1st Job!

[AgnesIO]

i know many people who go to college/6th form & have a job

also shame on everyone who have 'laughed' at shelf stacking or working in a supermarket, a jobs a job & at this age (16/17/18) you can't expect some mega amazing job for goodness sake

For your entire life? Personally I would feel a failure..

Having said that, some people start those jobs to raise a bit of cash while at college and stuff and really enjoy it, so do it for the rest of their lives. But in general, it would be because you can't get any other job..

Don't worry Jarvis, I struggle to read too.

[Special]

Don't worry Jarvis, I struggle to read too.

..pardon?

[Adam]

oh. i guess i've been proved wrong then. What opportunities are available to you working in a supermarket, becoming a manager? How exciting.
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You have no clue about how the world works. Like I said, on your pedestal looking down at the donkey workers. I am an intelligent guy, without blowing my own trumpet, but I decided to work and not learn after A Levels. Problemo? Comprende? Gracias.

[Alexx..]

You have no clue about how the world works. Like I said, on your pedestal looking down at the donkey workers. I am an intelligent guy, without blowing my own trumpet, but I decided to work and not learn after A Levels. Problemo? Comprende? Gracias.

I don't look down at the donkey workers you *REMOVED*, I'd take a job like that straight away, after all it's a job, it's money. I just don't want to do it for the rest of my life. You're blowing something completely out of proportion because somebody doesn't want to do your crappy job forever. *REMOVED*

Edited by Infectious (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not be rude to others!

[Spuds]

You have no clue about how the world works. Like I said, on your pedestal looking down at the donkey workers. I am an intelligent guy, without blowing my own trumpet, but I decided to work and not learn after A Levels. Problemo? Comprende? Gracias.

Is your pay something like, £9 ph. That's if you're at Morrisons. I think the ***** lied to me on Thurs.

[Adam]

On nights it's around £9p/h.

See, looking down "crappy job". Get real. DO NOT FEED.

[Lamz]

Do an IT BTEC Course, IT is exploding on the scene and everywhere will need people proficient in the skill.

In my personal opinion and from other people apprenticeships are terrible... Just cause you work and yehh get paid but like next to nothing... have to do the ********* parts of the job and get generally treated like **** in most places. Plus on top of working and earning like no money you will also have college work to do.

Personally i would just enroll on a Btec course, they are brilliant give you a lot more skills and enjoyment than an a level ever could... You should do something practical as you might enjoy it more.

What are your interests ??

That's what I thought. It is good, honest hard work. Why don't you see a careers advisor? There are apprenticeships around depending on what you are inetrested in. You can always go to College or Uni in later years if you want to. Many people do.

Thanks

I'm going to Barnet (again :facepalm for there open enrollment on friday next week. Even thouh they excluded me in March this year, do you reckon if I tell them honestly that I'm sorry for being childish & argumentative with the teachers. I've realized that I don't enjoy sitting at home/loitering on the streets with my friends & i actually want to become/do something with my life they'd give me a 2nd chance?

This is to do a BTEC 1st in Applied Science

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I also am going to go to the open enrollment @ city & islington to do a BTEC in Information & Communication Technology, which is what I'd like to do but I do have a very high interest in Science just that the course @ c and i are full.

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I'm also going to try City & Westminster Kingsway College @ Kings Cross to do either of the above courses.

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I could do ICT or Music @ Woodhouse College but I don't think I could deal with all there high standards & deadlines & all that

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Finally, on the 16th of September I am going to some thing with my older cousin where there's a load of companies looking for recruits so hopefully I can get a part time/full time job depending on how my enrollments go.

[Spuds]

On nights it's around £9p/h.

See, looking down "crappy job". Get real. DO NOT FEED.

Oh what, I'm on £5.93 ph and bar work kills your social life.

[Jordy]

I don't mean to dig it back up, but working in a supermarket is not a dead-end job. The current CEO of Tesco started out as a shelf-stacker, now he's at the top of one the biggest British firms.

You may well laugh at becoming a "manager" of a Supermarket but most earn around £60k, and should you go higher than manager of a Supermarket (which with hard-work and dedication it is possible) then you can easily earn six figures working for what is a supermarket.

Personally if things go wrong for me (or continue as they are...) I intend on starting out at the very bottom of a bank (Probably not an option to you if you failed Maths though), it's another career where you can start out at the bottom with little qualifications and with hard-work can reach anywhere within the organisation.

[Adam]

I don't mean to dig it back up, but working in a supermarket is not a dead-end job. The current CEO of Tesco started out as a shelf-stacker, now he's at the top of one the biggest British firms.

You may well laugh at becoming a "manager" of a Supermarket but most earn around £60k, and should you go higher than manager of a Supermarket (which with hard-work and dedication it is possible) then you can easily earn six figures working for what is a supermarket.

Personally if things go wrong for me (or continue as they are...) I intend on starting out at the very bottom of a bank (Probably not an option to you if you failed Maths though), it's another career where you can start out at the bottom with little qualifications and with hard-work can reach anywhere within the organisation.

It's a waste of time trying to explain to them. They're young, naive and have no idea of how the world works. Like I said before, working in a supermarket or retail as an industry probably offers more opportunities than most ex-grads get.

This coming from 4 years of experience in the retail sector as opposed to the views of young persons who've probably only ever had a paperound. Not demeaning as most people have done it but don't try and claim you know something coming from a background of nothing. Jesus Christ.

I knew there was a reason I left this place.