Mrs wants to quit

[arnie12]

Wondering if anyone has any ideas with regards to my other half, she has been working for a retail company for 9 years started as part time staff and has worked her way to supervisor for one of the departments. The problem is she is starting to loath the place, it’s the same routine every week and she has had enough. She is now seriously thinking of leaving, I have tried to warn her the grass is not always greener as it is a very comfortable and secure job, she also has potential to progress to manager of the department but that is probably another 2 years away. She is fully first aid trained and has done copious amounts of managerial training through work. She has decided she also doesn’t want to work weekends and does not really want to work in retail any more, the problem is she doesn’t know what she wants to do. I have suggests maybe trying to get into purchasing side of things for a similar company which she is looking into but no amount of CV’s and application forms have generated many interviews. She seems to be hearing from companies wanting trainees or juniors but we couldn’t afford the income drop of around £4K (mortgage to pay etc). Is it worth her signing up to a recruitment agency perhaps?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[gemini]

I would suggest an hour invested in skills matching with a suitably qualified person. Then CV writing would be much easier.
You're correct about the grass being greener though, however if you don't seek your desires? Well life doesn't get any better!
Others to consider
Linked in?
Recruitment agency?

[andy-xr]

I went through a bit of this, and watched one of my mates make a change too. The thing for him was, he figured out what he wasnt qualified (able) to do, weeded those out, then worked out what he didnt want to do from the rest. It left him working in the public sector, which has suited him really well. Needed to slow himself down a bit and get to grips with the politics involved rather than speaking his mind, but says it's the best thing he's done. His skillset is IT Tech

For your Mrs, management experience and proof of it would take her into any number of small businesses looking for someone to head up a team. It might be a sales team, it might be a marketing team, or an admin team. There'd be a number of ways to jump, of course none of them would be a substitute for experience, but you can take a knock on the pay side if needs be, the upside would be 9-5 (or 8-6) Mon to Fri

I think if you narrow down the 'that's weekend work, dont want it' options and get rid of them, you'll find it easier to pinpoint an area to aim at

[rog007]

As usual on PHs, some great advice there.

If she has made her mind up, experience tells me she won't be happy with any compromise in the current organisation.

The act of sorting out qualifications, reviewing ones CV and applying for appropriate roles will be morale boosting in itself. The trick is to secure appropriate employment swiftly otherwise morale can dip and a feeling of hopelessness can appear, which is to be avoided.

So exactly as previously mentioned; match skills and ambition to determine any gaps. If the gaps can be closed, do so then apply. If the gap cannot be closed, adjust ambition.

Happy to look over a CV if that would help.

Good luck to her!

[dave123456]

i'd review outgoings as well. if you're stuck at a certain income level due to necessities then there's not much that can be done.

but if there's a chunk of discretionary spend each month like car finance, sky subs etc then it's worth discussing.