Too old for CS apprenticeship?

[Wardza]

Hi Mumsnetters,

I hope you are all well and enjoying the bank holidays :)

I am a low grade civil servant and have been for almost a year now, I have good feedback from managers and I am happy where I am at the moment. Flexibility is good and work is interesting, although it could do with more "action" I have been taking extra training recently and it's all good; however it doesnt translate into more money at the end of the month.

They have just advertised some apprenticenship roles available for 2 grades above mine; I think I am able do the job but not sure I could do the study [43 perminenopause is giving me brain fog which I am fighting like there is no tomorrow and I just feel a bit over the place]

All said, I have been encouraged to apply... is 2 grades too much of a jump? Has anyone been in the same position?

My friends tell me I am my worst enemy and at the end of the day is anapprenticenship so I will have to learn on the job; if this was 5 years earlier I wouldn't have had a doubt, but to be honest I feel old and heavy (literally!)

Thank you for reading 🌹

Unfortunately pero menopause has been quite harsh on me 🥹🥹 I may be 43 but some days I'm feel like I'm getting dementia, brain fog is real 😅
Reading all stories from above I am in the middle of drafting the application, hopefully goes well xxx

Update... Didn't make it past the sift 🥺 will keep trying! Regardless thank you all for your support!!

Sorry to hear that. Keep trying and good luck for future applications.

@Wardza sorry to hear that but please bear in mind that they want the learning journey to be reasonably steep - so if you're already demonstrating a lot of the required standard you're not an ideal candidate, as you won't show as much progression.