lol Alex! love it... That guy is too tall to be Tino though (unless that's 1:1 scale?)

Finished school. Boring
Tried Uni. Boring
Tried TAFE. Boring
Started working full time as property manager, think it was because it was the complete opposite of what anyone expected me to do & was a fun job (aside from the shit). Tripled my pay after 3 years & got tired of it after 5.
Decided to buy my own business & naturally love cars but would never be a mechanic otherwise I wouldn't enjoy working in my own car, never want to work in a car yard. Detailing got my fix of cars & kept that satisfaction of restoring/enhancing cars. Loving nearly every day except for the massive pay cut.

- got into uni to do mas communications
- wasnt sure if i wanted to go to uni
- decided id just have a general browse of what was out there in terms of traineeships/apprenticships
- found a traineeship in automotive interpreting (heavy duty industry) and also did a cert 4 in retail management with it
- rest is history been in it 8 years now, and find my self the State sale rep

mafia spec.... dont be hating kymbo cos hes slim and fit...

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I'm a jockey kunts...

aha made me LOL
im so confused. so many options. suppose ill start from job 1 and see how that goes, if i dnt like it, move on to the next, seems acceptable

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KB.

Karina.. this is how I look at it.

Use your current job to gain as many skills and as much experience as possible. Stay there for a minimum of 1 year... 3 is best.

Treat your CV like building blocks.. you want to show progression in each job so you can use it to get a better one. IMO that is by far the most responsible way to do things.

Mine goes like this.

1) Worked in a call centre for Telstra in Sales... (aquisition and retention)..
Skills obtained: Sales/Customer Services. 1.5 years
2) Used this experience to get a Sales Executive job for a freight company in New Zealand..
Skills obtained: Sales/Time management/people management (had sales support people reporting to me) had a company car/phone rah rah.. 3 years
3) Applied for an international Transfer to Australia.. moved into an area manager/tradelane manager specialty job.. ran a wholesale export service.. continued with sales and also learnt opperations/marketing etc etc.. 2 years.
4) Used these new skills to apply for a sales managers job:
Double the Pay... three people reporting to me.. more responsibility.. rate negotiations with carriers, marketing, overseas travel rah rah rah. (current job).
5) Will then use those skills to apply for the General managers position in another 2 years.

See what i mean.

Remember also the that if you chop and change jobs all the time it will not look good on your CV. It shows you are not a stable employee and will only be working for you for a year and then move on.

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"Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to there level and beat you with experience."

yes I have been with my job for 3 years and a bit now, but yes I do know what you mean.

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KB.

If you are looking to completely change what you are doing, find work in an industry and/or company you want to be in.

Find where you want to be working and do anything you can to get in then work you way up into the role you really want. If you are where you want to be, you will have that 'can do' attitude employers love and you can then start talking about 'career progression'.

I wanted to be semi retired and earn good money.
So I went into mining 11yrs ago.
Started off as a shit kicker (mill rat) and worked my way through departments over long term jobs (not this one site for 2months, then another for 6months crap)
Learnt the ropes and rules of each department and put my hand up for any of the free courses they offered (high risk tickets, cert iv TAA, cert iv FLM)
Now work a week on week off roster, earning more money than I have at any other mine site and I'm home every week for a week to spend with my mrs and kids.
I could go elsewhere to earn even more, but time with my family is more important to me than a huge house and flash cars.

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