How to figure out what I'd enjoy doing?

Sofiztikated

Hi all.

Currently, I'm working in a hotel, as Reception Manager. But I am sick to the back teeth with it at the moment.

I'm trying to figure out what else I would like to do, or be good at, and I can't think of anything.

I have always worked in hotels, bar, restaurant, kitchen, reception, a general jack of all trades.

I moved back here 3 years ago, after the hotel I worked in Dublin closed.

I spent 6 months in a telesales role with a newspaper, selling advertising space, and I hated it! Back into hotels, and started as FO Supervisor and now Reception Manager.

However. I don't like it any more, I hate going into work now, and lately I'm getting complaints about my customer service, 4 in the last month, whereas in the previous 8 years, I could count them on one hand.

I'm trying to figure out what I want to try my hand at. But every time I start looking at jobs, I always end up looking at hotel jobs, as I have no idea what else to do!

I'm also mildly fed up with being taken for granted here. I easily put in a 50+ week here, making sure what our wage costs come in as low as possible, as I cover a full week on reception, and manage to get my own work done as well, and get little or no thanks, except to be expected to be here all the time.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Or give me advice as to where I might get advice.

mikemac

Air stewardess?

pben

Hi, Sofiztikated

I was in that place for the last 2 years have been a Taxi driver, and so fed up with waiting around on the ranks for hours just earn a few poxy quid at the end of the week. I watched http://www.rte.ie/tv/risingafterredundancy/
and it realy sorted my head out, Also you should check out your local VEC tons of courses out there and you will get good advice on carree moves. I am now due to start a FETAC level 5 course in September doing Sales & Marketing and can't wait to get started.

There are 3eps's on RTE player hope this helps

edellc

okay i know this may seem strange but i had the same problem 7 years ago was working in retail got to the stage i hated it but wasnt qualified to do anything else the only thing i did know was that i would have to go back to college and retrain
so i sat down and taught about all the careers i would like to do realistic or not, the things you wanted to do as a kid, teenager, and twenty something wrote them all down on little bits of paper put all the bits of paper in a bag shook it and pulled one out whatever came out that was what i was going to do in college :-)
but it wasnt that simple i carried the paper around with me for a week of so, and really gave some taught to it, googled eveything to do with it the whole lot and after that if i still wanted to do it then great
ended up pulling out three pieces of paper till one sat well in my head for the week ended up going to college two year course when i left got a job as a junior and five years later was managing my own office :-) sadly all fell apart last year but though no fault of my own
i know it sounds simplistic but sometimes simple is the best way to go
best of luck with what you decide :-)

Sofiztikated

feelingstressed wrote: »

Air stewardess?

Steward. No thanks.

pben wrote: »

Hi, Sofiztikated

I was in that place for the last 2 years have been a Taxi driver, and so fed up with waiting around on the ranks for hours just earn a few poxy quid at the end of the week. I watched http://www.rte.ie/tv/risingafterredundancy/
and it realy sorted my head out, Also you should check out your local VEC tons of courses out there and you will get good advice on carree moves. I am now due to start a FETAC level 5 course in September doing Sales & Marketing and can't wait to get started.

There are 3eps's on RTE player hope this helps

Thanks pben. Might check them out later tonight.

I have no idea what I'd like to go back and do, if I did return to education.

I have a number of things floating around in my head, but everything I think of, I can think of a reason for not doing it.

For example, I'd like to do something design like, with photoshop, BUT I don't think there's much of a call for that in this area, and I don't know if I'm artistic enough.

ToasterSparks

Why don't you try the Interest Assessment on qualifax.ie?

http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=192


Lots of info on courses and careers too. It'll give you an idea of the different types of jobs you can do. Sometimes, there's so many options that it's impossible to think of any! Look to your hobbies and interests and see what makes you enjoy them, then see what jobs could allow you to have that same fulfillment.

Good luck!

pben

Sofiztikated

This will take some time to work out what you want form life don't try to rush it. Stick with the job you may hate it but it's money and it's so hard to find jobs these days just read some of the posts on here!

Start with making a list of likes & hates with the jobs you had before, then fine tune them with your hobbies or some thing you always wanted to do.
Your dream job is the one you would do just for the love of it

Thoie

Fás has a similar, but more detailed "Career directions" test. You can keep going deeper and deeper.

http://www.careerdirections.ie/CD/Start.html - pick Career Directions Matching.