Hi guys. I have been contemplating making this thread for a while now but considering this forum has a deep wealth of helpful information I just put it off. Which I figure is just being lazy so here it is.
I am being truthful here and I recognise the mistakes I have made over the past few years.
1) I went to University late but I graduated in a specialised degree this year. I failed three times to score an interview for a placement year and decided I had enough and went on to do my final year and graduate.
This was a risk because the industry I want to work in takes work experience in the field as desirable. You'll pretty much lose out to candidates with experience at the final hurdle regardless of an interview performance.
2) I am 30 now and I spent too long in a job not going anywhere prior to university. As of now I am in a supervisor position with a trade logistics company but the pay isn't anywhere near what I need but I am willing to stick it out for a while to get some savings.
It won't hurt to be on my CV from what I am doing.
The kicker here is, I feel I have missed out due to my age but also my disastrous choice to stay at a job for a while doing nothing.
The job isn't challenging me and I get bored a fair bit. However I realise the importance of it on a CV for future prospects.
I need a plan. I made a five year plan to get university done but I have no plan now. I want to fill it with prospects and enrichment but this addiction to staying at the PC surfing the internet is a problem. I can get information off here but I like books, and practical things.
Has anyone got ideas to escape this cycle? Adapting to a new style of personal enrichment?
I see my time rushing past and I am in a very important stage of my life. I am not too old but I am not 20 either.
I am being truthful here and I recognise the mistakes I have made over the past few years.
1) I went to University late but I graduated in a specialised degree this year. I failed three times to score an interview for a placement year and decided I had enough and went on to do my final year and graduate.
This was a risk because the industry I want to work in takes work experience in the field as desirable. You'll pretty much lose out to candidates with experience at the final hurdle regardless of an interview performance.
2) I am 30 now and I spent too long in a job not going anywhere prior to university. As of now I am in a supervisor position with a trade logistics company but the pay isn't anywhere near what I need but I am willing to stick it out for a while to get some savings.
It won't hurt to be on my CV from what I am doing.
The kicker here is, I feel I have missed out due to my age but also my disastrous choice to stay at a job for a while doing nothing.
The job isn't challenging me and I get bored a fair bit. However I realise the importance of it on a CV for future prospects.
I need a plan. I made a five year plan to get university done but I have no plan now. I want to fill it with prospects and enrichment but this addiction to staying at the PC surfing the internet is a problem. I can get information off here but I like books, and practical things.
Has anyone got ideas to escape this cycle? Adapting to a new style of personal enrichment?
I see my time rushing past and I am in a very important stage of my life. I am not too old but I am not 20 either.