Do you think finding a job is difficult?

Naked Lepper

Well i have been working in the same mundane job for a year now

Im 21 and spent a while travelling around and coming back to ireland, working for a few months and ****ing off again, previous places i worked were MBNA and hertz, both pretty crappy jobs with low pay.

Last March I landed a job in a software company managing accounts for software distributors, its not an accountant job and experience or degrees werent completely neccessary for the job, but in saying that, what I have learned while working there has been quite diverse.

I started off on 22,500 then moved up to 23,500 then to 25,000 and now on 26,000 basic (we get four bonus's a year and also get paid very well for over time - alot of which is required espicially towards the end of the quater)

Roughly I would come out with over 30K a year, and thats only after one year and entering the job with a half arsed C.V

Now I said for the craic Id have a look at some of the online job websites but there doesnt seem to be alot that fits my criteria, I was just wondering is it hard to find a job out there at the mo?

Im concerened that if the company ever laid off people or god forbid I got fired for one reason or another, that I wouldnt be able to walk into a job with as good perks and advantages?

Whats your views?

Cheers.

irishguy

Well i know the IT sector has picked up allot. People i know are getting called for interviews all over the place and the money has improved also. Not sure about other industries but i would expect them to going well at the moment. What types of jobs are you looking for?

Naked Lepper

Id like to continue in accounts or move into the it side of it a bit more but lack in official qualifications

seamus

As you've noticed, the problem with bouncing between different types of jobs is that you don't get a particularly defined skillset that allows you to "fit" into cetrain jobs.

But that's not a bad thing. Outside of the specialist roles, there are many roles that simply require some general skills. Management skills, for example, can transfer very easily between industries. Today you're an account manager for multinationals, tomorrow you're working as a purchasing consultant for one of those same multinationals and in two years' time you're head of acquisitions for a competitor of your current company.
That's if you want to stay in the same industry.

dunkamania

I think you should be looking for a job that will encourage you to study for a professional qualification,or else you will have the same problem everytime you want to move jobs.Unfortunately it will mean a drop in wages for a few years.