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Worried about someone close to me

  • 17-10-2011 8:46pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    As the title says I am very concerned about someone who is going through a tough time. He is mid 20s and only ever wanted one particular career. This avenue has mow been closed off to him through no fault of his own. Everything he has done since he left school was geared towards that career. He is obviously upset and frustrated. He recently tried a different job which was a disaster. He was treated very badly and realised that the job was going nowhere so he left (on good terms). So now for the first time in his life he is unemployed and does not know where to turn. The last experience has really knocked his confidence and any suggestions made are met with a negative reply. I really don't know what to do and I am concerned about his mental health. He is outgoing and has good friends and a nice girlfriend but feels that everyone else is moving on in life and he is stuck. Any advice would be much appreciated.


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  • #2
    subscriber
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭subscriber


    hey OP, would it be possible for him to pursue this career abroad? u would mind telling us what it is? Maybe someone on here could shin more light about possible routes into this if we knew?


  • #3
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    Life's not perfect. It's high time he learned that. The good news is he's in his mid-20s, has friends, a gf, presumably a good relationship with his family, also his health and no debt.. so plenty of time to figure it out.

    I know very few people in their mid-20s to early 30s who are moving on in life and haven't been affected by unemployment, negative equity and jobs they hate.


  • #4
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Thanks for the replies folks. I don't really want to say what the job is as there is a huge thread on boards about it (which he reads regularly). Suffice to say it's a public service job and he is no longer on the panel for recruitment. It's not something he would consider doing outside Ireland. I suppose I should encourage him to focus on the positives. He has been very unlucky but he is luckier than a lot of people. He never had a Plan B as he thought he had his career sorted. I suppose he will just have to find one.


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