Whats Your Occupation ?

[Liam50]

i'm a AS student studying economics, business, sociology and IT just thinking about which one too drop. but i work part time at my lfs selling fish and pond supplies.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

i'm a AS student studying economics, business, sociology and IT just thinking about which one too drop. but i work part time at my lfs selling fish and pond supplies.

Drop sociology, It's a useless subject.

 

[always4lora]

i'm a AS student studying economics, business, sociology and IT just thinking about which one too drop. but i work part time at my lfs selling fish and pond supplies.

Drop sociology, It's a useless subject.

So's IT, i did a degree and it's useless! it's best in It to just go and specialise in something, general qualifications arent worth theyre paper theyre wrote on.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I am an emergency road service dispatcher.
graduated Rhode Island College with a BA in Psychology last may.
considering going back...just can't afford it yet!

What does an emergency road service dispatcher do?

A-level student studying Mathematics, ICT and Business. Got kept behind a year, and going to University in September to study Civil Engineering.

Good choice . I did a module on civil engineering and I loved it. I applied to do civil engineering as a MSc but they were so rude to me (the applications people) that I thought I'd do something else. I did pipeline engineering instead . So err I'm a pipeline engineer; for the big oil and gas companies; well I work for a small company who does contract work for the big companies

 

[hodgadon]

Uni studying marine biology

 

[Ace Of Spades]

i'm a AS student studying economics, business, sociology and IT just thinking about which one too drop. but i work part time at my lfs selling fish and pond supplies.

Drop sociology, It's a useless subject.

So's IT, i did a degree and it's useless! it's best in It to just go and specialise in something, general qualifications arent worth theyre paper theyre wrote on.

But IT has relevance to lots of jobs and is a useful skill to have, Sociology is not.... Unless you want to do something like Child Care...

I am an emergency road service dispatcher.
graduated Rhode Island College with a BA in Psychology last may.
considering going back...just can't afford it yet!

What does an emergency road service dispatcher do?

A-level student studying Mathematics, ICT and Business. Got kept behind a year, and going to University in September to study Civil Engineering.

Good choice . I did a module on civil engineering and I loved it. I applied to do civil engineering as a MSc but they were so rude to me (the applications people) that I thought I'd do something else. I did pipeline engineering instead . So err I'm a pipeline engineer; for the big oil and gas companies; well I work for a small company who does contract work for the big companies

Indeed, I'm looking forward to studying this at University it sounds like a good career and there are so many different areas you can work in once you have your degree.

 

[stuuk1]

Hi all, I am an electrician and work mainly in London. Waiting to hear back from an old company I worked for about a job as a project manager position, Very exciting!

 

[Kellz]

Now then ..... Where do i start.....

Job no 1 - Accounts Supervisor

Job no 2 - Bookkeeper

Job no 3 - Bar Staff

And the most important (and the un-paid job)

Mummy!

 

[Ben Harper]

I am dual qualified nurse (RMN/RNLD)

Currently I am a Service Manager for a large care company..

Part time: Retained Fire Fighter

 

[the biffster]

i used to be a fitter for 26 years
i worked on anything with an engine then
i got ill

 

[leedham]

I'm a student doing my level 3 national diploma in mechanical engineering, loving it so far

James

 

[Socks]

I'm a tower worker.Mostly do cell phone and microwave work with a bit for police,fire,ems and air traffic equipment here and there.

 

[kaivalagi]

I'm a contract tech lead/software developer, well versed with c#, vb (.net 3.5) and java (tomcat, spring etc) and all things database related
I am mostly working from home with trips of a few days at a time to a few company locations every other week or so, the furthest is 230 miles away
Work is good but can be stressful and is for the most part interesting. The pay can't be complained about neither.

edit: As education is a hot topic here right now I thought it would help to highlight my edication background which arguably got me to where I am. I have 2 degress, a BEng in Electronic Computer Systems Engineering (2.i Hons) and a MSc in Data Telecoms and Networks. The engineering degree was well worth the hard graft (35hr weeks of lectures, labs and workshops + study on top) but the MSc didn't help at all IMHO...it was just an excuse in the end to be a student for 1 more year reallyAtleast I got grants for all of this, not so easy to come by now I think...

 

[Liam50]

i'm a AS student studying economics, business, sociology and IT just thinking about which one too drop. but i work part time at my lfs selling fish and pond supplies.

Drop sociology, It's a useless subject.

So's IT, i did a degree and it's useless! it's best in It to just go and specialise in something, general qualifications arent worth theyre paper theyre wrote on.

But IT has relevance to lots of jobs and is a useful skill to have, Sociology is not.... Unless you want to do something like Child Care...

I am an emergency road service dispatcher.
graduated Rhode Island College with a BA in Psychology last may.
considering going back...just can't afford it yet!

What does an emergency road service dispatcher do?

A-level student studying Mathematics, ICT and Business. Got kept behind a year, and going to University in September to study Civil Engineering.

Good choice . I did a module on civil engineering and I loved it. I applied to do civil engineering as a MSc but they were so rude to me (the applications people) that I thought I'd do something else. I did pipeline engineering instead . So err I'm a pipeline engineer; for the big oil and gas companies; well I work for a small company who does contract work for the big companies

i hope the big company wasn't bp.

Indeed, I'm looking forward to studying this at University it sounds like a good career and there are so many different areas you can work in once you have your degree.

thanks guys for the heads up to be honest the only reason i'm at sixth form is cause i didn't wanna start working but now i can't wait. I hoping to get a law degree through working for my auntie and uncles law firm should be funnn.

 

[Jenste]

I am an emergency road service dispatcher.
graduated Rhode Island College with a BA in Psychology last may.
considering going back...just can't afford it yet!

What does an emergency road service dispatcher do?

I work for AAA - - and one of the aspects of the membership is cheap roadservice. Basic members pay about $50-60 a year (various upon region) to get free tirechanges, lock outs, gas delivery of 2-3 gallons if they run out while driving(pay for gas though), jump starts, and hook ups for tow with 3 free miles and then $3 dollars per mile after wards PER TOW and Plus members get all the same (membership costs $80-90 a year depending on region) except they get the gas for free and get 100 free miles PER TOW, along with having the option to make more calls to use per year before having to pay for extra service.
thats just a rundown of the road service aspect, AAA offers a crapload of stuff for members

anyways, when a person needs roadservice, they call and the call gets taken by a "call receiver/call counselor" and they go through the motions of "can I have your membership Id, phone number, location, type of car, what's wrong, what do you need " etc etc

Then the call comes onto my (or another dispatchers) screen. the calls are sorted by location. I then call the facility closest to that location, call the cops/fire department if need be, call the drivers etc - - generally dispatch the call. then I call the member back, verify the info, tell them we have so-and-so coming at whatever time etc...monitor the call from start to finish, find fast service if need be...

doesn't sound too difficult until you take into consideration that this a nation wide organizatiom broken up into regions, and each dispatcher handles an area of approxiamately 50-75 square miles, processing hundreds of calls a day.

but hey, it pays the bill, and every call is unique - -you can never tell what kind of person is going to be on the other end of the phone line...most often swearing because they are frustrated and I don't have the ability to teleport a driver to them instanteously!! haha