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Career Advice

  • 27-03-2008 5:01pm
    #1
    jerry lee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭


    Hi all,

    Can anyone recommend any good careers advisers / guidance people in Dublin or Kildare? I'm looking to change jobs but have no idea what I'd like or what I could do. I've been a public servant for 10 years, more or less straight from school and just want a change.

    Any help would be very much appreciated.

    JL


Comments

  • #2
    catyb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭catyb20


    This something I would be interested as well! Just out of college and haven't a clue what to do! Did an Arts degree ( :rolleyes: ) and can't seem to get a job due to lack of experience etc!


  • #3
    cronos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭cronos


    catyb20 wrote: »
    This something I would be interested as well! Just out of college and haven't a clue what to do! Did an Arts degree ( :rolleyes: ) and can't seem to get a job due to lack of experience etc!

    Generally you need to do a masters after an arts degree as its quite a general course as far as im aware


  • #4
    catyb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭catyb20


    cronos wrote: »
    Generally you need to do a masters after an arts degree as its quite a general course as far as im aware

    Yeah i know this, but im not sure I want to go and do a masters...don't want to do the college thing again, and as well as this if i were to go back to college I wouldn't have a clue what to do!


  • #5
    monkey24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭monkey24


    Not to put anyone working as a careers adviser down but I would definitely try and do a lot of research into your choices before going to see one. Often people go to careers advisers because they are lost or unhappy in their careers. In a lot of cases they already know what they would like to do, or have a rough idea but there are reasons why they are hesitating to make the move.

    It's these reason that provide the real keys in helping people to move towards a more fulfilling career. A careers adviser will just suggest possible paths based on your personality, which is categorized by a generic test. For example, in certain cases it is broken down as:

    RED = Person is aggressive, takes charge, business orientated.
    BLUE = Person is analytical, likes to work on their own, numbers crunching.
    GREEN = Person is passive, enjoys working with people, not dominating.
    YELLOW = Person is outgoing, loves to implement change, can take charge.

    They are just condensed versions. But the test will show you to be a blend of them and pick out your dominate color, then you will get some generic careers i.e. Marketing / Sales / Accountancy given to you.

    They do provide a good service and are definitely worth a shot. But remember they will only suggest a path, usually what stops people walking that path are obstacles in their way and their in lies the real issues to tackle.


  • #6
    jon1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    look on my post in here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055262002


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