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thank you dobbo :)
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Not sure I can.
Proffessions are hard to enter without a specific education background. Quality employers for higher grade jobs require a pure education background. Then if you don't have experience you can only start at the bottom. For trades you need certification regardless of how skilled you actually are. I don't any of the above on paper so i'll not get selected for interview. The one job that you can get into is sales, requires nothing but the personal skills to communicate with customers and give them enough infomation(in the loosest sence) to sell. Commision only is what sorts the those that can and those that cannot between. |
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ripper.....im currently driving!......i deliver dogs around the country...and im loving it!
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armchair jockey wilson!!
you like the driving mate? i do about 2000 miles per week. drives me crazy sometimes! |
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ive done 13000 miles in the last 4 weeks!.....its a way of life....i absolutely love it!.........cannot think of anything id rather do!.....i initially responded to an advert looking for a part time driver...3/4 hours per week....and am currently doing 60+ hours...and am on the verge of becoming a partner in the company!.......finding something that you enjoy is priceless!
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Btw all jobs I had had in the past have never come from interveiw in the formal sense, who you know, what I can demostrate and talking my way into it is the way I have kept alive.
saying that I have hardly worked this last year, previous only about 2 in the last 5 years. Currently I work a few hours for 3 days a week, if I worked any harder I would not benifit. I would love to have a "normal" job and the I could not have to worry about income. Reality is I can't get it... not dues to me being usless, just the "system" is not interested. Will be pushing hard though over the next month or so while the winter is here and i'm stuck in the uk |
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I've never been able to work out if I have been lucky, a good judge, smart....whatever.But I earn a good living now doing not a lot What I do know is that from day1 I was allergic to the "work/job" ethic. I just could not handle it and did all sorts of things from cleaning windows to delivering leaflets ..to whatever would make a bob or two.What I'm saying is that after a certain stage I never,ever considered employment and after years of skintdom It came right for me. It may have been inevitable that I would have found a niche or maybe good fortune.I just dont know but I have always advised my own kids to do something on their own rather than worry about a salary.
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excellent advice dobbo.....working for other people is a sure way to never ever have anything!....if you are going to graft...then graft for yourself!
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wise words dobbo...Ive done the 9-5 and been knackered! as one wise jewish chap once said...find something you enjoy doing and then convince people to pay you to do it :)
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Thats a nice quote Carrot
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what do you do now Dobbo ?
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I organise car boot sales to subsidise the antique shop I have just opened in Brugge.Hopefully the balance will change
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armchair jockey wilson!! 04 Jan 01:18
as for advice......when you get an interview.....wear a turban and add the word "bin" or "ali abu" to your c.v......makes you a shoo-in for a lot of jobs! - i tried it, although didnt go down too well in my application for security advisor at 'heathrow airport', neither did the fake beard... |
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no exploding pants?
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Dobbo, you own a shop imn brugge?! i was there a couple of months back
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an antique shop in Brugge .. sounds interesting & sure beats a 9-5 :) gl with it
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Yes : a few minutes from the square.I live in sight of the belfort
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i probably walked past you! my mat said he was chatting to someone with a shop in brugge on this forum,! small world...
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tbh i've always wondered how those type of places make enough money though as they never look overly busy .. no offence !
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*mate
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Galloping-Carrot-best of luck pal. just had a look at your website, some good stuff there. great to see somebody following their passion.
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We average about 10 potential customers a day and maybe two will buy something.On Thurday those two bought a stationery box at 450 euro and a bronze at 520. If you buy right you can make a shilling
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sounds like ur ripping them off dobbo!
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course he doesn't .. he just studies his market well
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Not at all. We buy in England and sell at very competetive prices.
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are u english dobbo?
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Oh yes.
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its a numbers game dobbo... yeah? thanks ripper
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you speak all that flemish tripe?
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where you from galloping carrot?
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do you been where I was born? or from now?
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I've made my own living for thirty years doing various things but I dont think its easy or just a matter of"getting out there"You need luck,judgement,balls,luck and luck. My sympathies are with the original poster.Its a hard world
Sums it up perfectly for me I just need to move away i think |
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in summary...we are all in the poo..even very skilled qualified people
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Galloping-Carrot 04 Jan 02:03 do you been where I was born? or from now? er, no... thats y i was asking |
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I meant "mean" not been :)
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better hit the sack...good luck ripper...we will all need it in 2010 x
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Flemish Tripe? The people of Flanders speak Flemish What do you expect? Most of them speak English too plus a bit of French,German and Spanish.
I'm a moron and can only speak English |
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gl carrot
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i speak 2 languages fluently!......english and rubbish!
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