looking for a new job that make most of my degree.

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got BA in early years education.

would like to get my teeth in to a new job in a senior role, with a bit of a raise money wise.

I sulking after searching the internet for a while. anyone heard of any decent jobs in herts area?

herts is a big area and there are lots of unemployed people with degrees out there! Have you joined recruitment agencies, scoured all the local papers, looked online?

A degree is a minimum these days. If you have plenty of senior management experience on your CV you should be ok, if not, it's usually a case of getting your foot in the door and working your way up. Lots of graduates under employed at the moment sadly...

Yes, annoying as it is I think you are setting your sights a bit high to expect to go into a senior role just on the back of a degree.....sadly you and umpteen others.............

Early Years Education has one of the least good returns on investment of any degree, sorry.

Erm.... Yabu

Nursery nurse? Nanny?

Teaching assistant, or do a pgse and become a teacher?
Play worker
After school or holiday club worker
Do a further qualification for social worker

How old are you OP? I think the sad reality is that unless you have a top-notch degree from a top-notch university, you're not going to walk into a highly paid job. You'll need to work your way up.

Surely any teacher in a early years unit has a degree in early years education?

No, a teacher needs a teaching qualification as well as a degree. An early years BA doesn't qualify someone to be a Teacher.

A fully qualified SALT is working as a creche assistant in a group we go to. She is utterly fabulous with the kids, and I imagine her qualifications are very underused. I imagine she is in the job because she needs a job and figures that any experience will eventually lead to the job she wants to be in

Do you just have the degree? Cos as PP have said, that would be the starting point. Make a five year plan to get to where you want to be. I'm afraid most people with degrees go into junior jobs to start with.

am old with tons of experience, in a wide range of roles, a few in management. (have worked in very different roles with children, 0-18yrs)

have considered going for the teaching qualificaton, but as am old need to re do my gcses.

have to say am peeved at the idea of paying out for a english gcse when I have a degree!

once I have forked out for that will need to do one yr of teacher training to get the qualification.

I found it hard juggling my teen kids and doing the degree.
currently have 3 PT jobs, two in management and want one job.

have looked around, am prepared to travel if payment covers, e.g london/train travel.

I want that complicated thing, job satisfaction and reasonable wage.

The nursery manager (not owner) of DS's nursery has a BA in something similar, and has used her role at the nursery to help her complete an MA in Early Education (by doing a case study). The nursery is an independant, not a chain if that makes a difference.
Since you mention already being in a managerial role, would something similar be an idea?

How about doing an FE teacher training course and teaching early years education to adults? You can do a PTLLS at evening classes...

you could look at county council jobs, they have graduate schemes and also some jobs that may suit.

also some local colleges may help you do the pttls to teach

some of these replies are very pessimistic!