As said, especially with the Army. You HAVE to WANT this, not as a backup my life aint going anywhere job. The Army isn't for everyone, and if it is not what you want you will struggle you need a clear mindset its for you!
IMO, the RAF is slightly different (trade dependant) and is more of a 9-5 job for a lot of the time.
That doesn't really make sense. Surely if your life isn't going anywhere it's time to look at other options and opportunities? Why would that be a backup? A backup job would be one to have whilst you wait for something (university place, business opportunity, whatever).
As it stands, the only options I have other than joining the forces are:
A) Stay where I am working part time in retail and hope that an opportunity arises... and become slowly depressed by the reality that my life will inevitably become. I mean, yeah, managers in my store get paid a decent wage, but it's fairly obvious that they hate their jobs.
B) Go to college and pay to study for a BTEC/Diploma/whatever in something that I'm not particularly interested in. Seriously, nothing on offer interests me. Computers? Nah, I like playing with them in my spare time and to be stuck on them whilst at work would depress me even more than retail. The only courses open to me are those for people with next to no qualifications or only GCSEs.
I want a job that's going to give me purpose, a real reason to get up in the morning (whether it be for a 9-5 job or a phone call in the middle of the night or whatever) and structure.
I've spent the past 3 years trying to figure out what I want to do, I've contemplated joining the army before but never went anywhere with it and I've been to college once before too and given up on that because it bored the hell out of me and didn't offer any guarantee of getting a better job. I've tried other part time jobs along side my current one and they were **** too.
The way I see it, I've got nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain. I'm fairly fit (that comes with spending 4 hours a day lifting lawnmowers and compost - though I'll have to get running again) and although I don't wish to blow my own trumpet, pretty smart too.
Cheers lemonkettaz, it didn't say Pirbright specifically on the careers website, but I found it out on the Wiki for the intelligence corps.
They want someone who will follow orders, not questin them. Once you progress up the ranks, then yes, of coure there is room for initiative. You will be the man/woman on the ground having to make decisions for your section.
