Help a Graduate

chops018

Hi all,

I am a Master's graduate (of Law), and over the past year and a half since I graduated I have been working part time in retail, getting some work experience from time to time too, and doing my professional exams to start training as a Solicitor (FE1's) bit by bit. I am nearly finished those and of course I will try to get an apprenticeship and go to Blackhall and start training in September 2014. But they are hard to get and so I might not get one starting that September and may have to wait till September 2015 to go in.

Anyways, I am sick of working in retail with horrible hours (mostly weekends) and poor pay...... So I was thinking after October (when I have my last set of exams done) that I will obviously try, and keep trying, to get the elusive apprenticeship. But, as I said they are few and far between.

So, my question is after October what kind of graduates jobs is there to apply for?

LowKeyReturn

Call centre, ideally someone like Sky, much better than working in retail. The hours wont be much better.

The other option is admin positions in the semi-states.

chops018

LowKeyReturn wrote: »

Call centre, ideally someone like Sky, much better than working in retail. The hours wont be much better.

The other option is admin positions in the semi-states.

What is working in a call centre like hours wise? And what are the differences in working in retail?

I heard the money is decent so I wouldn't mind doing it for a year or so and saving up!

LowKeyReturn

My plan is to stay there even at the bar. I'm clearing over a grand a month after tax working 20 hours a week.

Advantages to retail are:

More relaxed, can browse the web when not busy rather than fecking around 'looking busy';
Not dealing with people face to face, but still dealing with customer (if you like that sort of thing);
Offices can be nice and a bit of criac;
No manual work involved.

Hours are what evers going really, for me its evenings and one weekend day.

chops018

LowKeyReturn wrote: »

My plan is to stay there even at the bar. I'm clearing over a grand a month after tax working 20 hours a week.

Advantages to retail are:

More relaxed, can browse the web when not busy rather than fecking around 'looking busy';
Not dealing with people face to face, but still dealing with customer (if you like that sort of thing);
Offices can be nice and a bit of criac;
No manual work involved.

Hours are what evers going really, for me its evenings and one weekend day.

Cheers for that.

Will be something to look into after October if a TC isn't looking likely.

What's a general shift like in a call centre?

LowKeyReturn

chops018 wrote: »

Cheers for that.

Will be something to look into after October if a TC isn't looking likely.

What's a general shift like in a call centre?

Times? All over the place, but they do part-time. Call centre I'm in is open from 8am - 10pm with people doing 8 hour shifts.

General day is come in, get a briefing, take some calls, have a 15 minute break, come back take some more calls, do a few call backs (customer requested), lunch, more calls, break, calls, go home/pub. In between calls you can browse the web, I do a bit of study and a bit of product research and any ongoing training - again I'm lucky the company I work for has the attitude you can train for any job within the organisiation - personally I'm looking at in-house counsel :P

I have to say where I am is very customer focused, no average call times, it's all about the customer feedback. I've been on calls upwards of an hour and had praise for it because the customer feedback has been good.