Help me chose a new career

[cqueen]

I'm probably going to lose my job at some point due to budget cuts. So have been thinking about re-training in another occupation. Luckily I have no wife or kids to support, my mortgage is about £350/month + bills etc.

I've been thinking about what jobs I'd like to do but I just can't seem to think of anything that meets my critera.

My criteria:

Must be well paid, or if not - the ability to go self employed and then be well paid.

Good salary (£40k+) to be obtainable within 2-5 years.

In demand, sounds obvious right? - are there any of these jobs available? if not i'd be better off with my chances in my current job.

Training - available within relativley easy routes (intensive courses) and not long term. I already have a foundation degree in civil eng so any training would have to be specifically job focused, no uni courses, i dont have the time, effort, funding or patience to do a degree in xxx, only to land a junior position after 3 years.

Job satisfaction, I dont have to love the job, but it's nice to be thanked for your work.

lone working, not too much - it's depressing.

Any sugguestions?

Thanks

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[T84]

Medical School?

(By the way, didn't you used to be on Bike Chat Forums?)

Edited by T84 on Friday 24th September 18:27

[cqueen]

T84 said:

Medical School?

A lot of long term study I would imagine. Im a civil engineer at the mo.

[quote=T84(By the way, didn't you used to be on Bike Chat Forums?)

Yes, a long time ago!

[mxspyder]

cqueen said:

My criteria:

Must be well paid

Good salary £40k+

In demand

Training - available within relativley easy route

Job satisfaction

lone working

Any sugguestions?

Have you considered selling narcotics?

[cqueen]

mxspyder said:

Have you considered selling narcotics?

Yes.

[T84]

cqueen said:

T84 said:

Medical School?

A lot of long term study I would imagine. Im a civil engineer at the mo.

T84 said:

(By the way, didn't you used to be on Bike Chat Forums?)

Yes, a long time ago!

haha, I remember you and that famous picture

[cqueen]

T84 said:

haha, I remember you and that famous picture

Umm what photo???

Was it embaressing?! (don't post it here!!).

[T84]

It was a suspiciously labelled bottle in a bedroom from what I remember

[cqueen]

T84 said:

It was a suspiciously labelled bottle in a bedroom from what I remember

Ahh.. rings a bell, can't remember though!

[T84]

Well email me if you get too curious... LOL!

Good luck with the new career, I'd consider med school or the BiB though in your shoes!

[Matt UK]

Sales or customer / client facing work could be the answer.

It's not for everyone, but for those who are good and can enjoy it, your salary expectations can be met and then some.

[cqueen]

Matt UK said:

Sales or customer / client facing work could be the answer.

Could you give me an example of the sort of thing you mean? Thanks.

[Gorvid]

Teaching?

One year PGCE.

Basic (after 6 years) is between £33k and £40k (dependent on school) and if you take on extras you can break £50k in middle management (again, dependent on school).

Kids smell though.

[T84]

Are careers advisors any good?

[ShadownINja]

T84 said:

Are careers advisors any good?

I gather that to be a careers advisor, you need to do a PGCE, anyway. Or did you mean...

[T84]

I meant for him to go and see? Or are they just useless non jobbers... Never seen one.

[GeraldSmith]

T84 said:

I meant for him to go and see? Or are they just useless non jobbers... Never seen one.

Isn't it one of those things where if they knew anything about getting into decent careers they would have done it for themselves?

[ShadownINja]

T84 said:

I meant for him to go and see? Or are they just useless non jobbers... Never seen one.

Sorry, I was just being silly. It depends. A careers person in a job centre could let you do one of those questionnaires that they have a computer analyse to cough up the most suitable jobs. There may be similar options online anyway.

[Engineer1]

A career job that is easy to get into and pays that highly early on is either going to have to be something you can port most of your skills and experience into otherwise it would be vastly oversubscribed. IIRC banks used to happily employ engineers as the numeracy and problem solving skills meant they made good employees but I suspect the economic climate may have altered the availability of those sorts of jobs.

[The Lukas]

How hands on are you? Plumbing/electrics/other trade could make good money if self employed. But you need to be good at it.