New Year New Career: Where to go for good advice
It may not involve running away to join a circus but sometimes a change in job is just not enough – nothing short of a complete change in career will do. The career that seemed suitable and promising when you were 18 or 21 can be downright disastrous by the time you reach 25 or 30, and you’ve just got to get out and start all over again.
“Ask yourself what the motivation is for the change. If you don’t like your boss or the company it might not be a new career you are looking for. Are you looking for a new job or career? If it is a career, do an audit of your skills and find out what you are good at.”“Go to jobs boards online and the jobs pages in The Irish Times. Make a list of roles that attract you. Decide which ones you like, and find out what you need for them and if upskilling is an option to get them.
The Solas Skills to Advance programme has been specifically designed to assist people who find themselves in that situation. “There are 1 million people in the workforce with a highest educational attainment of leaving cert or below and they are mainly in low skilled jobs which are more vulnerable to change,” Lyons adds.
There is no cost to employees for courses up to level 5. They do have to make a contribution of 30 per cent towards the €300 per term cost of level 6 courses. Different rates of subsidy are available to employers depending on size and can range up to 70 per cent, but the employee release costs are counted towards the employer’s contribution.
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