Has anyone ever started afresh?
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James06
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A lot of sought after professions have cut off criteria that they dont look beyond, and this must be theirs.
I once worked as a barristers clerk and part of the job was sorting out applicants for pupilage - trainee barrister positions within the chambers. They took on a handful each year and they initial cut off for applicants was having 4 A's at A-level! I couldnt get my hat on that they would turn away great candidates, and potentially excellent barristers because they may have got a B in one of them, even if the remainder of the CV was perfect. But those were the rules when it came to narrowing down the applications.
The job I am in now I wouldnt have got if it wasnt for my degree. I'm an accountant and have trained to be so while in this job, costing the business somewhere in the region of 10k. My degree is in geography almost entirely irrelevant to what i do now. But the MD at the time only took on graduates for roles, it was his way. The company my dad worked for for nearly 50 years is the same.
I once worked as a barristers clerk and part of the job was sorting out applicants for pupilage - trainee barrister positions within the chambers. They took on a handful each year and they initial cut off for applicants was having 4 A's at A-level! I couldnt get my hat on that they would turn away great candidates, and potentially excellent barristers because they may have got a B in one of them, even if the remainder of the CV was perfect. But those were the rules when it came to narrowing down the applications.
The job I am in now I wouldnt have got if it wasnt for my degree. I'm an accountant and have trained to be so while in this job, costing the business somewhere in the region of 10k. My degree is in geography almost entirely irrelevant to what i do now. But the MD at the time only took on graduates for roles, it was his way. The company my dad worked for for nearly 50 years is the same.
DeanoVilla
One Bloody Number
Maybe we could suck cock in Vegas together?
DeanoVilla
One Bloody Number
So if the Headmaster is a bumder I'm in with a shout?
randy.stand
Vital Champions League
To be fair can see why you need a degree to teach, there's a lot to it and teaching is one of the better courses where you actually get some experience out on the job whilst at Uni, bit like Nursing but not as much. You do sit here at Uni tho and think how are some of these academic assignments going to help me as a Nurse and it's the same with teaching. One of my best friends is in her final few months doing a primary school teaching degree and her 12,000 word dissertation is in for this Friday. Probably wont have much bearing on how good a teacher she is but they say you put theory into practice. For a start without degrees, there'd be too many people trying to go into careers such as teaching.
As for changing direction, it's hard. It's hard to get out of the comfort zone your in. Some of the women on my course are older and have had to give up jobs and go to £550 a month bursary to be a student nurse and they've got families and mortgages etc. Its tough. At the end of the day though, whether you hate the job or not, you being able to have a decent life outside of work is the most important. At the end of the day we all work to live not live to work. I wasn't sure I was ready for Uni when I left school and was considering getting a job first but knew if find it difficult to get out of if I didn't like it in the future. When I was at Royal Mail end of 2010 they were trying to discuss permanent contracts with me and it was a decent job with good money actually but I knew I'd be bored rigid within a few years and I was starting at Uni the following month so I left.
As for changing direction, it's hard. It's hard to get out of the comfort zone your in. Some of the women on my course are older and have had to give up jobs and go to £550 a month bursary to be a student nurse and they've got families and mortgages etc. Its tough. At the end of the day though, whether you hate the job or not, you being able to have a decent life outside of work is the most important. At the end of the day we all work to live not live to work. I wasn't sure I was ready for Uni when I left school and was considering getting a job first but knew if find it difficult to get out of if I didn't like it in the future. When I was at Royal Mail end of 2010 they were trying to discuss permanent contracts with me and it was a decent job with good money actually but I knew I'd be bored rigid within a few years and I was starting at Uni the following month so I left.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
I thought there was a fast stream (I'm sure it was for bankers a year or so back?) to get a teaching degree. I agree that maybe things could be sped up but I do have to disagree, if people have been told they have to get a degree to teach (which they have) and they make the sacrifice of 3 years of loans/loss of income etc etc then it would be wrong to then change totally.
RosettaStoned
Vital Football Legend
Deano you own property.
Take your redundancy, add your savings and buy and renovate a shit house up north (in sunderland you can get end terrace for £35k just needs updating (£5k)
rent it out for £450 a month, and repeat 5 times.
You can retire within 5 years.
Take your redundancy, add your savings and buy and renovate a shit house up north (in sunderland you can get end terrace for £35k just needs updating (£5k)
rent it out for £450 a month, and repeat 5 times.
You can retire within 5 years.
James06
Vital Football Legend
My cousin is turning his back on a head of dept (English) job in a secondary school to become a plumber. He has a firstclass hons degree, not that he needed it to do the plumbing.
He did a plumbing course throughout the summer holidays and is continuing with it whilst doing part time teaching. He cant wait to pack up teaching altogether and become a plumber full time which will be the end of this school year.
He did a plumbing course throughout the summer holidays and is continuing with it whilst doing part time teaching. He cant wait to pack up teaching altogether and become a plumber full time which will be the end of this school year.
RosettaStoned
Vital Football Legend
Dont go into teaching, the school system is fucked and as much as anyone wants to think they can go in and change anything, they cant and they wont.
Unless you're gonna be the netball coach at a university, then have at it son.
Unless you're gonna be the netball coach at a university, then have at it son.
