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    #32
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    alistair spuds wrote: »
    The dartboard method of career selection ? For every one person that by accident found out they liked the subject, I'll show you a dozen that left their IT course or profession.

    I don't think anyone here expects the OP to simply take the suggestions here and fill in his CAO without further research. He wants to know what areas offer good jobs prospects.

    Any ideas yourself?


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    #33
    Who Knows?
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭Who Knows?


    What about a career in: http://79.170.40.241/vocations.ie/


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    #34
    berger89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 387 ✭✭berger89


    Hey OP, as cheesy as it may sound, have you ever done one of those online career quiz things to see what your strengths may be?
    Myers and Briggs is a good one..


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    #35
    Witchie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Go into something in the digital industries as this is where the most opportunities are at the moment and growing.

    I have been studying with Digital Skills Academy for the past 2 years and would advise you to look at some of the stuff they are doing. This what I am doing at the moment


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    #36
    Who Knows?
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭Who Knows?


    Don't go into the digital world for jobs. It is becoming the new construction world - every rushing for the same opportunity. This will also crash (into min wage) soon! Do what you enjoy! Take off the "career" lens and looks at it through a different lens - what would you like to wake up doing?


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    #37
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Who Knows? wrote: »
    What about a career in: http://79.170.40.241/vocations.ie/

    Would he not need, you know... A nod from God. A vocation as it were?

    Pretty much guaranteed a job to be fair. Might want to wait to see how the auld celibacy thing goes though.


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    #38
    alistair spuds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭alistair spuds


    smcgiff wrote: »
    I don't think anyone here expects the OP to simply take the suggestions here and fill in his CAO without further research. He wants to know what areas offer good jobs prospects.

    Any ideas yourself?

    Yes first and foremost he needs to determine what jobs are available closest to, or at least somewhat semi-related to, his own interests. Shopping by salary and job availablity only is a very bad mistake. Unless you want to be stuck studying for, and doing a job you have little interest in for years.

    I know its after hours and maybe you're just trying to take the piss out of the OP, but throwing out useless advice like "you should be a programmer . + 1", without knowing any of the OP interests, is about as poor advice as you can give.


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    #39
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    alistair spuds wrote: »

    I know its after hours and maybe you're just trying to take the piss out of the OP, but throwing out useless advice like "you should be a programmer . + 1", without knowing any of the OP interests, is about as poor advice as you can give.

    I'd like to think my AH replies are distinguishable from the serious advice. I've already got into a mind numbingly stupid argument on AHs already in the last few hours so I'm going to leave it there.


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    #40
    Asarlai
    Registered Users Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Asarlai


    alistair spuds wrote: »
    I know its after hours and maybe you're just trying to take the piss out of the OP, but throwing out useless advice like "you should be a programmer . + 1", without knowing any of the OP interests, is about as poor advice as you can give.


    I agree completely. It's like someone going into a taxi and saying "I want to go somewhere nice."

    So I think the OP is really not going to get too far until he starts thinking about what might be of interest. It's just not possible to do career planning without doing this work.


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    #41
    forgotten password
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,094 ✭✭✭forgotten password


    theres jobs goin in london bus, you just have to pass the driving and do the test , easy money


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    #42
    eternal
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,867 ✭✭✭eternal


    You have a degree. Why can't you study further from that rather than starting all over again? You could even do a medical post grad course.


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    #43
    Asarlai
    Registered Users Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Asarlai


    forgotten password wrote: »
    theres jobs goin in london bus, you just have to pass the driving and do the test , easy money

    But you'd have to do shift work and I don't think fuzzy likes doing shift work.


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