What job do these skills suggest?
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Need some help with SWMBO who is hating her current working life and its starting to make her ill.
She has a Phd in Phsychology (specifically memory related). She has one of the best academic records of anyone i know- straight A*s at GCSE, 4 As at A-level, 1st and top of year at Uni. Phd involved loads of stats (which she taugt) and loads of PC use. She's an excellent communicator, and highly intelligent. She works her arse off and incredibly hard working.
Currently works as a case manager for in an insurance susbidiary- basically arranging treatment for people after injuries/accidents. She hates the job and the company she works for- but has stuck it for 18 months- its now making her ill- she's in tears everymorning before work, and usually after as well. Company aren't interested in helping.
So, she needs a new job- but what the hell can she do? she has very specific skills that don't provide her with happiness. She could retrain, but i'm currently re-training for 2 years and we can't afford to lose both our salaries.
Does anyone have suggestions for jobs that would suit her skill base?
Need some help with SWMBO who is hating her current working life and its starting to make her ill.
She has a Phd in Phsychology (specifically memory related). She has one of the best academic records of anyone i know- straight A*s at GCSE, 4 As at A-level, 1st and top of year at Uni. Phd involved loads of stats (which she taugt) and loads of PC use. She's an excellent communicator, and highly intelligent. She works her arse off and incredibly hard working.
Currently works as a case manager for in an insurance susbidiary- basically arranging treatment for people after injuries/accidents. She hates the job and the company she works for- but has stuck it for 18 months- its now making her ill- she's in tears everymorning before work, and usually after as well. Company aren't interested in helping.
So, she needs a new job- but what the hell can she do? she has very specific skills that don't provide her with happiness. She could retrain, but i'm currently re-training for 2 years and we can't afford to lose both our salaries.
Does anyone have suggestions for jobs that would suit her skill base?
We are in a situation where my wife is re-training for the next 2 years.....so only have my salary.
So what did I do recently? I handed my notice in and am making the leap into civvy street.
"Faint heart never f
ked fair maiden" and all that.
Some times you have to take a gamble to achieve stuff in life.
If her current career is having this effect on her then she needs to get out and change.
Life is too short.
So what did I do recently? I handed my notice in and am making the leap into civvy street.
"Faint heart never f
ked fair maiden" and all that.Some times you have to take a gamble to achieve stuff in life.
If her current career is having this effect on her then she needs to get out and change.
Life is too short.
This is probably not gonna help much but with those skills including your obvious support she can do anything and it WILL be recognised by any future employer.I have been in this position also and you just have to keep looking.My wife is similar to yours in her work ethic and recently got a job with the NHS because she shone in the interview.They will spot it mate just tell her to keep the faith.
pugwash4x4 said:
She has a Phd in Phsychology (specifically memory related).....now making her ill- she's in tears everymorning before work, and usually after as well.
Might find a rewarding job in the security services. Psychological torture is popular at the moment, isn't it..?
This might be a release for all those current frustrations....
You need to ask a psychologist.
And Cara Van Man...
Does she still have links with the Uni she graduated from?
I would speak to them. Ok she may have to retain to lecture but could work with fellow students on their PHD's. One of my mates did this for years before becoming a Uni lecturer she could also get research grants to do further research she obviously enjoyed academia to stay on that long and achieve such good grades.
I would speak to them. Ok she may have to retain to lecture but could work with fellow students on their PHD's. One of my mates did this for years before becoming a Uni lecturer she could also get research grants to do further research she obviously enjoyed academia to stay on that long and achieve such good grades.
horton said:
she sounds like a right whining pain in the arse.
instead of getting her a job, why don't you get a new woman who doesn't "get ill" from work and doesn't cry every morning.
life in your house must be fun.
yeah thanks- way to go to really rip apart someones life. must make you feel like the big keyboard warrior. instead of getting her a job, why don't you get a new woman who doesn't "get ill" from work and doesn't cry every morning.
life in your house must be fun.
life in my house ins't fun, but unlike you, i have a sense of respect and care for the woman i love and don't just dump her because she's unhappy. Instead, being short of ideas, i put the question to the PH massive to see if they had any ideas (which they do).
Unfortunately it also attracts whinging little arses like you. You can think i'm wrong, but that's not reason to stop thinking.
sorry, that was a bit harsh on my part.
I just have little time for someone who gets ill from their job and cries, when I work six days a week and in the past have done 14 hour days in order to pay the bills - especially when there are people out there who would give their nuts for a job, let alone a Phd and a job.
I was rude, but I think she needs a reality check - jobs are not there to be fun, they are to pay bills, if they were all fun we would pay to do them, not vice versa.
I just have little time for someone who gets ill from their job and cries, when I work six days a week and in the past have done 14 hour days in order to pay the bills - especially when there are people out there who would give their nuts for a job, let alone a Phd and a job.
I was rude, but I think she needs a reality check - jobs are not there to be fun, they are to pay bills, if they were all fun we would pay to do them, not vice versa.
horton said:
sorry, that was a bit harsh on my part.
I just have little time for someone who gets ill from their job and cries, when I work six days a week and in the past have done 14 hour days in order to pay the bills - especially when there are people out there who would give their nuts for a job, let alone a Phd and a job.
I was rude, but I think she needs a reality check - jobs are not there to be fun, they are to pay bills, if they were all fun we would pay to do them, not vice versa.
This isn't a game of who can do the most hours- being self employed i have averaged over 90hours/week for the past 7 years- have had 12 days off in that time-but i enjoy my job. i don't look down on other people who work fewer hours. Well done for working 14 hours in a day, keep it up, but try and look beyond your own life occasionally. I just have little time for someone who gets ill from their job and cries, when I work six days a week and in the past have done 14 hour days in order to pay the bills - especially when there are people out there who would give their nuts for a job, let alone a Phd and a job.
I was rude, but I think she needs a reality check - jobs are not there to be fun, they are to pay bills, if they were all fun we would pay to do them, not vice versa.
I would hope you would realise that posting on here is the last thing i have done after i have exhausted lots and lots of other avenues. The situation isn't as simple as my 6 lines of text suggest- and in some cases it behooves you to give the benefit of the doubt.
Dealing with suicidal patients day in day out, with no training (the company expressly defined the job as not dealing with serious mental illness), no backup (ie all the other staff are physios and management are frankly crap) and no support is never going to be easy. If you think it is, then i suggest you try it.
pugwash4x4 said:
Dealing with suicidal patients day in day out, with no training (the company expressly defined the job as not dealing with serious mental illness), no backup (ie all the other staff are physios and management are frankly crap) and no support is never going to be easy. If you think it is, then i suggest you try it.
Going on his posts above, Horton's way of dealing with suicidal patients would be to tell them to pull themselves together and get over it. Job done. Easy.Would she consider being a University Lecturer? Very nice little job by all accounts. Not the biggest paycheck, but oodles of holiday, and that privilege of teaching those that really want to be there..
She's fortunate in that she already has a PhD.
ETA - Horton - you say that jobs aren't for fun. To an extent, you're right. That said, the whole reason someone commits themselves to achieving and academic standard such as a PhD is so that they have options, education and the ability to write their own ticket. Quite right, too.
She's fortunate in that she already has a PhD.
ETA - Horton - you say that jobs aren't for fun. To an extent, you're right. That said, the whole reason someone commits themselves to achieving and academic standard such as a PhD is so that they have options, education and the ability to write their own ticket. Quite right, too.
Edited by Papoo on Wednesday 23 September 16:57
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