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Jon-of-arc said:
Yeah, it's not going to be cheap, but its something I should do, anyway. I've looked up insurance, and even on a zero ncd basis, I was able to get an impreza wrx (total boy racer thing) insured for about £1200, or £2000 if I paid by instalments. I have a small inheritance, which was once supposed to be a deposit for a house, but wouldn't really cover that in today's market, and I'm a million miles from being well salaried enough to get a mortgage and declared myself bankrupt a few years ago so can't get credit anyway, so I'm pretty sure I can get the start-up money together. After that its a case of using the thing, which I know won't be cheap but will be better than a train/cycle rush-hour mission from far west of Reading to out past Wokingham (and back!) on a daily basis.
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:eek: at venturing in to darkest wokinghamshire

(although i take it you have established it's somewhere that's well off a bus route? some bits of the wokingham patch do still manage to be on a bus route - others don't. if you want to PM me a location, I can think about it for you)
 
Puddy_Tat said:
:eek: at venturing in to darkest wokinghamshire

(although i take it you have established it's somewhere that's well off a bus route? some bits of the wokingham patch do still manage to be on a bus route - others don't. if you want to PM me a location, I can think about it for you)
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I did the journey, which I very much considered to be "part of me interviewing them". Its an hour and 10 minutes, 45 of which are on the bike. Bit nervey about the prospect of riding in winter, but I've got to take my bike because the bus this end adds another 45 mins to the journey, and doesn't match well with connecting journeys, by train or bus.

Cheers for the offer though. I may end up taking you up on it, if current plans don't work out as planned or living arrangements change.
 
I'm not sure what job to look for next. I love working with kids and so do they. It doesn't have to be in a school but it has to be a job which involves engaging young people and building positive relationships with them.
I have no vocational qualifications, just a shitty Desmond English BA.
Any ideas?
 
Orang Utan said:
I'm not sure what job to look for next. I love working with kids and so do they. It doesn't have to be in a school but it has to be a job which involves engaging young people and building positive relationships with them.
I have no vocational qualifications, just a shitty Desmond English BA.
Any ideas?
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What work experience do you have already?
That way we can look at transferrable skills.
 
Rutita1 said:
What work experience do you have already?
That way we can look at transferrable skills.
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Nearly 2 years of school experience as a librarian (but fuck it, i do teach', even though they won't call it that), 10 working in a videotape library in a tv channel, back room retail work before that.'
 
Orang Utan said:
I'm not sure what job to look for next. I love working with kids and so do they. It doesn't have to be in a school but it has to be a job which involves engaging young people and building positive relationships with them.
I have no vocational qualifications, just a shitty Desmond English BA.
Any ideas?
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Are you a qualified librarian? If so, another school librarian job?

If not Unqualified teacher/TA type job?
Or third sector education? (I.e. Charities involved in education and education support? There's one here who are focused on raising kids literacy and access to books)
 
chilango said:
Are you a qualified librarian? If so, another school librarian job?

If not Unqualified teacher/TA type job?
Or third sector education? (I.e. Charities involved in education and education support? There's one here who are focused on raising kids literacy and access to books)
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I'm not qualified :(
I guess I could look at TA/intervention work.
Have seen a couple of public library jobs, which surprised me, but on closer inspection, they look a bit shit (roaming round different sites, supervising staff)
 
Orang Utan said:
I'm not qualified :(
I guess I could look at TA/intervention work.
Have seen a couple of public library jobs, which surprised me, but on closer inspection, they look a bit shit (roaming round different sites, supervising staff)
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Check out the charity sector. There's a lot of education charities. Many will have roles involving working with the kids (workshops etc.). Also look in the "support" and "other workplaces" sections on TES Jobs. Might be something that takes your fancy there.
 
Mapped said:
I've got an interview on Tuesday morning for a job I applied for in August :)

They still think I'm in Aus, so at the moment it's a video interview. I'm trying to rearrange it as a face to face one.
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tell them you're so enthusiastic about the job you decided to come over for the interview...

:p

hope it goes well
 
Orang Utan said:
I'm not qualified :(
I guess I could look at TA/intervention work.
Have seen a couple of public library jobs, which surprised me, but on closer inspection, they look a bit shit (roaming round different sites, supervising staff)
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charityjobs.co.uk

Have a look there as I find so many decent positions on there.

I am happy to look over your PS too if you'd like a second opinion. :)
 
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