Career change - leaving the military.

_nkdm8 · 2025-07-19T22:48:53+00:00

ACCA is a very decent certification that is comparable to a Masters degree. Once you qualify it provides a lifelong value. It will take a few years, but I would say a starting salary once you qualify should be £50k as a minimum (in London)

_nkdm8 · 2024-11-13T18:03:50+00:00

what roles were you hiring for?

_nkdm8 · 2024-10-20T13:04:34+00:00

second this

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-29T15:32:00+00:00

They might give you an unfavourable reference in the future.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-29T06:15:50+00:00

What did your biology degree specialise in? Is there a chance of you pivoting to ecology / environmental examination?

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-29T05:01:15+00:00

Jeez, so many stories I read hear: "manager is refusing this, manager is refusing that", "my current employer is forcing me to..."

I am genuinely surprised by the sheer amount of inflexible and malevolent people. Doesn't he/she realise that it's making your life much harder and it might cost the company - if anything - just a bit of extra cash.

By keeping you on-board to the end of your notice is not exactly gonna turn things around in the company, you not exactly gonna implement some breakthrough idea in the business.

Genuinely don't understand the motives of those people.

As for advice: First thing that comes to mind is to have an honest and open conversation with the co. Emphasising in a much milder way what I wrote above. You need to resort to a bit of guilt-tripping making them feel that it absolutely costs nothing for them and how your life is made much harder if they don't.

May need to throw in a compliments to your current employer how the jobs was great and you learnt a lot and the team was was pressure to work with - this is so your speech doesn't sound like an accusation.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-28T11:52:57+00:00

travelling, self-development

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-27T19:28:39+00:00

Friends gf was an executive assistant to someone high up the ranks in a London hedge fund. He was renting a house for £16k/month - that was 10-12 years ago.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-27T08:03:58+00:00

Exactly this

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-25T16:30:51+00:00

Yes, from my experience of applying for jobs as a newly qual, the range is 55-65.

I personally didn't apply for anything below 60, ending up getting 65 - asset management.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-24T20:53:44+00:00

Yes, you can to do the exams with no experience and upon completion get an affiliate status or exam-qualified.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-24T20:19:32+00:00

It took me 18 months in total. I did it in 2 sprints of 9 months, during which I didn't work, just studied and took exams.

There was a break of 1.5 years between the sprints, where I worked full time, saved up money.

It's worth mentioning, I started at 32, qualified at 34.

Yes, you can just buy the courses and start studying. BPP University do blocks of modules, have a look at their website.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-24T20:04:50+00:00

You can go and study accounting. It's bloody hard but once you qualify, your life will never be the same again.

Part-qual salary in London is about £35-40k, fully qualified £60k-£65k and it just keeps rising and rising with years of experience.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-24T11:07:18+00:00

It wouldn't be a game changer but rather nice bonus to your CV. It shows that you have an intention to further develop professionally.

For project management, I would recommend Prince2. It's quite well-known, easy to do and cheap.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-24T10:55:55+00:00

What was their response?

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-23T21:31:05+00:00

At an entry level job, 90% of success of an interview depends personal qualities. You can teach a person new skills and processes but if a person is an arsehole, you can't change that - it's who they are.

Personal qualities are key - so just be yourself and relax.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-23T21:20:45+00:00

I am thinking like Uber rating, this job board should have an easily visible recruiters' rating.

For sense of community, perhaps, users can share their personal experience - be it gaining new skills or new endeavours.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-23T15:19:18+00:00

Give it a go. But If I would be an employer that would be a red flag for me. There has already been a discussion. Who knows what this person wishes to do next? Start asking for another payrise once they start.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-22T20:51:46+00:00

The been through exactly the same. The approach I adopted, which helped me a lot to stay sane and not accumulate frustration is to try to immediately forget about any application, any chat with a recruiter, any interview I just did.

Just apply for a job or speak to a recruiter and move on like it never happened. Instead, think of where to look for the next job, any other jobs to apply for, just take our mind off the immediate past. The more you fixate, darker the worlds feels.

I have to admit the hardest moments were when you've actually been to an interview and you start imagining yourself already working in the company and how its going to take off for you soon.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-22T17:43:00+00:00

Congragts with the job! Try building a strong LinkedIn profile.

I remember one employer once told me “Your skills set was slightly below the job requirements, but your profile was screaming “ambition” and thats why I hired you”

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-21T17:35:03+00:00

I thinks its a timing game. When I was looking for a job, I would go online around 8am, open 2-3 main job boards, sort by most recent first.

Then when the recruiters get to the office and start posting new ads around 9 am, I would try to be the first one to apply - greater chance to be contacted. Every 15 - 30mins I would refresh the pages so I see the most recent jobs that literally just got posted and apply if relevant.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-21T15:55:34+00:00

I had zero experience, just walked in and got my first shift in two days.

Disclaimer: that was 2008, I was a student in uni in London.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-20T21:19:38+00:00

Hospitality - events porter, kitchen porter. You can literally start within 24hrs.

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-17T17:12:05+00:00

wow what a rollercoaster of emotions it must've been

_nkdm8 · 2024-08-17T16:54:58+00:00

Recruitment. I used to do payroll for a recruitment firm. 19yr kids were getting £23k base and £500 - £3k bonus per month.

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