A well paid job?

MrA

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So the working with horses hasn't really worked out as yet.

I am currently working 5 mornings at a riding school which I enjoy (minus the people who are crazy)

And then I work full days at the weekend at homebase where I hate the job but the people are nice enough.

I do a 40 hour week and take home £225

So despite applying for lots of horsey positions nothing really came up that was doable and although I havent given up I think its wise for me to look at other things.

I'm 23 so would like to move out one day and after this winter on the bike I would like to own a car again so in an ideal world I would like to be earning more.

But I don't have a degree, only 1 a level in biology, decent enough gcse. I did an nvq level 2 in customer service. I have my bhs stage 1 and I have worked at matalan, homebase, various stables and as a cleaner. I want a job that allows me to finish at least a couple of days by 3/4 don't mind what time I start

I live in sw london. Any ideas, advice, tips or wisdom for me?
 
And I couldn't think of a better title! I'm not after tons of money just whatever is going which would perhaps give me a slightly better quality of life, the cycling is tiring ;)
 
most jobs that pay ok are full time and you don't get to pick and chose to leave early to do horses etc. (unless they offer flexi time). to make good money you'd probably be looking at an office job of sorts - plenty of those in Londonmaybe sign up to a temping agency?
 
notpoodle said:
most jobs that pay ok are full time and you don't get to pick and chose to leave early to do horses etc. (unless they offer flexi time). to make good money you'd probably be looking at an office job of sorts - plenty of those in Londonmaybe sign up to a temping agency?
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Okay well I guess I will have to compromise, thanks
 
When I returned to work after having a baby, I went through a agency into a admin job. I had no background in office work, as I had been a manager for a pub & restaurant previously. It was a temp to to perm position and I was offered a permanent contract within 2 months. My starting salary was £17.5K and I worked 8.30-5 Mon to Fri. Maybe its worth looking into agencies, see whats around. You don't always need to have qualifications and experience.
 
Call centre work is generally pretty well paid, just have to be careful what you choose if you're not much of a sales person. Only issue is that it would be shift work, but that can pay off when you've got some day time hours to yourself during the winter. I think with your background in customer experience you'd manage to find something, they generally prefer to train their own staff their way so it's no bad thing that you've never worked in that specific environment before. And money wise, it's generally not bad, around £14k start - but that's outside London.
 
Thanks for the suggestions everyone :) the more options the better!

I live about half an hour from Heathrow so shift work there is an option, my dad works there and does either 4am till 1pm or 1pm ish till 1am roughly so least that would leave me daylight time to do my horse. Would mean a lot of driving but more money etc
 
I also think signing on with an agency might be a good idea. It can sometimes lead to a well paid permanent position. Good luck with finding something.
 
Recruitment seems to be where a lot of my friends from college have ended up. So long as you've good customer facing skills, you don't need a ton of qualifications. Might be worth looking into.
 
Since you have biology one of the girls I used to ride with left to train as a veterinary nurse. She too had a pony. Have you thought of re training for a specific career?
 
Its very difficult at the moment the cost of living is rising and wages aware depressed. My daughter worked on racing yards in this country as she loves the industry, however, wages in this country in this line of work is pretty bad. In the end she had to move abroad to get better wages and conditions and above all else respect from employers. She and her fiancee haven't looked back and I very much doubt they will return to this country. Although I miss them both I am happy that they are making a better life for themselves where peoples skill and endevour appear to be appreciated above background or what school they went to. Sorry to be negative about UK but I have had to struggle against these attitudes all my life in this country.
 
Ive just started working for toby carvery. Hours are a bit all over (like tomorrow im working 4pm - 11pm - very horse friendly!)

tips are great on top of wage
 
Dannii5691 said:
Ive just started working for toby carvery. Hours are a bit all over (like tomorrow im working 4pm - 11pm - very horse friendly!)

tips are great on top of wage
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I wouldn't mind trying my hand at waitressing! Thanks :)
 
I don't think getting a degree or moving abroad are ideal for me, although they are great ideas just not suitable in my situation, but I appreciate the advice from all of you thankyou!
 
I think its a tough one atm Ale. Its nigh on impossible to walk into anything at the moment with a decent wage, unless you have years of specialist experience or you know 'the right people'.

The majority of people I know who are working PAYE are working many hours for wages in the region of 15 - 25 k per year. Take away tax and NI, traveling to work, rent and other essential bills and it doesn't leave a lot for one individual.

People with degrees are not doing any better and finding it very difficult to get into anything related to their studies.
 
So what about a fitness instructor? I enjoy keeping fit and used to enjoy teaching and inspiring people when I was teaching people to ride? Or even a gym instructor or similar?
 
with the degree.unless you go for something very specific like eg studying to be a doctor or lawyer it's likely to leave you with a mountain of debt and no real experience. I have a degree, it did not help me with my employment at all. what did help was all the work I did alongside my degree to fund myself!
 
notpoodle said:
with the degree.unless you go for something very specific like eg studying to be a doctor or lawyer it's likely to leave you with a mountain of debt and no real experience. I have a degree, it did not help me with my employment at all. what did help was all the work I did alongside my degree to fund myself!
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Yeah most the people I know with degrees can't find work anyway so I wouldn't bother with one now not at that cost. Just need to find something I sort of enjoy and can work hard at to get somewhere
 
So what about a fitness instructor? I enjoy keeping fit and used to enjoy teaching and inspiring people when I was teaching people to ride? Or even a gym instructor or similar?
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So why not look into this?
 
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