Career change at almost 50!

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tringle wrote: »

and will be changing to a better one soon.

tringle wrote: »

Surprisingly the Ines I didn't even get an acknowledgment from let alone an interview were all lower skilled jobs.

Can you see why now?

_Kaiser_

madrabeag wrote: »

Thanks for the replies-have two interviews lined up for Hotel Receptionist. Surprised at being called for interview as I don't have any experience but we'll see what happens.

Mate of mine is in his 50s and moved out of IT to this. Long hours sometimes, but only 20 minutes away (as opposed to driving all over the country in his last job), and he has more time for himself overall.

madrabeag

I have noticed that a job I interviewed for and wasn't successful for has been advertised again. Is it appropriate to apply for a job again that I have been deemed unsuccessful for? Should I just leave well enough alone if they already turned me down?

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madrabeag wrote: »

I have noticed that a job I interviewed for and wasn't successful for has been advertised again. Is it appropriate to apply for a job again that I have been deemed unsuccessful for? Should I just leave well enough alone if they already turned me down?

No, if you already interviewed they've deemed you're not the person they are looking for that particular role. What you could do is phone them and ask them why they felt you weren't fit for the role.

ActingDanClark

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No, if you already interviewed they've deemed you're not the person they are looking for that particular role. What you could do is phone them and ask them why they felt you weren't fit for the role.

A jobs website I'm.subscribed to frequently readvertises ' vacancies'. A quick check of vacancies on the prospective employers website often suggests no such vacancy exists. Curious

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ActingDanClark wrote: »

A jobs website I'm.subscribed to frequently readvertises ' vacancies'. A quick check of vacancies on the prospective employers website often suggests no such vacancy exists. Curious

Sometimes employers are lazy and don't advertise all vacancies themselves. You'd think they would, but...

Now, I think recruitment agencies do put up bogus ads to get CV's in, but if they name a particular client (although they very very rarely do even if they have exclusivity) then you'd be fairly sure the job exists.

madrabeag

Well I started a Receptionist and Office Skills course and I emailed loads of places asking for work experience (even though work experience not a requirement for the course) and as I expected most of them either ignored me or said "no" but one place asked me to send in my c.v. and then they asked me in for an interview and offered me a Receptionist job! I was shocked and delighted, l accepted the job and am being trained in at the moment. I am like a fish out of water because it's something I've never done before but I am enjoying it. The money is not as good as what I have been on but I expected that am willing to put up with it to get the experience. I was on the verge of forgetting about it and staying put in my old job so l'm glad I didnt give up I hope this will give encouragement to anyone in a similar position as me

tringle

That's amazing well done. I started a temp 1 year contract 2 weeks ago in the civil service and thankfully they have no problem with age. 30 of us started and are all ages. And I've applied for the full time positions that closed Thursday. I don't particularly want to work in the civil service but its permanent and right now local and the work is easy enough.
The job I had from easter was a long drive away, random hours and quite physical at times. I really enjoyed it but didn't see it as a forever job. They had some very young people and I really felt it was too much responsibility for some of them. At times you had to make instant decisions about things and some of the tight time constraints caused tension and very heated words. I watched people daily go home crying and in one week 3 new starts just didn't turn up at all. Also the unsocial hours played havoc with the younger ones social life, ah, the advantage of being 50... a good Friday night means sitting at home watching TV, not racing around all the bars and clubs.

madrabeag

tringle wrote: »

That's amazing well done. I started a temp 1 year contract 2 weeks ago in the civil service and thankfully they have no problem with age. 30 of us started and are all ages. And I've applied for the full time positions that closed Thursday. I don't particularly want to work in the civil service but its permanent and right now local and the work is easy enough.
The job I had from easter was a long drive away, random hours and quite physical at times. I really enjoyed it but didn't see it as a forever job. They had some very young people and I really felt it was too much responsibility for some of them. At times you had to make instant decisions about things and some of the tight time constraints caused tension and very heated words. I watched people daily go home crying and in one week 3 new starts just didn't turn up at all. Also the unsocial hours played havoc with the younger ones social life, ah, the advantage of being 50... a good Friday night means sitting at home watching TV, not racing around all the bars and clubs.

That's great you got the Civil Service contract-hopefully you will get one of the permanent posts.I have also applied for the permanent jobs and I know I'm up against people with more experience than me but if I even just got an interview I would be happy because it would let me see what these interviews are like. That other job you were in doesn't sound very nice and you're dead right about the Friday nights my- clubbing days are well over!::D:D

tringle

Best of luck to both of us with it.