Re: What job ?
Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 20:40
What do you do?
I work as an administration officer for Hunter New England Area Health District, the department I work in is the Drug & Alcohol and the area is the Methadone clinic in Newcastle NSW, I have been here for over 16 years and one thing I can say every day is different in so many ways.
What did you do?
Came out of school and did a YTS called Business studies and worked 4 years at Damart in Bingley, no thermal underwear jokes please I’ve seen and heard them all, worked in various departments there and it was so mismanaged it was so unfunny. People who were mangers there for the first 3 years I was there were a disgrace and should never be in charge of a paper bag. When I go back I’m still in contact with about 4 people (none who still work there now) and we reminisce about the old days and how silly they were. Left England after that!
Did various course on computers and basically taught myself how to use one, could have gone to TAFE college or University but ended up working for nearly 4 years for Centrelink (UK version of Department of Social Security, does that still exist?) in Cardiff (no not the Welsh one) as a call centre operator for family payments, was only ever abused once in that time which I think was a record. New government came in change things and had to apply for our jobs, did not succeed and became unemployed.
Passed a course to be a cricket umpire
Did a 6 month work for the dole scheme as a gardener/handyman etc at Newcastle University (see I got there in the end)
Broke my leg in 2 places that ended my soccer career and was incapacitated for 8 months
Did another work for the dole at Hunter New England Health District in the Migrant Health, Dental and Accounts Departments and got my foot in the door and have been there ever since.
What do you want to do?
Had no idea, looked at Air Traffic Controller then figured out what it involved and that was the end of that. To this day I still don’t know what I’d like to do even though I’ve ended up in Administration!
I work as an administration officer for Hunter New England Area Health District, the department I work in is the Drug & Alcohol and the area is the Methadone clinic in Newcastle NSW, I have been here for over 16 years and one thing I can say every day is different in so many ways.
What did you do?
Came out of school and did a YTS called Business studies and worked 4 years at Damart in Bingley, no thermal underwear jokes please I’ve seen and heard them all, worked in various departments there and it was so mismanaged it was so unfunny. People who were mangers there for the first 3 years I was there were a disgrace and should never be in charge of a paper bag. When I go back I’m still in contact with about 4 people (none who still work there now) and we reminisce about the old days and how silly they were. Left England after that!
Did various course on computers and basically taught myself how to use one, could have gone to TAFE college or University but ended up working for nearly 4 years for Centrelink (UK version of Department of Social Security, does that still exist?) in Cardiff (no not the Welsh one) as a call centre operator for family payments, was only ever abused once in that time which I think was a record. New government came in change things and had to apply for our jobs, did not succeed and became unemployed.
Passed a course to be a cricket umpire
Did a 6 month work for the dole scheme as a gardener/handyman etc at Newcastle University (see I got there in the end)
Broke my leg in 2 places that ended my soccer career and was incapacitated for 8 months
Did another work for the dole at Hunter New England Health District in the Migrant Health, Dental and Accounts Departments and got my foot in the door and have been there ever since.
What do you want to do?
Had no idea, looked at Air Traffic Controller then figured out what it involved and that was the end of that. To this day I still don’t know what I’d like to do even though I’ve ended up in Administration!