I send naughty people home and don't let them come back for years
Another teacher; secondary school Craft, Design and Technology; currently an NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher) at a local-ish community high school. Am hoping there's a job on offer at the end of this school year!
Snr Process engineer in sizable pharma/biotech company.
Fondle + fettle...
Spray painter in a vehicle bodyshop.....frames on the side!
sale manager for a satellite/aerial/cctv company.
busy as **** at the mo.
all you guys looking to earn a few bob quick [i.e if you are getting made redundent) get some ladders, get on a 2 day course.
support staff for greater manchesters finest.
im not too worried.
Pollution Scientist/Site/Project Manager for a Contaminated Land Remediation Outfit.
We're closely related to the construction industry and 50% of our trade has just evaporated.
Bored shitless quite frankly, but its a job that keeps the kids in clothes. Hopefully a career change on the cards when the downturn eases up, or earlier if I'm made redundant.
Pretty much the same as mrmichaelwright. AV technician working in the corporate side of things doing conferences and exhibitions. Much of the work is across Europe and further afield for pharma companies so hopefully the work should continue, after all more people get ill in a recession.
My last job as a photographer with the MOD ended in redundancy and I don't really fancy that again as the payouts in the private sector will never match what the deal I was offered then.
Deviant.
landrover technican , been in motor trade since i left the army in 1989 , was also a baliff for a few years , as i was in between jobs , and at the mo its pants in the motor trade.
Assistant Chief Design Engineer for the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB jet engine.....
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Policeman. As many customers as ever.
Telecoms/IT engineer working in support for a consultancy company
A&E doctor.... Strangely enough I've been reasonably busy over the last few weeks!
Run my own company www.glencoehostel.co.uk, holiday accommodation, things still good at the mo as we're cheap cheap and rely loads on outdoor types.
TS
Consultant for a software company specialising in identity management and windows support tools. Most of our solutions are about efficiency and reducing support overheads - basically if we come in the door, some of the helpdesk skivvies will be leaving soon. As a result I'm booked out about about three months in advance.
March will see me enter my 33rd year in the Andrew! almost a career
tartanscarf - your link doesn't work, think it might be that comma. Nice website though.
Building services design engineer (and allegedly a low carbon consultant but aint done nothing in that line...) banging my head off the wall.
Work in an cultural outpost in a land surrounded by numpties with more money than sense.
HVAC has been under subscribed engineers wise for the last 5 years. We are beginning to get to the state where there are almost enough people to do the work now... Things should be moderately safe as a consequence (although we are in the construction industry so who knows). Seems like every ****er and his dog has been queuing up to FMUTA of late so guess its only a matter of time before I get thrown to the dogs.
I'm a poor student. So I guess that makes me a fully qualified alcoholic with enough free time to go biking. All paid for by you guys 🙂
But never fear I also work in a small shop that sells 'fine food'. I hope to set up my own business, but I need a great idea or someone with a great idea that I can help become reality.
Just started a new job working on the canals after 10 years working as a gardener. Really enjoying it as every day is different and get the added bonus of working in beautiful surroundings. Not gonna get rich doing this but highly unlikely I will lose my job.
Same as iseeadarkness, another HVAC Designer, based in UK.
I'm noticing large consultants involved with PFI and commercial developments are slowing down and are paying off design staff and seeking voluntary redundancies. Heard today that Dubai type projects are now slowing down so the international consultancies may also start paying off.
However I work mainly in education and local authority sector and things are very very busy at the moment and look OK for at least the next 6months or so.
Student. Studying Commercial Property Surveying, Trying to find a job for june 09 (year out), rather hard I have to say. Ah well, when i complete my degree in 2011 hopefully we should be starting to recover, thus there should be jobs for me.
Architectural Technologist although 'slowly' working on being a fully qualified architect when I learn to stop bumming around
My Mate is doing that at Uni Taff. Seems a good thing to do.
graphic designer in nottinghamshire working for snap.plc.uk
getting busy again after xmas lul
Finished uni 5 years ago [that has only just dawned on me - someone get me a snakebite and black]. Think I've been lucky with my experience so far. Find it quite exciting/fun but some mates are experiencing the opposite. Was rubbish at uni, not great at the whole drunken learning thing
Paramedic. Plenty out there to keep us busy. As always. It would actually be quite nice if things did quieten down a bit.
Another fireman here been very busy over the festive period cant see owt changing . Had a bad shift today as it goes how stupid some people drive astounds me 🙁
Royal Navy (Andrew) and then the Fire Service been there since 1982, can't complain and I can now retire if it's my want! But I've Uni bills to pay!
Time served Joiner/Carpenter, been working as a Contracts Manager for the last year until this crazy recession happened the company went bust, now I'm back on the tools wishing I was still doing the Contracts Manager Job
Was made (volunteered) redundant from RAF 3 years ago. Now a geek. Install and maintain networks, do IT support for small companies without their own dept and consultancy for those that do. Some times it gets in the way of biking and skiing.
Consultant to the utility sector, mostly water but some power companies. I try to help them make better investment decisions i.e. make better use of their customers' (our!) money. A good place to be for a not-so-closet environmentalist 🙂
Business is crazy busy but that's largely a function of the 5 year cycle in the water industry, which is currently in the "all hands to the pump" phase. If the past is owt to go by, 2010 will be a lot quieter, and then it'll probably all start to pick up again. A combination of the fact that utilities are essential services, and a never-ending stream of new regulations, means investment will keep crankin' on for a long time.
Probably the kiss of death for the sector, saying that!
A&E nurse, it seems to provide my riding mates with a false sense of security for their safety when we go out.
Sociology lecturer but I mainly do Cultural Studies. My main research interest is the presence of millenarian and apocalyptic themes in popular culture. It's a tough job but someone's got to do it.
Signaller on West Highland line, RETB if anyone is interested, like airtraffic control but with trains instead of planes! Good job done it for 18 years, don't nearly enough time on the hummer mores the pity!
PJ.
Another bloody student. Industrial Design, I'm currently looking for a placement to take next year, and hoping that the credit crunch won't affect companies taking us for a placement.
medical doctor, non-practicing (try getting your credentials verified in viet nam without paying a [i]significant[/i] bribe...) currently writing on travel/health and doing fitness promotion for a heart-rate monitor manufacturer.
successful? well, kinda, if success means the opportunity to travel around se asia doing strange things and meeting weird people. i've run and biked in places i can barely describe, but my lifestyle doesn't generate a major income, oh no. so the economic downturn doesn't hurt me as much as it's hurting others out here.
but if you buy the theory that says 'life is simply about collecting as many experiences as you can in the time you've been given' then i'm doing quite well, thank you 🙂
Debt collector for my family
Oggles - That's what I'm looking for. Usually by this time the average student will have had 5 or so interviews. I have had one ([i]and without trying to sound big-headed, i think I'm better than average[/i]) And that was with Mcdonalds, in their Estate Management Department. The credit crunch is definitely effecting my job hunting prospects lol.
GIS Technician - Local Authority but not 'secure' right now.
International jewel thief hours are a bit unsociable and the job takes me away from home sometimes but otherwise business as usual.
Availability Tech (process operator) at an oil refinery. Shiftwork means I can use trails when they are quiet.
Telecomms engineer for a mobile operator, working on a 2g upgrade(rumours of 5 years work). Just had a pay rise as well. Happy-ish days. Not a bad job some unsocialable hours and a fair bit of travelling, but other days 10 minute job and paid for a 10 hour day.Also get to go to some strange locations all those masts atop hills and buildings.
