What's your Job?

[old.TheGaffer]

What job do you have/want?

What qualifications/skills did the employers look for when you applied?

What does it briefly involve on a day to day basis?

What do you like about it?

Master of all I survey (New Media Director for GAME)

Experience - various Internet related roles since 1995 'an all-rounder'. BSc in Business and MSc in 'Technology Management'

Running this place and getting lots of grey hair

Despite everything, its a brilliant job

Seriously, don't pass up on education. I left school at 16 with 5 O levels, did an engineering apprenticeship and got a BTEC, but there really is a 'glass ceiling' for most people without a degree unless they go self-employed (not everybody, but a degree and better yet a masters, helps a lot). So I went to Uni aged 23 and never looked back. Plus, college is really, really great; I got to be a teenager twice. At 18, there's no need to rush into doing a course you don't want to do, it took me a long time to realise that engineering was a dead-end for me, but don't close the door to academia just yet.

 

[Hashmonster]

Originally posted by xenon2000

Hash: Which company is it, out of interest? Design is always something I had at the front of my mind back in year11 when everyone was taking those computerised "Which career is best for you?" tests. I asked about it at the job advice center (connexions west of england) a few weeks back and the woman basically told me I had bugger-all chance of finding anything remotely like that in this area... smashing advice!

It's a marine signage firm, not a mega large place but currently business is booming - soon to be launching onto landside soon to try and break into a more competitive market. Good time to do it too, as a competitor of ours has just been brought out buy a nothern company leaving us in the south to hopefully pick up some nice wealthy customers! would put company name but ahem u never know who reads this! oh hi boss....

Not good advice from that woman at all, go back and talk to another person there. They will probably give u a different response! I agree with what summo said, small businesses want websites - we are currently seting up our own ecommerce version one now and found the best option for getting exactly what we wanted was to do it ourselves. I was planning on learning how to do these and do it as a side job as some of the suppliers to our firm are interested in having basic webby's up and i thought i would give em the cheap option!

never got round to it tho... doh!

 

[Hashmonster]

Originally posted by old.Jas
Way to go . This should get you started, lots of them offer advice as well -

http://www.topjobs.co.uk
http://www.monster.co.uk
http://www.gojobsite.co.uk
http://www.fish4jobs.co.uk
http://www.planetrecruit.co.uk
http://www.totaljobs.com
http://www.workthing.com
http://www.CW360.com (IT)
http://www.quantumjobs.com
http://www.jobserve.co.uk
http://www.reed.co.uk

I got this job with Monster, although I used to work for TopJobs.co.uk

wohay Jas! cheers for the lengthy linkage! i'll get browsing.

 

[charl8tan]

If you're after jobs in the games industry you might wanna try these sites :

www.opmjobs.com
www.aardvarkswift.com
www.datascope.co.uk

They cover all the types of jobs in the industry, and if you're good enough you will easily get a job through them.

 

[Embattle]

Not sure what I want to do, although not really sure if I care atm

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Embattle
Not sure what I want to do, although not really sure if I care atm

Too busy leeching off your parents.

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by Wilier


Too busy leeching off your parents.

yeah 43 years old and still staying at home

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by old.Lazarus


yeah 43 years old and still staying at home

Heh, lo Laz, you back home yet, or still swanning? Im guessing your home. Check your PMs

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by Wilier


Too busy leeching off your parents.

Oh turning green

 

[Wilier]

Originally posted by Embattle


Oh turning green

TBH m8, I ddi the leechy stuff too. I prolly still would be if Mrs Wil hadnt dragged me out, kicking and screeming. But Id definatley never go back, jeez my mum would be the end of me.

 

[Wij]

Sar - please respond and tell me you are not going to become TEH WANCKAH !! :/

 

[Sar]

Lol

It sounds to me as though you had misconceptions about what the subject matter would be, and interpersonal problems.

I personally am a very stat-minded sort of person, hell to run a league on BW it helps, so I'll honestly not mind, likely even enjoy compiling stats and the likes. And I like ethical and theological debates.

Don't forget Psychology and Philoshopy are great interests of mine which I've had for a few years now