Career Advice

[Barquentine]

Can anyone recommend where you go for good advice on how to find a more satsifying job/career? I'm in a well-paid, comfortable job that is very tedious and repetitive. I would give it up for half the money if I could discover something that makes me feel like I am achieving something good. I just need some advice I think I can trust.

[Sade]

A good pal? Or us on here?! I guess you want to feel like you are making a difference somehow, in a job that gives you a thrill every day. Some jobs are big on adrenalin and others aren't. It also depends on what your skills are though. What areas do you have skills in?

[Buenchico]

You might possibly find that the Government-funded adult careers advice service is totally useless but, since it's free, you might as well give it a try:
https://nextstep.dire...actanadviser_old.aspx

Chris

[atalanta]

Be careful if you try to change career. If you re-qualify in another line of employment, you will find yourself competing with people of your own age, but they have many years more experience than you have. Say you take a few years to re-train, and at the age of 35 you become ( say) a solicitor with no experience, you will be going for jobs competing against either much younger people, or people of 35 with ten years' experience more than you have. Tricky.

[juliefer]

How about a paid job in the voluntary sector? There seems to be plenty of information about these on the Internet.

[Barquentine]

Thanks everyone. All good answers.