right guys.. your honesty is appreciated here... how many jobs have you had?? i'm looking ta moving again... this would be my 14th job and i'm only 26.. i just cant see to settle anywhere.. so advice is needed, but also, is it wrong to have had so many jobs??


stringo

 

i am 35 and i have only had 3 jobs, but i have been transfered to different companys on tupe, so i have had quite a few different employers, no point settling in a job until your happy.

 

Hi mate. I've had two.

22 Years in the RAF as an Electronics Engineer and IT Specialist and now 5 odd years with a Bank managing their IT Systems security.

I've managed many, many people in that time, from hairy arsed military types through to 'special projects', diplomatic passport and now 'specialist' IT security staff. This doesn't mean I actually know anything, but I'll be happy to advise on what I see and know.

I'd say you hit it on the head with the 'settling down' comment. You haven't listed the jobs or the reasons you didn't stick them but it's obvious they, the people or both weren't right for you, or you weren't right for them.

You're a pretty forthright character with a solid sense of right and wrong who sticks up for his mates and you're not afraid to let people know it. I'd say you have bags of confidence too, which makes up the person you are. This is no bad thing either, but people (inc you) and situations can sometime struggle with that.

What you need is to either find the job, staff and management that suits your character or change your personality to suit them. The second option is very hard and I'd suggest would be seen through fairly quickly.

How does a more rigid framework within which to operate sound? A right and wrong system you can relate too and which can give you the black and white guidelines you need? Sound too scary?

I'm not sure what solution is best for you but those can only be got from the Military, Police, Prison service or similar service that requires a lot of drive, commitment and a team spirit that is so special that only those serving will understand.

Maybe time to do some 'soul searching' before job number 15 comes along.

Don't have me down as mothering or preaching to you mate as I don't really know you, but just passing on advice as I see it, seeing that you asked....

Maybe that's me being forthright.....

FG is spot on too... you have to be happy or there's no real point. It can't be just the Money.. Unless a £100,000 job comes along..

 

xxx

 

I thought the only job from school then was workin in't t'mill

 

Fast Food - Not saying which one but it was part time while at college and an easy kitchen job.

Petrol Station - Easiest job I've ever done

Scotthall BMW - Started off good but gradually getting worse and now I just want to leave. Hopefully will be moving on myself soon, for the last time.

 

crikey mate, i've done loads!!! you name it, i've done it (within reason of course!) lots of soul searching has to be done to find that one true passion. i left school wih one clear ambition, to join the navy, its all i ever wanted and trained for, then as i applied, they hit me with it... "you're too small...sorry!"

ouch...that hurt a lot back then, i was merely a bairn!! cried my eyes out and the jobs kept a coming!

i've been a youth worker, a bar maid, a waitress, a web developer, a PA, a copier sales person, and then i settled on one company...the NHS, and within the last 7 years, i've had several different jobs for them too!!! (mainly cos i keep being made redundant, but hey, they keep offering me other jobs!!)

until you truly find something you love, then you should shop about a bit, but just think, as a potential employer, would you give a job to someone with a track record of a few months working, then leaving?? its one of the things i look for when i recruit. have a long hard think about a) what you're good at and b) what you want to be good at!

where do you want to see yourself in 5 yrs time?

 

i know from my up bringing that i didnt get a chance to do all the last year school things like trying out jobs at 15 and things like that,so i was moved about like a gypsy at the age of 12,and then the time came where i needed to find a job i had no education and ended up with an agency in warehouses,ive lost count how many, then at the age of 16-17 i went to collage but still didnt know what i wanted to do so i left there too then at 18 i went into steel erecting-the best job i ever had btw i loved it but got laid off and found it hard trying to find another employer to take me on, i must have had well over 30 or 40 jobs m8 and im only 25

im currently in a job i dont really like and work 70 or 80 hours a week but it pays the bills and allows me to have quite alot of extra cash,but is it all worth it not being happy at the end of the day.

like alan said soul searching and knowing what your after in a job is the way forward.

think of what you really wana do and maybe get some training in this to give yourself a better chance.

i might even join u

ask alan for a job

 

well girls & boys if we are talking jobs i started at the tender age of 12 years old working with mi grandad at a factory,,,only at the weekends and after school that is,but it was a job and it bought me my first motorbike. Then at the age of 14 -15 i went and worked at a scrap yard soon left that.when i left school i finished on the friday & started work on monday morning.this was for a ferm building garages it was crap & crap money,then i went to work at primrose valley holiday camp as a mechanic,did that for a year which then took me in to my next job working for a coal merchant.Not bad but it was hard at the time i was only 17,i then went on to work for a ferm laying underground water pipes for all your drinking water,was a top job and i was on good money,i was on more money than a face worker down the pit,anyway when the contract was done with this ferm they wanted me to go with them to their next job,,,in Africa did'nt go ex wife wanted to stay near her mother biggest mistake of mi life.should have divorced her,,,ho i did forgot that bit hahaha.Then i worked at the Asda for a while 12 hour nights crap,then worked for another scrap man,he was as bent as a 9 bob watch ended up in the nick for a night i soon left that job,,i'm a good lad really,, haha,, went on from that to work for yet another coal merchant,but soon decided that i could do a better job than them so started my own coal rounds up.And done that for the last 20 years plus just started a aggregates firm...Every story as a happy ending,,,,i think,,,......

 

giz a job paul

 

I'd work for sub1600 but I couldn't afford the bill at the end of each week !

For all the bits I'd acquired...

DunxC

P.S. Sometimes it's who you know not what, most of my jobs have been via friends and family, or being tempted away by people needing to fill a vacancy by any means.... my favourite job was building electical umbilicals for top secret sonar equipment, wires, hydraulic hose, custom connectors, a real mix of skills needed, but guess what ! Money wasn't that good. LOL

 

5 jobs to date and I am 37 years old, Started working life in a timber yard for 16 months straight from school. Then worked as a domestic appliance trainee for 8 months, these jobs were all down south in Hampshire, then I moved back to Leeds and completed my Electrical apprentaship with Vallectric on sweet street. Then got a job with Leeds City Council doing electrical checks and repairs on vacant houses. And my latest job is working for Openreach (bt) as a Telecoms engineer. Thinking of a change as management are expecting us to to do work, that was previously done by a higher paid engineers than what we get paid.

Mark

 

al that is a fantastic response so i thankyou up front.. i have left jobs for many reason... pay, hours, management etc.. i get bored.. i have a short attention span. been a skilled diesel fitter thats all i know what to do. but i want to change into management.. bullitt lynz.. your right, employers hate a CV the lenght of an asda shopping list.. but my CV has been cut down i'm chasing money at the minute... soul rreason been to support the new family.. i have a 2nd interview on monday so see how that goes

cheers for the great responses

stringo

 

good hard graft m8 thats where the money is

 

yeah m8 i know! thing is, i keep saying there must be an easier way to earn money.. wish i knew how!

 

i know a real easy way but you end up getting locked up

 

NP mate. Glad you took it the way it was intended....

I've some experience with CV's (having sat through a few and done a few HR based courses to write a good one) so if you want some help to make yours stand out, let me know. You'd be surprised how much a good CV matters when you're going for a role alongside several other applicants.

Especially if you want to get into management. This would be a fairly big step if it's management rather than a 'team leader' type post. The experience, qualifications and CV become a lot more important to get you through the door for interview and where your personality now kicks in.

Good luck on the 2nd interview and I hope it turns out OK, even though you are chasing the money.

 

yeah, good luck on monday, let us know how it goes!

 

cheers ms bullitt

alan, will ya pm me your e-mail, and i will send you my current CV, so ya can work ya magic

stringo