What job can i do and what do you do??

[Jesswebster01]

I work in an office have done since i left school i am on £25K a year which is crap. I am after a role with more money i was hoping for something like directors PA or office manager but there is just nothing around at the minute. Thing is i would like a job that pays more money i know office jobs aren't necessarily hard and i often find myself bored. I would enjoy doing something like being a party planner with a big company or just something i find interesting. Every job i see online seems to need a lot of experience and there are not a lot of jobs by me only really in the big city's I.E Manchester. Just wanting to be nosy really and wonder what job you do and how you got in to it?

I work in account management/sales
95% at home the rest of the time either in my local office (manchester) or travelling to clients round the country but for context I've not travelled beyond Manchester this year yet.

In order to be less outing- I look after a group of different companies which are my clients, and they sell my companies product to their clients. I compete to make sure my product is the one they put infornt of their client (by calling them regularly to discuss leads, training and developing them, building relationships with them) and I fix any issues they may come up against or direct them to the right people

For my job specifically yes I needed experience in my industry and I had worked at my current company for 5+ years in a customer facing role to get here however I manage a team of entry level people who do my role on a smaller scale, they earn around £25k basic and around £15k bonus per year
I earn around £60-70k with my bonuses

In all honesty I started out in the buisness contact centre customer service role, those teams earn around £25k basic with a small bonus top up, and took every opportunity and move between departments I could to get to know the business, I was only "on the phones" for 6 months before my first opportunity came up.

So don't discredit coming in at a lower level somewhere and taking opportunity for growth!

I work partly in events for a venue, as well as reception duties for the attached accomodation.

I've worked my way up from being a night receptionist and have over 10 years experience in hospitality across all departments. I really think it's working the events, physically setting them up and working in them that makes me effective in my role now when dealing with planning.

Although I'm on more than people might expect for the job I do, it's not a high wage and less than the national average wage. And it can be long hours and stressful keeping track of everything, and you might think it's lovely dealing with people who are planning a celebration and generally it is, but very demanding too and that takes its toll.

I've got GCSES and NVQ III (in a different area) which I think is equivalent to an a level? But no formal qualifications, but I 'did my time' so to speak in the lower paid and harder jobs.

If you meet more than half of the criteria, then apply for the job. That's what men do! And that's how you build a career.

I come from a part of the country with rubbish employment prospects and tbh it's rubbish. I now manage a team of project managers, but to get here I moved away for uni and then spent my twenties in three different cities moving for work as I needed to, always approx 3hrs from my home town.

I can't see how I would have gotten here without moving to where the jobs are tbh

Thanks for answers so far to give more info i am in my 30s have plenty of office experience. Could never do anything like sales i would be rubbish at that. Interesting to see how you got where you are today though.

Do you currently work in a medium/large company with lots of separate departments? If so, and you know (for example) who organises events, offer to help them out by being an extra pair of hands at future events. You'll get to know more people from other teams that way, and can find out a bit more about what other roles are like, and how to get into them. They often then think of you when they need cover, and if internal vacancies come up.

If you work in a very small Co then it's much harder, and if you really want to make a move I would look at bigger places. There's a lot of temporary work available - would you be able to consider that risk, because it's a great way of trying out different sectors and companies to see what you like?