What to do.... IT Job to....?
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Ok, I've got a safe job for the company I work for and worked for them nearly 3 years. However, for my skills and responsibility they do not pay me that what I'm worth (nor did I see a bonus, pay rise or promotion this year) I even applied for voluntary redundancy with a decent payout, only to be told no as they needed to retain my skills. However, the job its self is quite cushy, I work from home, never have to go to the office and my manager is in Germany who I hardly speak too.
The predicament is, I want to move to London with my partner. She's from down south and I want to experience the change in life style. However, I'm a bit bored with what I do and would love to change career, but with London been more expensive to live, I need more £££ to have a decent life-style as such. I can work anywhere in the world with my current job, and probably would be fine with the salary I'm on now in London.
With the company I work for (over 80,000+ employees) I can move around and it is possible to move around and train in different areas. I work in IT Design but fancy learning some business skills and coming away from IT as such. Question is, do I jump ship and find a new job in the smoke, chase the ££ in my current career path or stay put, have an easyish ride but not earn the ££ and train in business management, Prince2 etc etc?
Bit of a bumbling post, but had to write it down...
The predicament is, I want to move to London with my partner. She's from down south and I want to experience the change in life style. However, I'm a bit bored with what I do and would love to change career, but with London been more expensive to live, I need more £££ to have a decent life-style as such. I can work anywhere in the world with my current job, and probably would be fine with the salary I'm on now in London.
With the company I work for (over 80,000+ employees) I can move around and it is possible to move around and train in different areas. I work in IT Design but fancy learning some business skills and coming away from IT as such. Question is, do I jump ship and find a new job in the smoke, chase the ££ in my current career path or stay put, have an easyish ride but not earn the ££ and train in business management, Prince2 etc etc?
Bit of a bumbling post, but had to write it down...
GingerChops said:
Ok, I've got a safe job for the company I work for and worked for them nearly 3 years. However, for my skills and responsibility they do not pay me that what I'm worth (nor did I see a bonus, pay rise or promotion this year) I even applied for voluntary redundancy with a decent payout, only to be told no as they needed to retain my skills. However, the job its self is quite cushy, I work from home, never have to go to the office and my manager is in Germany who I hardly speak too.
The predicament is, I want to move to London with my partner. She's from down south and I want to experience the change in life style. However, I'm a bit bored with what I do and would love to change career, but with London been more expensive to live, I need more £££ to have a decent life-style as such. I can work anywhere in the world with my current job, and probably would be fine with the salary I'm on now in London.
With the company I work for (over 80,000+ employees) I can move around and it is possible to move around and train in different areas. I work in IT Design but fancy learning some business skills and coming away from IT as such. Question is, do I jump ship and find a new job in the smoke, chase the ££ in my current career path or stay put, have an easyish ride but not earn the ££ and train in business management, Prince2 etc etc?
Bit of a bumbling post, but had to write it down...
First of all... move to london with the current job first rather than do it all in one go.The predicament is, I want to move to London with my partner. She's from down south and I want to experience the change in life style. However, I'm a bit bored with what I do and would love to change career, but with London been more expensive to live, I need more £££ to have a decent life-style as such. I can work anywhere in the world with my current job, and probably would be fine with the salary I'm on now in London.
With the company I work for (over 80,000+ employees) I can move around and it is possible to move around and train in different areas. I work in IT Design but fancy learning some business skills and coming away from IT as such. Question is, do I jump ship and find a new job in the smoke, chase the ££ in my current career path or stay put, have an easyish ride but not earn the ££ and train in business management, Prince2 etc etc?
Bit of a bumbling post, but had to write it down...
Once in london its easier to find a job.
Prince2... dont even bother its only worth anything in this country, look at pmi instead:
http://www.pmi.org/careerdevelopment/pages/certifi...
What kind of things are you looking at doing in the IT? Any ideas?
Dupont666 said:
First of all... move to london with the current job first rather than do it all in one go.
Once in london its easier to find a job.
Prince2... dont even bother its only worth anything in this country, look at pmi instead:
http://www.pmi.org/careerdevelopment/pages/certifi...
What kind of things are you looking at doing in the IT? Any ideas?
Cheers, never heard of PMI before.Once in london its easier to find a job.
Prince2... dont even bother its only worth anything in this country, look at pmi instead:
http://www.pmi.org/careerdevelopment/pages/certifi...
What kind of things are you looking at doing in the IT? Any ideas?
Not sure I understand your last comment? What am I looking to do away from IT do you mean?
GingerChops said:
Dupont666 said:
First of all... move to london with the current job first rather than do it all in one go.
Once in london its easier to find a job.
Prince2... dont even bother its only worth anything in this country, look at pmi instead:
http://www.pmi.org/careerdevelopment/pages/certifi...
What kind of things are you looking at doing in the IT? Any ideas?
Cheers, never heard of PMI before.Once in london its easier to find a job.
Prince2... dont even bother its only worth anything in this country, look at pmi instead:
http://www.pmi.org/careerdevelopment/pages/certifi...
What kind of things are you looking at doing in the IT? Any ideas?
Not sure I understand your last comment? What am I looking to do away from IT do you mean?
How about trying project management of IT designers?
Dupont666 said:
A change away from IT? What like?
How about trying project management of IT designers?
I was kind of thinking more the business analyst route. Still need to read in to it more, but I thought obtaining something like Prince2 would assist my development, especially having a IT background. I want some skills which I transfer elsewhere later on.How about trying project management of IT designers?
What about an engagement-type function. Basically a customer-facing PM who knows the technology well but has the business acumen to sell and manage a relationship. Do you work for a vendor? Much easier to do in a vendor IMHO.
Saying that you will need business expereince, BA is a good route through or how about Pre-Sales?
Saying that you will need business expereince, BA is a good route through or how about Pre-Sales?
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