Well getting a trade/getting into property development (in some capacity) is feasible at least and frankly you don't need to be a lottery winner to renovate and flip houses for example, especially if you get into the industry and build up a load of contacts of mates with different trades etc... While it isn't full on property development it is at least a similar interest.
Sounds like training to be an electrician could be a good move.
You could look at other options too like if you trained as a surveyor then you could have a stable, reasonably well paid profession that is also aligned with that interest. AFAIK you can achieve that via an apprenticeship or via an accredited university course.
Thanks for your reply
Thing is, I enjoy doing a lot of stuff myself and I rarely ever ask for help, I just get on with things, learn how to if needs be and just get on with it, I possess a lot of skills and i guess that makes me happy that I know loads of stuff, but then also useless at the same time as I'm not using those skills to do anything with. Funny thing a surveyor, just after a started my current job, a recruitment agency was very keen to get hold of me, multiple phone calls and emails and job description of a trainee surveyor, unfortunately the money was far too low that I couldn't even consider it.
Confident with regards to your skillset? Or confident as in social interactions?
Confidence with my social interactions. If im on my own, I speak very confidently, i'm at ease with what I'm saying, and as soon as I speak to someone, I go incredibly shy, i stutter and stammer with my words, even ,mumble and I could even revise what I needed to say to somebody for hours and i'd still get it wrong when I tell them. I've always felt like I don't "fit in" so when i'm in a group of people could be talking about trivial subjects, like sport, some tv show they watched, something they have seen, just crap really and it just never interests me, but I always feel awkward around people as I feel like an "outsider" and I just struggle with communicating with them.
My parents have always said I was smart, people who I met at mcd who started to find things about me or people who I helped would always say "why do you work here when you're smart" or "you can do so much better", but I never saw it in myself and I guess I felt I was in a rut, wanting to do something for myself, something I enjoy, but not having the motivation to do it nor understanding how I could get out and do something I wanted.
Ref the social side of things - where do you live? Near a big city at all? I'd suggest taking a beginner acting or improv course. Honestly there are so many people out there who can't even sit or stand properly - have poor posture etc.. become poor at communicating, start getting in their head, can't look others in the eye etc... etc... lots of this can be solved.
I'm not suggesting a single short course would completely change you in the space of a few weeks, though would likely give you some pointers that help with presentation etc.. but if you liked a beginner course and they had more available then taking a few could almost certainly improve things.
If you tick most of the boxes then I wouldn't worry about not meeting all requirements, might well be that no candidate ticks all the boxes.
I'm a little bit unsure what to make of the comments from some people that they've applied for so many positions, that does sound like they've either been very unlucky and all those places were swamped with candidates or perhaps a good portion of those positions there were requirements they didn't meet and the hiring manager did deem them to be rather important requirements.
Do keep in mind that there are other means to get a job than just applying via a recruitment portal or replying to adverts - people don't like recruiters much but often if they think you're suitable for a role they're working on then the next step is to just to arrange a phone call or an interview with the hiring manager... don't need to worry about sending in some application to be filtered by HR etc... I'm not sure that is so applicable to the construction industry, though if you go back to IT then do make use of them.
Likewise meetup.com groups, linkedin etc.. (again perhaps more relevant if you were to get back into IT). Even online forums, I had one of my first interviews in London as a result of a forum related to that industry - I got another interview at a rival firm by just phoning them and asking to speak to a particular manager.
Ideally you have a phone interview first - just nip out at lunch, hopefully if you get through that then you're a serious prospect for the job and you can perhaps consider taking a half day off work etc.. could just book it as holiday. It is always worth asking if they can schedule an interview early in the morning or late in the evening, companies know that you can't always get time off. You can of course have a dentist appointment, but there are only so many times you can go to the dentist/doctor tbh... (and if you're caught lying then it really isn't good at all). If you live in a big city then Lunchtime interview could work, likewise if you get a morning interview and are at all flexible with your hours then just come in late.
Do you normally wear a suit and tie to work? If you work in an environment where it is a bit of a mix of business casual and suit/tie then it is worth wearing a suit and tie every so often regardless, then when you suddenly need to suit up one day for a lunchtime or morning interview it doesn't look immediately suspicious/out of place.
