Help with career advice for 19yr old

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Trying to help DD 19 find a career. She is OK academically and passed college course in business which she got a distinction for. Now working in retail which she hates. She has no idea what to do, is a good allrounder but with no particular skills. She is happy to retrain, do an apprenticeship but we haven't found any in our area (Yorkshire). She is very down and we look everyday at jobs, but as she doesn't now what to do it's very difficult. Any carer advice starts with what do you lije doing, but she doesn't know.

If you're near Leeds, get her to have a look at the Civil Service website. Lots of office based jobs, most of which are Monday to Friday. There's a big push at the moment to encourage us to do apprenticeships so she would have the opportunity to learn on the job and progress if she wanted to.

Hope she finds something that appeals to her that are hiring. It’s really tough at the minute, particularly for young people starting out in their careers.

Yes it is difficult, she is lucky she has a job but her morale is low she has been furloughed and as for many people it has been difficult. She left college just wanting a job bit now realises that this is not a career. She is looking for something she will enjoy, but it's difficult as many careers don't sound that interesting on paper. I know she sounds picky but if she is retraining or doing an apprenticeship it may as well be in something that appeals to her.

PR, HR, PA. There must be advice online how to get into these careers.

How about a legal secretary? She could do a course, but it isn't always necessary. And some areas can be very interesting. It would be 9-5.

I’d also advise her to set herself up on LinkedIn if she hasn’t already. If she sets her settings to being available for work recruiters will get in touch who’ll be able to chat with her about roles she’d be suitable for.

Trainee accountant?

Lots of really good ideas in fact much better advice than she ever received at school. I'm going to sit down with her and make a plan of action. In the off chance does anyone work for Channel 4 as she has applied for an apprenticeship which I know she would love but there was no indication of a date when she would hear by.

Is she sporty or interested in fitness, and good at explaining/instructing things?

A friend of mine a little older than your daughter retrained to be a personal trainer a few years back. It transformed her -- emotionally more than physically, although she is now super-fit as well. She came from a retail background, via hairdressing. The key thing, for her, is the one-to-one connection with clients. She loves explaining fitness stuff and helping people who are looking to improve their lives. She finds it really fulfilling.

This year's been tough on the fitness industry but I think it's going to be really important over the next few years, as people start to focus more on health and fitness.

I think at this time she would benefit from being in a structured environment rather that having to self motivate.

Stepchange are based in Leeds and are recruiting. They have a great training programme.
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Apocalypsenowt not sure how I go about messaging you, do you have a link to Stepchange training programs.

Sounds boring, but financial services call centre is a great place to start a career in financial services.

Its a difficult job but reasonable turnover means good staff can progress and the skills and knowledge gained are transferable into lots of other areas. They can get into traditional team leader etc roles, get into coaching, quality auditing, into complaints areas, compliance and regulation etc etc. Compliance is a very in demand area with a lot of people in the industry reaching retirement. Inexperienced staff are usually recruited from within though from areas doing QA or complaints most usually.

Financial services might have shifts but not usually outside of 8 to 6 with no weekends.

She really needs to speak to a qualified careers adviser.
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I've sent you a message OP (hopefully it's worked!)

Ooops may have sent it twice by accident!

I've received your messages but unfortunately can't open it, I'll try again at home later.

My son is in a similar situation - left college in June with a distinction in business studies, has ended up doing agency work in a factory with no real direction and now that has ground to a sudden halt. He feels similar, although is considering going to Uni next year.

I agree with you that reception work would be great if she is good with people. Right now it's hard but once the world is back to normal, there are reception jobs in offices, hotels, major restaurants (though they would involve shifts,) Local council offices or dentists/GPs receptionists and school reception probably work more standard hours.

Not sure if this has been suggested but I would look out for civil service apprenticeships. They have them quite often advertised in yorkshire (sheffield and leeds especially) but pay is usually £21k plus so plenty for a flat share as well. It's where I started at 18 and 3 years later I'm on over 30k :)