To ask what job you do and if you enjoy it ?

[daisydonkey]

I'd really like some career change inspiration.

Hi OP

I'm a speech and language therapist working with a community paediatric caseload. Love my job - it's a challenge, but in a good way and I learn so much every day! Also proud to be part of the NHS - only downside is funding (a pretty big downside!) but the job itself is brilliant!

Edited to add - you can do Speech & Language Therapy as an undergraduate degree or a postgraduate degree depending on where you live/want to study and can work with a wide range of people - kiddies and adults.

As my username suggests, I am a veterinary care assistant and I love my job.

I get to interact with a variety of animals every day (mainly cats and dogs).

The pay is rubbish though.

I work in retail on checkouts, a very dull minimum wage job. DH is a manager at the same place, slightly better pay but not by much. Was thinking the last few weeks I need to do something better but have no qualifications and no idea what to do with myself

I'm a director at a small charity. Have a lovely bunch of colleagues and I like how much autonomy I have. Find the pace and responsibility exhausting at times. I'm thinking of a change in a year or so and have been speaking with a career coach. I recommend a few sessions if you can afford it OP!

I'm a hotel manager; spent years as cabin crew when I was younger and pre-children which was hard work but great fun. Needed something where I wasn't away from home for days at a time. I enjoy it most of the time although the hours/shifts can be exhausting.

I would also recommend a decent career coach (with experience in the sectors you're interested/experienced in).

My best job to date has been my least paying one. Although I do really appreciate having more money now and more "luxuries".

I work in the health and social care sector. Management level. Sometimes i love it and sometimes i hate it but it pays the bills. Investing in your personal development is really important i agree with PPs.

I’m a structural engineer and I love my job.

I’ve just done the same as you OP. Left behind a clinical job and have gone into HR.

I did 3 diplomas before I moved: HR Certified Professional for the country I’m in (not UK), HR Management and Employment Law.

Despite not having actual HR experience my significant managerial experience made me a great candidate and I got a management position.

What are you interested in?

I am an occupational therapist. Retrained when I was 37 and love it. NHS funding is always a bit rubbish and I have been on series of fixed term contracts for the last 3 years but there is definitely no shortage of OT jobs out there, especially at postgrad entry level. A wide variety of posts too from hospital-based to community-based in different broad and specialist settings - adult care, surgery, stroke recovery, paediatric services, mental health, rehabilitation, eating disorders, to name a few.

Civil servant, I run a number of teams. Almost 200 people. I really enjoy it

Psychologist in a men's prison and yes I love it.

I'm a teacher. I really enjoy the teaching part, even though I've been a teacher for 28 years. I probably wouldn't recommend it as a career though. The workload is pretty brutal, there's lots of pointless paperwork, and the behaviour can be appalling, unless you're lucky enough to end up in an unusual school. Fortunately the students in my school are fantastic and really well-behaved. Tbh I would not be coping with the workload if I were also having to deal with bad behaviour.

Special Ed teacher in an autism specific early years setting (not in the UK). Absolutely love my job.