Career Change

[mxd]

I think I want to become a tree lopper, I chopped a tree down on the weekend and it felt good

 

[spog]

I think I want to become a tree lopper, I chopped a tree down on the weekend and it felt good

Bloody vandal

 

[Camo6]

I think I want to become a tree lopper, I chopped a tree down on the weekend and it felt good

Two options: Spend a few years studying to be an arboriculturist OR if you have a criminal record, fast track and get a job with any large tree lopper mob. One near to me has the motto - "We'll employ the unemployable."

But seriously, I may not start the chainsaw very often...but when I do the whole backyard hides in fear.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Miss the old Farmboss I had....damn that thing could cut...And I only had Ironbark, Bloodwood and Gum to cut...30 Acre back yard helped

 

[spog]

Camo6, go for it,a big step but well done.
Good to see this thread rise up again,after 35 yrs in construction I am getting out
I turned 51 last month,I have put in a resume to become a Bailiff also am putting in for a Correctional Services Officer.
I guess all my time in building putting screws in hopefully will come in handy being a screw , not got a reply yet,and not crossing my fingers but secretly am.
Looking forward to my first job interview since 1979, am as nervous as a kitten but after months of questioning everything,laying everything out and toughening the **** up, Look out here the old bastard comes.
Onwards and upwards for both you and me!
Cheers....spog...

Got a knock back for the Bailiff possie,got a knock back from Bunnings ( applied due to my trade ).
Got an Email from my Daughter today saying she had checked our post post box and there was a letter for me from the Correctional Services Dept, she opened it and held it up to the screen ( face time ) .
BAM, unsuccessful .....gutted,absolutely gutted.
My aim was for secure employment in the Goverment, looking towards the future for me and mine but it seems not to be .
That's 3 applications and 3 knock backs.
For me it's not 3 strikes and your out,it's 3 misses.
Simply picking myself up,dusting myself off,and one foot in front of the other soldiering on. Dunno what,dunno when but it will happen.
Not matter what I always think that there are people out there in far worse positions than I .
Capadiem ? ( think its correct) seize the day.
Ohhh, and to top it off my drinking partner has come down with a guts ache. I'm at my rellies in Jakarta ...
Just call me George, as in Thoroughgood......I drink alone !.

Agh 2 x ****.

 

[user 36151]

Refrigeration trade has been good to me started when i was 22 now 36 no plans to change only advice is you need to stick with it at first as you get all the crap jobs pays off in the long term but.

 

[manticle]

Bad luck spog.
Any feedback on why the no-go? Hard to get useful critique sometimes but if and when you can it can help you in the next round.
In the middle of waiting for the results of an interview myself.
Been with the same institution for close to 12 years. This won't be a complete career change though - similar work to last eleven years experience but different gallery, different state so fair life change for me and the lady.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Refrigeration trade has been good to me started when i was 22 now 36 no plans to change only advice is you need to stick with it at first as you get all the crap jobs pays off in the long term but.

Tell that to the current crop of youth who have the attitude of " yeah but I earn more at Macca's"

They cant accept that you need to start at the bottom and work your way up

 

[spog]

No feed back, althrough the process we were told that we would be told nothing and not to ask.
Yeah makes it hard to figure out where I failed , a 3 step 3 month long process and bombing out at the end , bugga !
Even if they call for more positions to be filled for whatever reason , I am not allowed to reapply unti April 2016, sure as hell hope I score work before then.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

No feed back, althrough the process we were told that we would be told nothing and not to ask.
Yeah makes it hard to figure out where I failed , a 3 step 3 month long process and bombing out at the end , bugga !
Even if they call for more positions to be filled for whatever reason , I am not allowed to reapply unti April 2016, sure as hell hope I score work before then.

Thats a bit...well....******

 

[Camo6]

That sucks balls Spog but I like your positive outlook. One thing I found when looking for work was learning to deal with rejection. Realising you're up against a lot of others trying for the same job and most of the time you're just a name on a piece of paper. The fact you're hearing back from these applications is a positive. I reckon I only heard back from 4 out of 40 companies I applied to.

Good luck with your endeavour too Manticle. Sounds like a pretty big change. Is it the Louvre? It's the Louvre isn't it!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

I think its pretty rude that no one gets back to you about your application, even just to say " Sorry but you didnt make it"

And dont get me started on them oxygen thieves called recruting agencies

 

[wide eyed and legless]

What about transit police spog? They always seem to be advertising in Victoria, good way of getting rid of your frustrations too.
I watched that movie, 'Bronson' recently wouldn't want many prisoners like him to put you off Correctional Services.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Being a prison officer is actually very boring,. When I was doing work for the prisons, the poor old guards where bored shitles as most of the time the prisoners where either in their cells or in the workshop so they basically sat around waiting for something to happen

 

[manticle]

That sucks balls Spog but I like your positive outlook. One thing I found when looking for work was learning to deal with rejection. Realising you're up against a lot of others trying for the same job and most of the time you're just a name on a piece of paper. The fact you're hearing back from these applications is a positive. I reckon I only heard back from 4 out of 40 companies I applied to.

Good luck with your endeavour too Manticle. Sounds like a pretty big change. Is it the Louvre? It's the Louvre isn't it!

Not quite the Louvre but I would need to cross some sea to get there.

 

[jlm]

Not where the machine that poops, poops?

 

[manticle]

That's the one.

 

[jlm]

Nice. If you get it, try to resist the urge to key the owners car everytime you see it parked in "God"'s spot.

 

[Mardoo]

Oh you arty, elitist types and your poop machines...hope you get that one Mants. Sweet gallery in a sweet place. Good luck!

 

[spog]

What about transit police spog? They always seem to be advertising in Victoria, good way of getting rid of your frustrations too.
I watched that movie, 'Bronson' recently wouldn't want many prisoners like him to put you off Correctional Services.

Not keen on moving,but as far as transit police in Lincoln,not much call for it,no trains and a mini bus with 5 grannies on board .
Pretty tame really they only run amok once in a while.