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Brenfox

Career change

By Brenfox, in General Chat

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Brenfox

Brenfox

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I'm looking to change my career but it's difficult as I don't know what I want to do & I have children/responsibilities. Just wondering if anyone else has done the same in their thirties or later.

DB11

DB11

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Monday-Friday or shift work?

With a shift allowance you can increase your basic pay and have days off in the week. Depends what suits you

Len Finsbury

Len Finsbury

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Whilst I have no children, I do have a mortgage and responsibilities and I've made big changes when I turned 37.

 

I went to uni, something that didn't even seem like an option to me when I left school to become a car mechanic in the late 80s, completed a BSc in Biology and am now part way through a Master degree. My career plan is in academia so I can follow my research interests too. Possibly teaching at HE level too.

 

I was self-employed before and to be honest, when the recession hit in 2007/8, I had to get out. There's nothing like having your hand forced to make you reassess things. I think that's what makes change so difficult - if you're not prepared to move from your comfort zone and sacrifice a few years to retrain or commit to study, then you'll struggle. It's a lot like gambling, you need to speculate to accumulate. Luckily my wife works and although she only earns an average wage, along with my part time work, we have managed fairly easily. We haven't had the luxuries of overseas holidays like we used to and some other things go on the back burner but they're only superficial things.

 

Calculate if you can afford to retrain first, if that's what you ant to do, but at some point you do need to just go for it, otherwise time will pass you by and you'll regret not doing it.

 

Good luck

Cruss5

Cruss5

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I'm also looking at doing the same.

 

Selling up and doing something for the family we want to do.  Got an idea of a career change but just need the balls to do it.

 

Don't want to look back over my life and think all i've done is make other peoples dreams become a reality by working for them in a job i only do to pay the bills.

Mike Oxlong

Mike Oxlong

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Dont; ask me for advice.

I would really like to start my own business but I'm too scared because of the kids and responsibilities. I have no balls.

You must have if you've got kids.

Crinklyfox

Crinklyfox

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I was forced into a career change in my early thirties when I returned from an overseas work assignment to find that the company I worked for had closed almost overnight.  I too had a wife and a child so in the short term I took any job going just to make ends meet.  Eventually I got another 'permanent' job, but it still wasn't what I wanted to do.  Looking back on my career I could see that I had been in a declining industry and that I should have seen problems ahead.  I therefore decided to look at the areas of the job market which seemed to be on the up rather than sticking to what I knew.  After a few months and a bit of study I got into what was then a 'sunrise' industry where there were more opportunities that people qualified to fill them, and that not only sorted my career for the next fifteen years but gave me a better income.  I'm retired now but looking back on my working life I had three careers and had to adapt to keep ahead of the game.

 

I did have my own business at one time, but I had contacts in the market before I started it whom I knew I could get some work from.  It's a big step to start a new business from scratch, there are a lot of people out there who have done it in the last few years because they couldn't get employment elsewhere.  It's not a move for the risk-averse.

Raj

Raj

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I'd been at my old place for 25 years and done 13-15 years on 3 shifts.

Had enough of constantly being knackered and grumpy so moved to a different place on a different role and on days.

Its less money but I get to see the kids morning and night and no bloody night shift!!!

Money ain't everything...go for it!!!

johnny the fox

johnny the fox

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Dont; ask me for advice.

I would really like to start my own business but I'm too scared because of the kids and responsibilities. I have no balls.

 

Dont; ask me for advice.

I would really like to start my own business but I'm too scared because of the kids and responsibilities. I have no balls.

I manufacture balls..do you want to buy some?

ozleicester

ozleicester

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Good luck, Be careful, because as you are no doubt aware, the job frustration/stress, is way lower than the unemployment stress. Just take your time, sometimes just knowing your youve got plans to change help get through each day...i hope you can change to something you are happier with, but IMO dont put too much store in this "youve gotta love your job" stuff. Ive never had a job ive "loved" i try to enjoy as best i can.

 

The old quote of "work to live, not live to work" has always been my mantra. 

 

Ive worked in variations of the same business for 35 years (fvck me...35 years??) and ive met nice folk, worked with/for total fvckwits, laughed, shouted... blah blah.

 

But its kept my family well homed and fed, ive traveled and enjoyed my life outside the office.

 

On their deathbed, no-one ever says "I wish i spent more time at work"

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