If you were starting a new career in Ireland in your mid 30s, what would it be?

Train Dragon

I was thinking of doing a diploma in Digital Marketing, but maybe half the country is thinking the same, this area will be saturated soon and I should look at something else?

If you were to choose a new career in Ireland with strong job prospects, what would it be?

SEPT 23 1989

A state quango waffler

somefeen

ah christ the boom is back.

"Digishal markeshing Vernon, evwebody is going dat way noooouwwww. Now lets pay 10 yo-yos for a warm laaaaataaaaay and a sandwiiiish"

stampydmonkey

Accountant....sure they're in films and all now

posturingpat

Drug dealer.

eet fuk

Barber or medicine. Immune to the recession.

Train Dragon

I should add

Am willing to do a course on a new job direction, but for 3-6 months. Not the 5 years you probably need to be an accountant

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Ha! If only it was 5 years to be an accountant.

stampydmonkey

Train Dragon wrote: »

I should add

Am willing to do a course on a new job direction, but for 3-6 months. Not the 5 years you probably need to be an accountant

If ur gona do it, go full hog....balls and all in

DEFTLEFTHAND

eet fuk wrote: »

Barber or medicine. Immune to the recession.

Or an undertaker.

maudgonner

3-6 months isn't a very long course. What skills do you have now?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

maudgonner wrote: »

3-6 months isn't a very long course. What skills do you have now?

Deep throating during beer bong

Armchair Andy

A waffle design consultant.
Step up from a waffler with more perks.

maudgonner

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Deep throating during beer bong

Well that suggests a career in the oldest profession of them all might be the best course of action :pac:

Panthro

As the old saying goes "there's more than one way to skin a cat".
I'd write them down, become an author.

not yet

Porn, You are at your sexual peak so the porn industry it is.

batistuta9

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Or an undertaker.

& do a bit of barbering on the side

Senna

3-6 months is nothing and not many courses of that duration would lead to anything of worth.
Have you a degree already, a lot of ICT conversion courses are being offered for free by the government, if you do have a degree, that's is your best bet for a valuable course that takes only a year.

hannible the cannible

37 here and trying to get into hgv driving , I've all the licenses and everything up to date but I can't get a job without experience and I can't get experience without a job , I've tried a good few places but they all want 2 years minimum experience ,I can't stay at the **** I'm at or I'll fcukin top myself before long

hmmm

We seem to have lots of Social Justice Warriors, but no Social Justice Cavalry or Cannons? Just saying they are careers to consider. If Starcraft and Command and Conquer have thought me anything, an army should have a proper mix of specialities.

boobar

Technology Evangelist.

Junkyard Tom

Kitten Ambulance.

beks101

Software engineer and go work for a tech company like facebook or twitter.

Or take up a high-demand language like Arabic and go and work for a private intelligence company.

Will probably take more than 6 months though :cool:

diomed

Personal shopper to the glitterati.

eeguy

hannible the cannible wrote: »

37 here and trying to get into hgv driving , I've all the licenses and everything up to date but I can't get a job without experience and I can't get experience without a job , I've tried a good few places but they all want 2 years minimum experience ,I can't stay at the **** I'm at or I'll fcukin top myself before long

Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

tomwaterford

Health and safety/machinery and trailer testing.

Theres only a handful of people in the country certified to approve cranes etc for use....I've the under cert to it



And as much as farmers might argue againest it.....testing for farm vehicles etc is becoming inevitable and trailer regulations are stricter every year


Dunno how helpful this is to you though

TheOven

With the changes in the U.K. porn will become a booming industry in Ireland. We can have our own silicon(e?) valley.


Can use as many digits as we want while being pissed on.

RobbingBandit

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Kitten Ambulance.

You could call it the pussy wagon.

daheff

Data analysis...booming jobs right now..big thing at the minute

Yourself isit

eeguy wrote: »

Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

Naw.

Yourself isit

daheff wrote: »

Data analysis...booming jobs right now..big thing at the minute

Probably not a 3 month course.

hannible the cannible

eeguy wrote: »

Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

Well I suppose it's coming down the road sometime in the next 30 years , but I always said I'd like to give it a go anyway , I've been building all my working life and I'm fed up of it

jimmy blevins

hmmm wrote: »

We seem to have lots of Social Justice Warriors, but no Social Justice Cavalry or Cannons? Just saying they are careers to consider. If Starcraft and Command and Conquer have thought me anything, an army should have a proper mix of specialities.

Tesla coil technician would be a fairly cool profession, now that you mentioned c&c.

Four Phucs Ache

Go for a really long walk and create a blog and then tell the people how to go for long walks , then tell them what to eat.

If your quick you can get a book out before Xmas.

Sorted.

hairyslug

I'm 37 and have been doing the same thing for 17 years, got a call from an old boss a few weeks ago offering me a job, not sure what I'll be doing (so glad to get out if the current job I didn't ask) but I do get an office which is nice.

Train Dragon

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boardsuser1

eeguy wrote: »

Sure in 5 years HGV drivers will be out on their ear.
Every driving job will be automated soon enough.

5 years? I'm out on my ear the last 5 weeks.

boardsuser1

hannible the cannible wrote: »

37 here and trying to get into hgv driving , I've all the licenses and everything up to date but I can't get a job without experience and I can't get experience without a job , I've tried a good few places but they all want 2 years minimum experience ,I can't stay at the **** I'm at or I'll fcukin top myself before long

For the love of Christ avoid that industry.

Train Dragon

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

A state quango waffler

posturingpat wrote: »

Drug dealer.

Armchair Andy wrote: »

A waffle design consultant.
Step up from a waffler with more perks.

not yet wrote: »

Porn, You are at your sexual peak so the porn industry it is.

boobar wrote: »

Technology Evangelist.

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Kitten Ambulance.

Four Phucs Ache wrote: »

Go for a really long walk and create a blog and then tell the people how to go for long walks , then tell them what to eat.

If your quick you can get a book out before Xmas.

Sorted.

I think I picked the wrong sub-forum for this thread

hannible the cannible

KC161 wrote: »

For the love of Christ avoid that industry.

For what reasons , I always think everyone thinks there own job is the worst , I've been building for a long time and wouldn't wish it on anyone , I see guys in there 60s and think to myself how are you still at this ****e , I suppose it's perspective , I'd like to give it a go and if I don't like it move onto something else

Man there are so many things. I really only saw one path for myself going towards college. But I have learned and explored and done so many things since then that I now realise that if I could go back in time there would be so many options for me.

All my DIY madness has shown me I could have done wonders in building and/or internal design.

While a lot of the hobbies I have had - coupled with the people I have helped and met in many ways - have told me that if I lived it all over again I might end up heavily drawn towards something in Human Psychology or Psychiatry or both. Likely straggling the boundaries between a few disciplines in those areas and bringing them together in ways not many - if any - people are currently doing.

I do not see it as realistic alas. I have a growing family and am not loaded rich. And I am happy enough in my career and life to not be _that_ motivated to change much now. So really it is just a side level of day dreaming at most.

boardsuser1

hannible the cannible wrote: »

For what reasons , I always think everyone thinks there own job is the worst , I've been building for a long time and wouldn't wish it on anyone , I see guys in there 60s and think to myself how are you still at this ****e , I suppose it's perspective , I'd like to give it a go and if I don't like it move onto something else

Long hours rubbish money.
My most recent job was the worst of all.
Signed up to drive what I was told was an artic, turned out it was a rigid.

Was given a contract for between 7&10 hours a day.

Every single day I was there the truck was loaded so much I couldn't get the stuff done in the shift.

The company wanted me to work on (for free) until it was done regardless of finishing time, I declined as they were 15 hour days.

Now who in the name of god wants to work those hours with those lies for €88.75 a day BEFORE TAX.

The subsistence/expenses are €13 a day.

I have 4 young kids including a 3 month old. Missing out on my kids growing up for the sake of peanuts is never worth it.

If I could name the company I would but I would strongly believe I'll be carded for it.

Permabear

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boardsuser1

Permabear wrote: »

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I think you'll find a substantial increase in applications from Bus Èireann drivers soon enough for a Luas job.

Train Dragon

Permabear wrote: »

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Not really my thing.

The late night Luas is apparently going automatic and driverless. It's only a matter of time before technology gets better and can deal with the daytime shifts too.

Driverless everything is coming. If you're in an industry that mainly requires you to drive I would suggest re-training yourself to something new.

team_actimel

If you're in any way into fitness would you become a personal trainer? Seems to be the thing these days. It only takes between a month to 6 months to qualify, depending which course you choose. Social media is a great help in promoting your services too!

Train Dragon

team_actimel wrote: »

If you're in any way into fitness would you become a personal trainer? Seems to be the thing these days. It only takes between a month to 6 months to qualify, depending which course you choose. Social media is a great help in promoting your services too!

Thanks, but probably one of the most crowded areas at the moment and not an industry Id be good at.

daheff

Yourself isit wrote: »

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Probably not....but there are 12month courses in NCIRL in IFSC

Permabear wrote: »

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And automated out of a job pretty soon too...but never mind, i'm sure the union will ensure the drivers get kept on sitting around drinking tea on full pay.

Sleepy

I think some of the local authorities are hiring again?

Though realistically, almost anything offering decent pay and reasonable hours requires a degree or a trade. A 6 month cert in digital morkeshing will be about as useful in your job search as a roll of Andrex.

Permabear

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Train Dragon

Sleepy wrote: »

A 6 month cert in digital morkeshing will be about as useful in your job search as a roll of Andrex.

Maybe 6 months was a bit short in hindsight.

Aren't there some reputable colleges in Dublin doing Diplomas in this field over the course of a year though?

To clarify re: Social Media. Ive a knack for it and have grown some pages to strong numbers so it's something I enjoy and feel I could do 9-5.