craigybaby

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just wondering really if anyone else has ever been nervous about starting a new career ive been in my current job for 10 years its my first proper job since school i handed my notice in on friday to start a new completely different job and im bricking it my job is easy and money is ok but there is no way of going up the ladder im doing the same thing now that i was when i first started the new job will be better money and there is opportunitys to go up the ladder etc and everyday is different i should be excited but im nervous as hell lol anyone else gone thru similar??

john banks

Completely natural. A little stress will improve your performance. Enjoy the new job.

Alg

Surely not much call for window cleaners with this snow falling?

chocolate_o_brian

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Through no choice of my own I found myself unemployed in 2008 at 24. I was lucky enough to get through 6 stages of application and onto a Tata steel engineering apprentice. I started in September 2009 and came out of my time September gone. Total change of career (if you call nights in a warehouse a career) and being dismissed was the best thing that happened to me!

toneh

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You've done the hard part , handing in your notice and leaving a job you know ,in order to move forward and up
Anyone who does that has got something about em and it takes bit of bottle to step into the relatively unknown
I've no doubt you'll be fine , good luck mate

craigybaby

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cheers guys

the shreksta

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good luck to you matey,im signing up for a mechanics course this year (im nearly 33 and regret not doing it sooner) just hope its not too late for me thats all

j976rna

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ive done the exact same thing, worked for a plant hire company for 10 years,i was pretty high up, money was ok, i left there to work as a cable jointers mate, a lot more money , it was very hard for me to get used to it, my confidence was pretty low and i felt like going back to my old job, but i just knuckled down,ive been there 4 months

craigybaby

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cheers chaps ye i think once ive been there a few months i;ll be ok i think its the whole doing something out of my comfort zone that is giving me the nerves

lordharding

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Don't worry about it
I was a senior manager for 24years and got my redundany and took a basic salesmans job on half the salery and love the change of position although it was in the same industry
Be positive
Write everything down for the first month and take as much reading material home to study so you learn the new job quickly

PaulC72

Yup you will be fine, i changed careers after 10 years, then again after 10 years, I then changed back to the second career after 2 1/2 years out doing something else, a change is good and keeps you fresh plus it gives you strength.

Good luck!!

Ellie*

Good luck! Give yourself time to get settle in and I'm sure you won't look back.

I need to find a new direction/job/career but there is nothing I want to do.
How have people found that motivation/enthusiasm for change?

mickywrx

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If you work for a **** company for long enough then it doesn't take much encouragement to leave.

I'd been at my last job since June 2002, worked my last shift there on Christmas Eve last year. Haven't done a thing since.

Medical on Tuesday so I can get the HGV provisional entitlements on my license, and see how it goes from there.

cobra_mark

Just done a similar thing two months ago, you'll be fine. Change is good.

craigybaby

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Cheers guys I'm sure I will be well I've got 4 weeks before I start they are gonna drag I think plenty of time for me to worry about it lol

Leslie

I was lucky enough to enjoy my job so much that I never considered changing it.

Les

Jonnys3

I did the same 18 months ago, moving on from a company I had been with for 12 years. It will always take time to settle in and find your feet - persevere for at least 6 months if not longer. Good luck!

craigybaby

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well today was my last day start my new job monday both excitied and nervous

Kwik

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Good luck Craig!

craigybaby

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cheers matey i think i will need it pmsl

Kwik

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Like any first day, you'll probably think about doing a runner and think you've done the wrong thing lol. You'll be fine...

urban

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Plus that'll make a good impression with your new employer

cobra_mark

Good luck

darrenb87

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I did this and after 3 years at college I came out with top qualifications (not being big headed it was something I worked hard at) and couldn't get a job. Being older they don't want to pay the higher minimum wage compared to a 16 year old. If you know you are going to get a job then go for it but unfortunately it seems age and maturity go against you.
College was one of the best experience's of my life and enjoyed every day of it. But unfortunately it hasn't got me any further than I was before.

Don't want to put you off but just something for you to think about