Welcome to career-plans.com, the FREE website designed for young adults aged 14 to 23 years who are deciding on their career plans.
Here we exchange career and job information between parents and young adults, giving detailed and enlightening insights drawn from first-hand experience.
So often careers are left just to chance. However, the more first-hand information you have, the more informed your choice. The more informed your choice, the more successful your career.
With higher education fees set to rise, it is really worth researching the validity of the course you choose for the career plan you have in mind. Will it really fit the job you ultimately want?
Remember, you are at the beginning of your career, so do not leave it just to chance. Make your informed choice with our help...
And see where life leads you.
| NAME: Ray Waters | JOB TITLE: Project manager |
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| YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 20 plus TODAY'S ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: HNC. Through a trade, working, for example, as a carpenter, or training scheme through college. BEST AND WORST BITS ABOUT THE JOB: Best - Get pleasure from building and seeing completion of a job. Worst - Hours (they can be unsociable) WHAT I WISH I'D BEEN TOLD BEFORE I STARTED: Nothing HOW DO I SEE THE JOB EVOLVING? From a personal point of view, as far as I want to go. ANY OTHER COMMENTS: You have to find your own level of management skill. |
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| NAME: Mark Suggitt | JOB TITLE: Builder/Developer |
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| YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 27. TODAY'S ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: OND/HNC in building or general trade experience. BEST AND WORST BITS ABOUT THE JOB: Best - very rewarding, customer satisfaction. Worst- Building: Working in the winter. Developing: Amount of money required and changing market. WHAT I WISH I'D BEEN TOLD BEFORE I STARTED: Building - for young people, it really needs to be a vocation. Developing - ask yourself whether you are a gambling person. HOW DO I SEE THE JOB EVOLVING? Would like to expand the business; would also like to take on more of a management role as I'm now older and woild like to be less hands on. ANY OTHER COMMENTS: You can see the product of your hard work. To reiterate, it is a very rewarding job, particularly owing to customer satisfaction. |
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| NAME: Gareth Mepham | JOB TITLE: Carpenter |
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| YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Five. BEST AND WORST BITS ABOUT THE JOB: Best - sense of achievement. Worst - splinters! WHAT I WISH I'D BEEN TOLD BEFORE I STARTED: The need to be better at maths. HOW DO I SEE THE JOB EVOLVING? From apprentice to boss/site manager. ANY OTHER COMMENTS: Don't panic if you don't have good GCSE's. There's something out there for everyone. CONTACT ME AT: GazMepham@Live.co.uk |
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| NAME: Jonathan Herbert | JOB TITLE: Plumbing and heating engineer |
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| YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Eight TODAY'S ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Foundation Plumbing at College. Fast track Gas course with previous experience. BEST AND WORST BITS ABOUT THE JOB: Best - Meeting customers. Different challenges. Worst - The dirty jobs. WHAT I WISH I'D BEEN TOLD BEFORE I STARTED: Nothing. HOW DO I SEE THE JOB EVOLVING? More RED TAPE! ANY OTHER COMMENTS: Being self-employed makes it difficult to compete with, for example, British Gas. |
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