole!
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Open University is one option I suppose.
I hope 27 isn't too old to make some changes, I'm only 18 months off that myself and have been evaluating my life/direction too recently. Bit of a minefield I guess.
What is it you want to do?
I hope 27 isn't too old to make some changes, I'm only 18 months off that myself and have been evaluating my life/direction too recently. Bit of a minefield I guess.
What is it you want to do?
I am 24, graduated university with a first two years ago and still not managed to get the job I want. Instead I am still working in retail for the same company I worked for part time during university.
I don't seem to be able to get away, and I have A-Level's and a good degree...
Jcb33.
I don't seem to be able to get away, and I have A-Level's and a good degree...
Jcb33.
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Because theres a stereotype where most people who go to uni have just left secondary school in a perfect world and if you fallout outside of this then your deemed failure by society norms.
Thats the thing shoes, i really dont know!
I got to where I am by accident - I have always been a bit of a wizz with computers and a friend of mine introduced me to a very small company that he worked for. We had a couple of informal chats and they agreed to take me on for three months to sort out their IT systems (VERY small company). I spec'd and installed a load of new PCs, a SBS server, exchange system and got it all up and running nicely. After that they started showing me what the company did (I work in commercial lighting control) and I took to it like a duck to water. They took me on full time and trained me up in designing lighting control systems.
I'm still here now two and a half years on and I manage a whole department.
If you had asked me two and a half years ago if I would every work in lighting control, I'd have asked what lighting control entailed. Now I love it, I'm really glad that I got involved. My only issue now is I feel like I'm rocketing towards a reinforced glass ceiling, which is why i'm evaluating at the moment too.
My point is, you may well just fall into a position you never knew about/would have ever considered if you take on something new.
The majority of my working life has been spent working for companies turning over < £2m a year, I find them much easier to climb up in, and if it's a new company (the one I work for is in year 5 of trading now) then you can almost sculpt your role yourself, which is a nice place to be.
Have a look at local small companies, what they do and what you could offer them. The job I took on didn't exist, I talked them into renovating their IT systems.
Also worth noting is that I screwed up my A-levels and then went into the same cycle of dead end jobs for a couple of years before my old man tried to sort me out.
I appreciate that a lot of the above was lucky, as I didn't have any experience or qualifications to draw from.
Point is you never know what's round the corner - so explore all avenues and see what's on offer, both from you and from potential employers.
Good luck!
Well if you're stuck in a black hole then there is no way out. However, from the fact that you have managed to transmit information to OcUK, I can conclude that you only think you are in a black hole, and are, in fact, not in a black hole, and thus able to escape.
Try and think about what interests you, or what career you might prefer and then look at what changes you need to make to get there - if you need to go to uni, then go for it - nothing wrong with being a 'mature student' at 27,
Try and think about what interests you, or what career you might prefer and then look at what changes you need to make to get there - if you need to go to uni, then go for it - nothing wrong with being a 'mature student' at 27,
What has been the feedback from interviews?
this needs to change.
