well, that dream job didn't last long!

Re: well, that dream job didn't last long!

A Little TLC — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:18:19 GMT

Oh no!!!! Swines!!! I'm so sorry, i have posted a trainee job on here somewhere, in fact it might be the same one up there ^

keep trying you never know, we might have an interview the same day again. x

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zookeeper — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:34:59 GMT

Didnt realise someone had alreasy put it on! lol xx

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zookeeper — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:33:36 GMT

Found this for you Albatross

Trainee Veterinary Nurse Company: Newsquest South London - Petts Wood Location: Orpington Kent BR5 2RB Job Type: Permanent Date posted: 16 Sep, 2009 From: Fish4.co.uk

Description: Trainee Veterinary Nurse, required. Full Time position for bright enthusiastic reliable person, interested in a career as a veterinary nurse. Basic computer skills necessary, training will be provided for the successful applicant. Some Saturday mornings in roster. Send CV to Catherine.arrowsmith@ntlworld.com or write to Saint Pauls Veterinary Clinic, 121 Cotmandene Crescent, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, Kent BR5 2RB...

Sarah -x-

Re: well, that dream job didn't last long!

Kelly 26uk — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:28:10 GMT

Hi guys

Have you seen this: http://www.fish4.co.uk/jobs/advert;jsessionid=198E629E7919EBABAE8258EF43CF9C80?parentId=1129769059&industrySectors=1&chk=9e687bb9fbc6cb93e9abc1529c8af7e0&page=1&adId=24744287&pagetype=searchresults&offset=3&maxResults=112

Sorry to hear about the job.. you must be so upset :(

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loopylou711 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:12:42 GMT

ok! Life is tough right now am not going to say it is not! But we go through low points in order to exprience awesome highs.

Take from this, 10 weeks exprience, you have gained and the fact you traveled will show determination. I gave up on being a vet nurse due to lack of training practices. But if you want this, keep chasing it, you will get there in the end.

Debt isn't fun and I know that after spending the summer skint but you will get through it, just takes time. The fights with your husband will stop once your home! Don't worry things will come bk together!

hugs for you! and good luck!

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albatross — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:01:15 GMT

I know just where you are coming from, Karen, I am just at the point of giving it all up.
Not one Kent TP has ever offered me an interview, (in 3 1/2 years of serious trying and another 2 ad hoc looking while doing my HND before that) yet I have had a handful outside of Kent.
Hubby lost his job before Christmas and has not found anything. He's running up debts galore. He's not pulling his weight at home, probably cos he's depressed, we fell out seriously last time I was home cos he questioned my medical ability to deal with a chinchilla problem and even questioned official idexx results as them not knowing what they were talking about)!
We're broke, can't pay the mortgage, can't afford to repair the roof because the money he was meant to save for it, he spent in about 6 weeks drawing out money after he lost his job, we can't now even afford to insure the one dog we have (which is due next week and shot up by 50%), we're both too old for run of the mill type jobs like shelf stacking and bar work (or at least locally anyway, they all want young people they can pay £1.50 a week less to do menial tasks). The only jobs appearing in papers are for exectuive jobs we're not qualified for or care workers or cleaners. I can't get any money help because my little charity vet job is self employed (I gave up one of the two afternoons to a friend because of my dream trainign job and would feel very guilty trying to take it back off her!).
The older I get the more difficult it is to compete with jobs that all the young ones seem to suddenly walk into. Even on here I see people just be in the right place at the right time, but it never happens for me.I even get out there to try and get wind of jobs but they don't apear.
I write to local TP's time and time again, apply to any job I spot on the net nationally. It seems 90% of jobs just don't ever appear, or maybe there really aren't any trainee jobs out there other than the handful I spot.
Those hundreds of miles away mean I'd work for nothing with renting and petrol, and means I'd be away all the time from animals, hubby (no bad thing at the moment), and elderly disabled mother (which I do really worry about not being there for her). But even jobs far away don't seem to appear, or discount me because they want a local person.
Those that promise to keep me on file for a future job don't - an advert that appeared on here was just such a one, (I had interview when a job wasn't on offer and they wrote and said they liked me and would be in touch, shows they just bin stuff and get the next suitable CV in to add to their list of interviewees) and they never contacted me to ask if I was still interested....although I didn't spot it when it went up because I had a job a month ago!!
I am now certain I won't get the chance to train, so might as well give up.
It's alright keep saying try, try again but there's only so many knock backs and with so few jobs that appear/exist it's impossible to get to the top of a pile to even get an interview.
I had no sleep last night, still very upset today., don't even want to go into work.....

I have never felt so low in my life, and so close to giving up altogether,,,,

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Haley Thomas — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:56:59 GMT

There was a trainee job on here in Orpington I will see if I can find the link

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Karen S — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:47:04 GMT

Bah. Ignore me. Im having a bad week with deciding on studies and trying to find a job. Sigh.

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Karen S — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:46:14 GMT

Reading this makes me wonder why we bother sometimes. I have very high office skills, fully literate on Windows, Office and Mac and could get a good paying job doing project administration kinda stuff, yet i choose to fight the same battle as this... i feel your pain, really i do and perhaps today is just a bad day, but i am second guessing everything to do with vet nursing right now.

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Steph Worsley — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:23:59 GMT

Oh no, thats rubbish!!!! surely they should have known that they werent gonna have the funds at the end of 3 months.....you plan ahead for these sort of things in business!!!!

Here have a hug

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Mac Feather — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:23:37 GMT

Im really sorry to hear that Albatross.