Friday, September 29, 2006
Careers Advise
So what exciting thing did I do on my day off? I went for an interview with a careers advisor. And was it inspiring and insightful? Of course it wasn't. I told the lady my position (working in retail, degree in sociology). I told her my plans for the future (further study, possibly a course in counselling or teacher training and then specialising in special needs tutoring) And was she encouraging? Was she f**k. She told me that counselling was difficult to get a full-time profession out of and it is more common to do counselling within a professional career such as nursing or social work. She told me they would be unlikely to accept me for a PGCE course as my degree wasn't relevant enough and, even then, to branch off into specialised tutoring was difficult to make a full-time career out of. She then asked me if I was interested in buisness, admin, office work or call-centres to which I promptly answered No. She then proceeded to encourage me to look into social work and nursing both of which I would rather avoid. It got to the point where I just wanted to yell at her 'Forget it, tell me how to become a carpenter.'
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You should have asked her, "How can I ecome a careers adviser? It can't be that hard cos you're doing it and you're a dick."
But if you're really thinking of getting a trade what about plumbing because we haven't got a plumbr in the family...yet.
I don't think she had a clue how to give advise to someone who really just wants job satisfaction rather than loads of money.
So what do I need to do to become a plumber? Or should I go back and ask her.
Nooo~ she will tell you that girls are not allowed to be plumbers. You should go to a plumbing supply shop and show them your ET fingers and tell them that you will be able to unblock any pipe just by wiggling your digits in it.
Or you could go to the tech.
hannah: hi there Mrs Careers woman, my names hannah and im looking for a career that will inspire me both creativly, i want to help people the most, something like dyslexic tutoring or counseling.
careers woman: Computer says no!
At least she did cough her germs on me. Or maybe she did when I was going out the door.
Plumbing would pay well but I'd be hoking about in shit. What other jobs could I get with my ET fingers?
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