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08.03.2008, 16:21 quote

Anonymous

After being on here quite some time, and getting to know some of you a little better, I am starting to wander what exactly it is that some of you do for work........

So, what do YOU do then.......
(If anyone says McDonalds, I will start crying)

 

08.03.2008, 16:40 quote

LittleVixen
LittleVixen Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 10687 Location: United Kingdom, England, Cornwall
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Sadly unemployed at present Sad but I was a Manager/Tutor in an IT centre in Falmouth.

So anyone know of any jobs pass them my way please...... Confused All serious offers considered Laughing
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08.03.2008, 17:01 quote

Anonymous

I do import/export work for a tool company, but had been getting increasingly cheesed off with it for the last couple of years as it's so depressingly boring, the money is shite and the company are a bunch of wankers. So last year I decided to start retraining in the health and safety field as an asbestos consultant and surveyor. I passed my written and practical exams in January, and am now in the final part of my examinations which is to do two full sample asbestos surveys and reports and turn them in to examining board to be judged. If they are happy with them then I pass and get my full qualification. It's taken me a while as I've been doing it in my spare time as well as keeping my full time job, but I'm in the home stretch now, so this year should see me starting on my new career and on the way to making some big bucks (there's very good money in it for well trained and experienced surveyors.)

 

08.03.2008, 17:32 quote

Cazzabee
Cazzabee Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 7257 Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, Fife
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I work in Procurement for my local council....want to do something different though and am currently studying an HNC in Business to help me along the way

 

08.03.2008, 18:06 quote

redelicious
redelicious Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 1609 Location: United Kingdom, England, Lincolnshire
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Catering/cooking... but getting a bit long in the tooth for it these days. The crap hours, the shit pay and on my feet all day. Would like to retrain for something that pays the same for half the hours, but have no idea what.

 

08.03.2008, 18:13 quote

scottlarock

Admin support for learners with physical and or learning disabilities in an adult learning centre.

 

08.03.2008, 18:43 quote

xxxgemziexxx
xxxgemziexxx Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 347 Location: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow
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im unemployed at the mo and it bloody sucks Crying or Very sad lol
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08.03.2008, 19:20 quote

baggiebhoy
baggiebhoy Joined: 06 Mar 2008 Posts: 5466 Location: United Kingdom, England, West Midlands
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xxxgemziexxx wrote:
im unemployed at the mo and it bloody sucks Crying or Very sad lol


Ditto. I have college to keep me going though (training to be an accountant).
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08.03.2008, 19:24 quote

Anonymous

I am 'sort of unemployed', as I don't have enough work coming in right now to make ends meet. March onwards is looking better though.

I am a freelance web designer, having worked predominantly within the music industry until recently (web sites for bands, reocrd labels, PR, etc), although I now aiming my services mainly at health coaches and personal trainers, and small 'alternative' businesses. As part of my day-to-day work I also maintain and manage an online music magazine (no, not that one of mine, a proper one Smile ) and a number of forums and online shops........which is why I am online a lot

Current projects that I'm working on include 2 band web sites, a site for a holistic health coach and one for a PR company.

I dabble in other creative pursuits as well (such as music journalism - which probably won't surprise many of regulars).

 

08.03.2008, 19:26 quote

Anonymous

Keep em coming, I am taking notes....



But seriously, this is interesting, cos I have an idea in my head about what you all MIGHT do.....

 

08.03.2008, 19:36 quote

Anonymous

i care for an elderly parent, been doing that for 12 months now, was a fencer/landscaper which i sort of miss.

 

08.03.2008, 19:40 quote

myriad
myriad Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 1343 Location: United Kingdom, England, Norfolk
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I do whatever I like these days Very Happy ..........Hehe! I love saying that!

After working as an Art Therapist in the NHS for many years I could no longer be true to myself and continue working in such an organisation, so nearly 4 yrs ago I took early retirement, and moved from London to Norfolk.

Now I'm starting my own business around my skills as an artist and craftswoman to supplement my pension.

 

08.03.2008, 19:42 quote

Anonymous

What does an art therapist do again?

 

08.03.2008, 20:17 quote

myriad
myriad Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 1343 Location: United Kingdom, England, Norfolk
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megalone wrote:
What does an art therapist do again?

Oh Megalone did you have to ask that? It's my past now, but I got fed up answering that question year after year. It's not an easy one to answer in a few words either.
I can tell you that Art Therapy is a life line for many clients that use it, and not just a quality of life treatment as some people think. For people who have no speech or whose traumatic experiences make it difficult to verbalise it has enormous value. Basically Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy but using art proccesses and the therapeutic relationship to bring about positive change. Unconscious thoughts and feelings are worked with and sometimes brought into consciousness to enable the client to come to terms with issues affecting them in the 'here and now', or for some it would be about exploring their life patterns and developing coping strategies, or taking personal responsibility for theirselves and their actions........ endless.

My speciality was working with people who had learning disabilities and additional 'health or socially unacceptable' conditions (e.g. had behaviours that might have sent them into the prison system or psychiatric hospital).

 

08.03.2008, 20:20 quote

Anonymous

Well, it sounds like the most interesting one so far.
(No offence to anyone who has posted so far).
And it will be hard to beat, unless Bin Laden posts......

 
 
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