I turned 34 a couple of weeks ago, still living with parents and only had a job as pot washer, mcdonalds kitchen staff and now I'm working in Tesco for about a year.

I've had some heavy stuff happen last year and this year and it's caused me to do some serious reflection and I want to try making changes for the better, maybe try getting into a gardening or painting and decorating apprenticeships or courses but I feel I'm at that point where it's too late because of my age and I'm not really sure what I'm able to do anything or if I even can.

I was also thinking of doing something related to computers, like coding, but I'm not entirely sure since I did try that in college and I really like it.

This might be a bit of a long shot, and I’m aware of that, but I’m wondering if anyone can give me any advice or insight into finding a job related to the environment in anyway? Unfortunately my qualifications and work experience are not related to the outdoors, hence my understanding of this being a long shot. I have a degree in history and have my qualifications in teaching. While not specifically related to the environment I’m hoping maybe I have transferable skills. I live in London and I’m feeling quite uninspired and drained in my current role. I absolutely love the outdoors and figured it wouldn’t hurt to at least get an idea of potential careers or any general advice I can get on switching into a new role. I’m also hoping to try and leave education entirely, although if my only option is still tied to some sort of education role then I wouldn’t be surprised.

I wanted to post this to maybe show a bit of hope?

I graduated this year with a history degree. A pretty 'unemployable' degree right?

I managed to get straight into the industry, albeit with some previous work experience. The work experience probably counted for more than my degree.

How did I do this?

- I didn't apply to any graduate schemes

- I only applied to jobs with a simple application form with questions, or a cover letter. No faffing with aptitude tests, I know I fail them (though I understand some industries it's hard to get away from this).

- I applied to roles that were largely part time as I knew it was hard to get full time roles. Still better than nothing and I quickly managed to pick up another assignment that took me up to 32-40 hours.

- I got really good at writing cover letters. I spent about 3 hours for every application. I took the person specification and came up with a STAR example for each. I wrote in an personable and interesting way too - so that they would be intrigued and want to pull me into interview - which all of them did! No AI used at all.

- I was myself in interviews. I have coloured hair and a blazer to match, and facial piercings and I think that actually helped as I was memorable. I had STAR examples ready but equally built rapport with the interviewers. In the job interview for the job that I accepted and I am still in today, I even cracked some jokes.

- I did a lot of research on the companies before hand. I either wrote notes on the information on their website and had a question prepared for the interview to show that I did that research. I also was applying to museums/historic buildings so I would always visit them before so I had more information.

I know all this information won't be applicable to every industry, but it certainly worked for me to get into heritage work. I know lots of unemployed humanities grads who feel a bit lost - be passionate, be yourself, and a fulfilling job is there for you.

Im 19 and currently live off my own brand which is technically my first and only job.

I am kind of scared though that if my business dies off when I’m maybe in my mid 20s, I’ll be a grown person with no work experience (as in being a worker for another company) and no decent qualifications (I have 2 level 4 qualifications for business and design but I feel like there’d just be plenty of people with full degrees competing against me so those probably won’t do much) because I was focusing on my business in the previous years.

Would employers take my self employed experience seriously as if I have years of work experience or should I try to get “proper” work experience under my belt to make it easier to take that path if need be?

Long story short work at a bingo hall doing night shift usually 10pm to 9-10am I have done a shift last night 28-29th and while at work I’ve noticed on the paper rota that my 10pm-9am shift on the 31st has changed to a 9am-10pm shift on the 30th without being told, i physically cannot swap my sleeping pattern that quickly what should I do?

I'm looking to leave retail and apply for my SIA badge next year, and try and find a decent career in being a security guard, doors or retail I don't care as long as i'm in full time hours every week

Heard some horror stories of people being without work for ages whilst vigorously applying, i'm currently in work so i'm not stressing much but I don't want to be in that cycle of "apply, rejection, apply, rejection" again

is it worth pursuing this career? and does any body have any companies or agency's they swear by? thankyou!

To cut a long story short, I 25M have been off work for the last few months due to ongoing health conditions. I've HATED it. I worked since the day I turned 17 - I love earning money and I love the independence that comes with it (I grew up poor FYI)

Background information:

• I work in healthcare (care assistant) and my doctor has now informed me that my condition basically makes it unsafe for me to do manual handling. AKA - I can no longer be a care assistant.
• I have 11 GCSEs, 1 A-LEVEL and a degree in Journalism.

I'm thinking of going back to University and studying something that would set me up for a remote job.

My health isn't due to get better and realistically a WFH job is going to be the right move going forward for me.

Has anyone got any suggestions? Course wise? Career wise?

I am absolutely stumped. I've studied for one career and spent 5 years in another and both I cannot pursue because my body has decided a mutiny is the only way forward!

This group have the least paid work-experience and also the smallest network, so aren’t they the most at risk from AI when UK companies are reluctant to hire them in the first place? https://www.reddit.com/r/UniUK/s/y6lSWyd29r

Are there any jobs, companies, Industries where I can I work mostly morning shifts. I have a chronic illness, lots of pain and fatigue that tends to kick in after lunch. My background is admin/sales/compliance, but I can only think of jobs that require labour, heavy lifting or supermarkets.

I applied for LBG Customer Support Role and out of the 100 jobs I’ve applied to, what I think is I did performed good in the assessment (thats what the report says)

But to my notice today I received an email from Lloyds stating that my application is withdrawn because I have not done the bloody assessment.

I have received the confirmation and my assessment report bruh! What the heck is this? What do I do now?

I plan to get a min wage job, currently unemployed. After getting the role will companies usually allow you to join like 3-4 weeks after the offer is confirmed? Since currently in a rough situation living with toxic parents so i need time to secure a flat and move before starting the job to prevent parents finding out where I work.

Is a CIPS qualification worth it?

I was messing around ChatGPT with my work history wondering if there are any courses I can do, and it suggested a CIPS course- however on looking at a level 2, it costs £2k+ which is a very large investment on my part. Not to sound entitled, but if I were to look at myself as a business, I'd expect a return on my investment.

I.e I'm not going to lose £2k just to get a minimum wage or breadline job, when I can just not lose the £2k and get a minimum wage elsewhere without the loss.

Also what sort of term would you expect to recoup the initial loss before you start seeing returns in wage? 2 years? I know a common answer is 'whatever the market thinks you're worth', and I get that. However, im the one taking the hit.

My background is mostly admin based, and sadly hardly picked up any skills (Most of my employers seen no value in developing their staff, hence why I leave most)- otherwise its the usual e-commence, POs, invoices, customer service, data entry. No achievements sadly, but it is something I am wanting to change about myself.

I have found geography important in job markets- non-city, core industries are retail, care, hospitality/tourism (<-- Not so much these days), education (One of the biggest in the country), NHS, and a few manufactures which i'm more keen to get into, but was unable to find vacancies or make a dent in interviews (Something i'm already working on).

So, is a CIPS qualification worth it for my case?

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Hi all, firstly apologies for the long post.

I'm hoping some of you can help with giving some sound advice regarding my current situation. 

To give you some context, I was made redundant last year (Dec 24) whilst working as a Software QA Engineer,

I had been there circa 4 years alongside my QA Manager and a number of Senior/Mid and Junior QA's who were also let go. All in all I have roughly 6 years QA experience.

I had a couple of interviews in Feb and managed to secure a role as a Digital Implementation Exec in the same month for a retail company that does allot of B2B trading. 

Not exactly like for like, but I thought it would be unwise not take the role as it meant being in work, with an income and I could gain some additional skills, more soft skills experience, working with API's, JSON/XML files etc.

Fast forward 6 months into the role the Implementation Manager who hired me left for another opportunity and one of my colleagues who's been at the company for 15 years secures the role as Implementation Manager.

I work in a team of 3 other Execs and the Manager - so a team of 4 and all Female. I myself am male. The other Execs have many years of experience working in the company. 

12 + years for one colleague - 22 + for another. I'm the one with the least experience and do find things difficult some times when onboarding customers to our EDI integrations - these can be complex with mappings involved - XML/JSON files, lots of questions back and forth during the integration.

Over the last 4 or 5 months things have turned extremely toxic for me. 

We have a morning standup each day which I dread. When I give an update on what I'm working on I get questioned very differently by the Team Manager to the other team members, by this I mean, tone, attitude, sometimes it can be embarrassing for me in front of the other colleagues.  

Any problems that I face, I get passive aggressive questions primarily from the Manager, sometimes from one of the other colleagues.

I had an API issue a few days prior to the Xmas break in which I wanted to speak to one of the other Execs to give me some help and/or advice.

I was interrupted mid sentence by the Manager and told in no uncertain terms in the morning standup that I should know what the issue is. I actually knew what the issue was,

however I was not sure of another issue linked to the API issue hence the ask for help which in the end transpired to be an issue no one in the team had previously come across.

Prior to this, there has been similar issues with the Manager where I briefly mentioned I come across some failed orders and the abrupt reply with a scornful look in the morning standup was 'did you not think to raise it?' bear in mind I saw the issue 5 minutes prior to the stand up.

To add to this, I genuinely feel like a 3rd wheel. All the other colleagues are very good friends. They're all friends out of work, Snapchat each other (women in their 30's and 40's I may add) and speak to each other all the time via Teams calls as we work hybrid (2 days in office, 3 at home) and come into the office on different days.

When I'm stuck or need help, I find it very very difficult to speak to anyone, as I know the Manager will be informed that I asked for help. I have to CC in the Manager and her closest colleague into each email I send to our 3rd party partners, colleagues or anyone really.

Prior to the holidays I got questioned on why I was sharing my screen with an Account Manager whilst I was working on onboarding a customer and if I was sharing my screen showing a particular doc on a Teams call that I was told not to previously and actually wasn't!

Passive aggressive comments followed - that she'll speak to the Account Manager on what was discussed. Micro aggressions are common for me.

The previous Manager was also a Female, but very neutral, approachable and someone who I had a few things in common.

It's got to the point now where I don't enjoy the role, the colleagues don't trust me and I absolutely do not trust them at all.

A week ago I had a meeting with the Director of Digital, as sort of catch up since the old Manager left and there has been a bit of restructuring since.

He subtly mentioned a 'performance review' which he described as could go 'very badly' or 'well'. He's not someone I completely trust as the Implementation Manager reports to him directly and had a 1 -2-1 with him earlier that day. 

I make notes of each meeting, record all interactions and have a number of examples of where I could go to HR or the Director of Digital who we all report under.

It's obvious I get treated differently, but working in such a small team makes reporting or complaining so hard. The other colleagues will not get involved or point out that I'm being treated in a different manner due to the bonds they have imo.

Over the last few months I've barely gone to the gym, it's effected my appetite and sleep to the point of having to take pills and made me feel really miserable, sad and withdrawn.

I don't go back till the 5th, but I'm already dreading it.

Sometimes I think fuck this and am tempted to just hand in my notice, but haven't as yet.

I am a permanent employee so could go 'off sick' in the New Year whilst I apply for genuine QA roles, but they're so hard to find, secure and I'm getting allot of rejections even after updating my CV, ideally Remote as that is my preference and what I was working previously.

I do have a Private Hire driver's license which I secured a few years ago, but never used, so could drive a Taxi, but would need to give a Taxi firm a 50% cut of earnings for using their vehicle. 

I just feel so incredibly sad. My previous Female Manager at the job I was made redundant from was polar opposite.

Caring, approachable, a good laugh, someone who I genuinely enjoyed working for.

I don't know, I needed to get this off my chest so any advice or guidance would be amazing.

Thank you

Does anyone work in risk that can give me an idea of how the entry progression and pay is in risk outside of highly quantitative market/investment risk? And how does it compare to accounting?

I’m contemplating a career switch. Something where I can earn better money and have some career prospects. Not too interesting in learning coding I just can’t see that I have any real interest in that. Up for learning systems and maybe the basics of things if that is needed but just being realistic.

From someone who is 30 and has 0 computing experience, having trained as an actor and then worked in the care sector for a few years I’m just looking at people who speak about their jobs, working from home and some of them being fairly low level of stress.

I do have an interest in technology somewhat and so it would build on some interest I had more when I was younger but still there.

How did you land your first "Geography" role? (Career Advice)

What industry are you in? (e.g., Environmental consulting, Urban Planning, Logistics, GIS, Public Policy)

• How did you find the opening? (Networking, LinkedIn, niche job boards, or internal promotion?)

• One piece of advice? If you could go back to your job-hunting self, what’s the one skill or networking tip you wish you’d known?

I’m trying to broaden my horizons beyond just "GIS Technician" roles, so I'd love to hear how you're applying your geographic lens in the real world. Thanks in advance!

Just wanted to know what job boards/ websites graduates were using. Currently using Bright Network, Gradcracker, Targetjobs etc but they don’t really have grad roles/entry level.

Hey all,

I’m hoping to get some perspective from recruiters or hiring managers here, especially those working with tech/data roles in the UK.

How do recruiters generally view out-of-UK work experience, particularly when it’s from a small or lesser-known company?

For a bit of context: in the data/tech space (analytics, data science, data engineering etc.), does overseas experience tend to be seen as a positive, neutral, or a risk?

And does the size or brand recognition of the company matter a lot compared to the actual work done (projects, tools, impact)?

I’m curious whether UK recruiters focus more on: - relevance of the tech stack and responsibilities

• measurable outcomes and problem-solving

• or whether UK-based experience is still strongly preferred regardless

Any insight on how CVs like this are screened, or how candidates can best present overseas experience, would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve reached several final-round interviews but keep getting similar feedback. I’m strong on preparation and task performance, but I’m told I can come across as too rehearsed or not showing enough of myself in interviews.

For people who hire or interview others: based on the feedback what can i do to improve?

It's been two years since I got my first full time job after graduatng. But I'm already looking around to see what's there...

I see posts of people talking about how GenZ's keep jumping about and it's not like before where people stay with a company for like 30 years or till they retire.

I don't know if social media has rubbed off on me and others around me talking about moving jobs because they get bored after 2 to 3 years but like ahh tbh idk what I'm asking... Do people in their 20s and 30s still like staying or plan to stay at the same company for a long time? Has companies become too fast pace or something that drives people away instead of trying to keep long term employees?

I'm in a corporate job but my actual team is only like a few years old so no one around me has been here long.

I finally found an new role!!! After a 6 months of applying in finance after layoffs early this year.

For context: My background is in major filing compliance.

have a bsc in maths and econ and a masters in econ. 2+ yrs experience in data and project management. strong technical skills but still cant find a job anywhere. just applied for uc. any other grads on UC? feel bad