Where can you get good adult career advice

[Engineer1]

As per the title, does anyone know a good source of careers advice, I am struggling to get back into full time work and could do with some advice on other careers to look at and how to tweak my CV for these other careers.

[V8mate]

As an adult, I'd say that you're better off chatting with people working in the business sectors which interest you; maybe 'over a pint' first, and then to sector-specific recruiters thereafter.

[spikeyhead]

http://www.chiumento.co.uk/web/0/A87E2A8C4F34924B8...

though you probably won't want to pay the bill.

[scirocco265]

http://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/

[AJS-]

Right here on pistonheads of course! Whether you want to be berated for being an idle slacker, told you can be an astronaut or simply made to feel a failure by legions of people who were MD by the age of 15 and wouldn't work for less than a premier league footballer, THIS is the place!

Seriously, I would talk to as many people as possible. Recruitment consultants can be helpful if you find a good one, former colleagues, clients, associates or anyone whose job you think "hmm, that might be interesting."

Don't rule out websites etc but there's no substitute for talking to people.

[Engineer1]

My problem at the moment is I am reasonably well qualified as an Engineer, a Desmond from Staffs Uni, a Masters from Coventry, but I have spent more time either unemployed, or looking to move than I have working happily for a company. So I need to figure out what I can move into with my qualifications that won't have me starting on SFA at the age of 33. I really need to find something I can make a career in, and I am struggling to think what I can get into with minimal retraining.

[V8mate]

Drop PHer escargot a line. He's a recruiter and does plenty of stuff with engineers (oo'er) and is a jolly nice chap to boot!

[AJS-]

Some kind of technical sales might be an option? It would let you make some use of your engineering knowledge and make a decent level of income (if you were good) but provide a different challenge from engineering.

Just a thought.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Apply for everything that vaguely takes your fancy, I got my IT job by applying for a job as a data entry slave via an agency, they took one look at my cv and passed it to the company that provided their IT support, who then offered me a job (that didnt exist and wasnt advertised) on the basis that i was a good candidate for a position they were going to open in a few months.

Ive been here 3 years, business is booming and its a good job (although I'm planning on leaving soon (another story))