Job advice

[Xzy3]

I'm always looking for something exciting, that next adrenaline rush. My current job is far from crazy. I am an apprentice electrician and I have no real interest in the work, every day is a bore. I'm only doing it because I was pressured by my parents at 16 to "get a real job". Also I guess I thought wanted to be qualified in something and not feel like a failure.

Now I'm thinking about becoming a paramedic but it's 3 years of study first. If I finish my apprenticeship, I will start study at 24 and become a paramedic at 27. To me that seems kind of.. old. If I quit my apprenticeship I could study now and become a paramedic at 23. But what if I don't enjoy being a paramedic either. I'll have nothing to fall back on. But then again, I wouldn't want to fall back on being an electrician anyway.

I'm still too young to know what I actually want to do for the rest of my life. I guess I just want some advice from the older ones. Please convince me that 27 is not old.

[Iamcatbug]

27 is not old at all! I only graduated from my degree this year at the age of nearly 27, and I've just embarked on further study. I've only just settled on s career path in the last few months. I also know lots of people who return to study later on in life, so you are not alone in that respect.

This might be a daft question, but have you looked into the requirements for the training and what the job will actually entail? If you do have your heart set on leaving your apprenticeship and training to be a paramedic it might be worth looking at what you could be doing now to persue that career. Also if you look into it in depth it could help to show your parents that this is something you really want to do in the long term and not jyst something you've decided on a whim.

[Ballerina123]

27 is not old to work in healthcare.
I use to be a student nurse and there were people in my class who where in their 40s
At my uni there was a guy studying history and he was in his 70s. Of course he was too old to make a caree from his degree but either way your never too old to have a career change.
To be honest though if you are not enjoying what your doing I think it would be a good idea to start the paramedic course sooner rather than later.
You can do the study, get the qualification and work as a paramedic and even if you don't like the job a least you have a job/caree while you decide what you do want. There is nothing saying that you can't retrain to do something else after your paramedic course if you do enjoy it.

As someone has worked in healthcare I can say that it is very rewarding and exciting. There is never a dull day in healthcare. Especialy with something like being a paramedic because you are on the front line daily.

In short, I say go for the paramedic course. I think you will find it more rewarding and exciting than your current job. But maybe I'm biased being a healthcare worker myself

[tiptoes]

I turn 27 next month and I still have another 18 months before I get my qualifications I need for my career.

I agree with the others about it never being too late to start a new career.

I think it would be worth seeing if you can attend some university open days to discuss what the course would entail and maybe contact a local ambulance base and see if you any of your local paramedics could spare some time to talk to you about the job. Although being a paramedic sounds like an exciting career a significant proportion of the time can be fairly mundane. I don't know how much the job has changed but a relative of mine said the job used to be 90% dull 10% exciting but the 10% made up for the 90% - Although this was a number of years ago now.

[JusC]

I after with the others, 27 isnt old. I look at my older sister and shes 30 but i never think Shes too old to stop thinking about the future. Luckly though shes got a good career so its proberly just looking at the fact that she will worried about ageing or something.

You got to do where u can see ur life going. I do think u should act now before its too late. Though u do need to be 100% certain. I know u mentioned u dont stick to things as maybe u get slightly nored but it could be that u havent round the career ur looking for yet so just improving ur experience in different areas and developing ur skills is what could be the answer.

However, if u are as i said before that the career u mentioned u wanna do is something u really want to go into then u need to start planning ahead before its too late. Remember though even if its the career u wanna do there has to some change in trying to make more of an effort stick to things more and give it ur all. Im not having a go or anything as what ur doing is great but u need to look into ur future career if u want to move things ahead.

If u needed anymore information or advice theres the website called The Careers Advice Service where u can speak to an adviser one to one and do an online quiz to see what jobs u would be fairly matched with.

What do u think?