What is with careers advisers? Once you have an to persue, understand that the timeline on the idea will take a long to process, but they automatically think that you want or say that you are what you want to be there in the moment.
"I think she woke up one morning and said, I think I'll be a lawyer"
Okay, I am stealing quotes from Legally Blonde, but not everything is fantasy and straightforward as that. But at least I am being realistic and looking into it and researching what I need to before I jump in with both feet. Right better tell you why they got offensive... I was suggesting to go into Careers Advice or Recruitment. Everytime you say to a Careers Adviser that you would love to do their job, they bring the steel barrier and concrete blockades and force you in the opposite direction. they make it sound like their job is the hardest thing to do, but really I believe a fresh head and fresh ideas are needed for a new generation. A couple of years ago it was easy to get a job, but now with Cameron in office, more and more people everyday are being made redundant.
When I was in university I had a 50 yr old Careers Adviser telling that I had to be a certain of kind of character to get a certain type of job... WTF??? This is what I stronger believe against, the person you are is the person who gets employed for who they are in the interview - sure you can play an act to get that certain job you want, but really that is something that lies within you and shows that you can do anything to get the job you want.
No one seems to know where to look for the right job, you basically get told that the job you want is out there, but really sometimes it is but it requires a certain type of individual. Everyone has a range of skills, you just have to find out what they are - try everything you possibly can, do not let anyone tell you cannot do it because you basically have not got a clue; you never know till you try.
Okay, time to wind down on this rant, because I think I have said all I want and do not want to insult anyone. Careers Advisers make good points, but sometimes they tend to judge people for the ideas they have. Sometimes I may have wild and wacky ideas flying around everywhere, but I have them, they are my dreams to think higher and think of ways to better myself. However unrealistic they may sound I believe it is better to have fall-backs on things which do seems out of my range, but really everyone has that 5 yr old child inside them that wants to aspire to be a policeman, a fireman, a ballerina, a dancer, a vet, a zookeeper, a pilot and so on. At that age, all you know is that job sounds cool, because the little fire engine truck you push around the living room is fantastic and if you become a fireman, you get to drive one and honk the horn - but little is known that you put your life on the line to save others from dangerous situations. When a person is 5 yrs old, it is cute that he wants to be a fireman; when a person is 25 yrs old and wants to be a fireman, it's no longer cute and we are made to see the bigger picture - do you really want to be a fireman - are you sure this is what you want to do - do you have any experience - do you have the right qualifications? All these questions really do not comfort any who wants to aspire to do what they dream - but however it may sound you can still do anything you want to. I went to university with people who were 50+, they did the same work as me and stuck at it! Most wanting to pursue a career afterwards. What really annoys me is that around the age of 16 - 30, Careers Advisers want you to be realistic, but I ask the question of -
"WHY SHOULD WE BE REALISTIC, WHEN WHATEVER LIES WITHIN OUR DREAMS CAN BE TURNED INTO REALITY WITH A LITTLE HARDWORK!"
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