Hi. I'm 42 and haven't worked for over 10 years due to health issues. I have a Bsc degree in geography gained 17 years ago and it's a 'douglas' . I did a postgraduate course in IT which was mostly about using the software at the time which was 13 years ago so I am not an IT expert. It wouldn't get me a job in IT certainly. I did a certificate in teaching english as a foreign language but there are no paid jobs in this in Britain unless you are very experienced with further qualifications. I can't afford to retrain in anything. The only thing I could do for free is MS office certificates. Don't know how useful these are.
My work experience is not great. Working as a call handler in a call centre, short time as a volunteer adviser at the CAB, a bit of temp admin work which was awful as I had to do advanced spreadsheets and didnt know what I was doing, working as a technician at a drug research company which mostly involved measuring peoples blood pressures and I was unfairly dismissed from. Also have worked as a sales assistant and restaurant assistant quite a while ago.
Problem is there are not many jobs where I live and ones there are I am overqualified for or haven't the right qualifications or experience.
In despair. Any suggestions would be welcome.Jobcentre is useless and careers 'help' not designed for people like me.
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FabulousGuineaPig · 23/03/2015 17:48
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