To ask for your help with career ideas?

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In my late twenties. Living in London, no DCs yet, doing a job I thought I would like but in actual fact I hate. It's vaguely media related and I find it pretentious and pointless. And I'm bored.

I went into that field because I'm imaginative, good at writing and am a warm, friendly sort of person. I can build rapport with almost anyone in a professional capacity, people tend to take to me quickly. I must stress this is not a boast, stealth or otherwise, it is purely in a work environment that I'm good at being socially successful (ie not really in my personal life; no partner, handful of close friends, never was Miss Popular at school etc) and this is because I focus on the needs of others and am very attuned to what makes people tick. I just have one of those faces that makes people randomly confide in me.

What else could I do? I would love to help people and make a difference in the world. No idea how to though.

Also, if you retrained as anything, how did you afford this?

I bet you would make a great social worker, have you ever thought about that?

Never considered social work! Always wanted to be a therapist, but much later on as a sort of second career when I felt I had more life experience and raised a family etc. So social work would be quite a nice lead into that eventually too. I will do some research into it!

Charity fundraising? No need to retrain but you might need to take a pay cut for an entry level role. Depending on your skills you could go into writing proposals for grants/legacies or doing fundraising marketing materials? If you're looking for something 'worthwhile but exciting and fast paced, that could fit the bill? You need to be personable and writing/creativity are highly prized in most fundraising depts. Plus the third sector is generally better than private in terms of benefits, working flexibly etc, but not as frustrating as bureaucracy in public sector (and pay is okay in London too). Check out www.charityjobs.co.uk and a couple of the not for profit recruitment agencies.

Good luck and good in you for deciding to make a change!

Good 'on' you!

You could try doing some voluntary work maybe with Mind or Victim Support, both to give you some experience and to help you feel more fulfilled generally. I'm sure they would appreciate having someone with your skills and personality!

What about medicine? The NHS has a huge range of jobs from PAs to HCAs. The application process I found to be quite tricky.

However once you're in so to speak, the world is your oyster

I've been in my current job in the trust for 4 weeks now, I've not done anything like it before and I have to say at first I wasn't sure. Now, I'm learning about infectious diseases and all sorts! I can feel myself coming alive again.

Relationship management / consultancy?

How would you describe the groups of people you would like to help? What traits do they have? Conversely, what kind of people would you not like to help? (I don't mean that as bad as it sounds!).