Job seeking advice!

Marcg868 · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

Basically, i left college july last year, done 1 and half year part time in a supermarket, which was quite good while at college, 3 months in a Travel Call centre which i hated, and now i have been nicely put in a laboring job by my uncle after i handed notice in at Call centre.

But i do not intend to work with my uncle all my life, i spent 3 years at college studying for BTEC national diploma in Travel Operations and Gained 1 AS and 1 A level in IT and Geography. Im just finding it so hard to find anything in the Travel industry that isnt, either call centres or "you must have 1 years retail travel experience"

I dont have that, i dont want to work in a call centre mon - sun till 10 oclock. Why is it so hard to find a Normal 9-5 monday to friday job these days, im not being picky. Id love to just have a half decent wage like im on now, work monday to friday. But i cant find anything.
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Laura · Playboy Bunny Joined: 28 Jul 2003 Karma :

Keep looking go to every local agency and travel agent with your cv ring individual companies up etc etc.

Trust me i have had morew jobs than hot dinners lol
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feef · Energiser Bunny Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Karma :

send your CV into all your local (and not so local) travel-agents just on spec, asking them to give you a shout if anything comes up. They will always prefer to get people in for minimum cost, without having to shell out for advertising.

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Hooky · Trackday Trickster Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Karma :

Travel industry does not opperate from 9-5 Mon-Friday.

I really think the days of a standard working week are long gone Rolling Eyes

weekends, nights, bank holidays are (or seem) just another day.

Your post reads that you are more bothered about how little you can put in (hours etc) more than what you can offer as valued member of staff.

Only hard work and commitment lead to high earnings and most importantly self respect .

You are in the wrong trade Wink

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

crap non growing shrinking private sector thats why its hard to find private sector jobs.

you have these options:

agencies
cold calling
cold fishing letters
job centre
news papers
company websites

I've tried all of those for months and have no joy, but good luck anyway , you might not intend to work for somebody but reality often turns out differently.
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biggerjohn · Spanner Monkey Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Karma :

I can only agree with the other comments here about hard work paying off.

But I will say having a good manager is half the battle in my time I have been managed by some complete gits and by some excellent manager. The difference in how you feel about your job and the work you does stem largely from the management and from that your performance.

One of the best bits of advice / criticism I was given by a manager is WTF do you think your doing working here your smarter than this get you finger out or I will make you life a living hell.

He was right I did and now I do a job I love for 5 times my old salary.

And most importantly I can say even if I didn’t succeed it wasn’t because I didn’t try.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

I'm sorry , I feel like shit today , another bunch of rejection letters to add to my forever growing pile of rejection letters , all citing my lack of experience as a the kicker,

something which I can do nothing about.
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Annabella · Like a person, only smaller Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

A1 - Would you say, that to be a good employee you are expected to work late, and expected to have work as your priority?

Unfortunately, most people want a job that they enjoy, but that allows them to enjoy their life.

Work to live, not live to work.
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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

3 fucking years to learn "Travel operations"?? WTF is that????

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ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

So you're telling us that you went to college for THREE years to become a fucking travel agent??? LMFAO!!!!!

ZRX61 · Victor Meldrew Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Karma :

Ok, I have to ask: Did you honestly leave school & head off to college to become a travel agent?
& as for advice about your CV:I sure as hell would keep quiet about pissing away 3 years in college to get a dead end job at a shop in the high street Rolling Eyes

Seriously, please answer honestly because I'm having a real hard time taking this post anywhere near serious right now. It's one of the funniest fucking career threads I've ever seen.

What the hell possessed you to study "travel agency" as a career choice? Was telephone hygenist school full?

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I got shit results too (10 GSCES, 4 A/S Levels [b,b,e,e in psych, media, physics and biology] and a NCFE in Webdesign/Telematics).

Basically what I did was work in a Chinese for 2 years (As a stopgap while I got the rest of my life in order after moving at 17).

Went on to a Telecomms company, was made redundant after 8ish months, but used it as a stopgap and to develop skills in database applications (I wasn't really arsed if they didn't work, but gave me skills on the run I could take to my next job)

Moved on to work as admin in a Callcentre, decided I liked doing databases so made a few in my spare time, presented to management, department got shut down and was headhunted internally to develop a major DB app.

And my current job just kicks ass.

Hope that's of some help, just get a stopgap job from an agency such as Brook Street, Staffsign, Rullion.

If you're willing to work in Liverpool I can hook you up with some agencies, I made a lot of contacts from agencies in Liverpool from being bored in the Call Centre job (Firing casual emails to people in agencies pays off)...

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Toby , that sounds familiar , 'cept I developed 3d design and art skills , which worked for a while , but as said such companies went kaput ,

makes me wonder why you can't cook , working in a Chinese takeaway for 2 years having to ask us.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Marc , (BWFC4eva86)

Go ask this guy , hes a cnut in Whitefield hes called Howard at "Howards way" , he has an incredible staff turn over and hence is always looking for people he can pay poorly or exploit.

Its just opposite the metro station in Whitefield opposite the Bank there , I worked for him years ago for 5 1/2 months. Though I don't put him on my CV anymore.

Though he used to pay me nowt basic only letting me keep 50% of the commission % on holiday says as said hes a cnut and this was way before the NMW though things may have changed.Which meant £7 per holiday sold which gave me £100ish a week .

Theres also another place in Whitefield on the parade near the fitness club always looking for staff , why? , cus the manager there apparently attempted to rape one of my male collegues who I worked with in Howards way. So take this @ your OWN RISK.
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I have mates in Whitefield :S

Why does he have to work for cunts? There's plenty of decent jobs there that can be gotten with little effort.