The totally awesome U75 skillset thread: share your skills, get job ideas, find work

[stuff_it]

Lots of us are at a loss what to do, find it hard to make a career change, or struggle to identify which of our skills are the ones to highlight on job applications.

I've found tons of people jobs via Urban over the years, and fingers crossed it's now 'my turn'. This thread is for those who are still at a loss in some way how to sell or get work with their skillset.


Following on from moon 's very good idea on this thread: Totally Unemployable

 

[StoneRoad]

smashing idea - thanks moon for the idea and well done to stuff_it for starting the thread.

 

[stuff_it]

smashing idea - thanks moon for the idea and well done to stuff_it for starting the thread.

Perhaps it should be a sticky? It seems too good an idea to let fall off the end of the first page. editor ?

 

[editor]

Perhaps it should be a sticky? It seems too good an idea to let fall off the end of the first page. editor ?

Well, let's see what kind of response it gets first...

 

[stuff_it]

Well, let's see what kind of response it gets first...

I think there will be a few people who are in work who aren't maybe selling their skills as well as they could as well.

 

[bi0boy]

Someone should post their skillz then...

 

[pengaleng]

rolling bloody good joints, killing mice, unpicking stitches, fucking shit up, writing bars.

 

[dylanredefined]

cleaning stuff, tolerating idiots. Was a nurse actually the last sentence seems to sum up the profession a great deal.
I can also refuel a helicopter without anything exploding. Which is harder than it looks.