finalzero

Get skilled in the trade, get some experience and head to Australia, they are lacking trade skills due to so many people going into IT and Business.

Gerard_M

its getting the skills in the first place im struggling with. Right now its not about the money its about getting in somewhere where i can learn useful skills. Sure the moneys good when your qualified but its about job satisfaction aswell.

Ray_li

ture but I did say manufacturing related.

I'm a design engineer working for a company with factories in UK and china.
China cant design produxts now but they are learning quickly.

give it time they will have 3 design engineers for the price of one over here. that could and most likey lead to job cuts in the uk

nixxon

Engineering in the UK! What a joke! Let's face it, we invented the Engineer. Now, he's reduced to grovelling around in the dirt, a spanner in one hand, and an oily rag in t'other. In Britain, any self regarding chancer with an HND can call himself an Engineer. Plumbers are especially gulity. "Heating Engineer" my **** ! In Germany, or even Italy, to call yourself an Engineer, you'ld better have a good few tricky years of study to justify prefixing your name with Ing.
Ing. Ferry Porsche, can you fix my boiler?

David Lock

If your circumstances allow I would think about taking a year out. Go overseas and get a job working for a charity that's doing some real good somewhere. Huge job satisfaction and it may open up ideas and opportunities you never knew existed.

This is the only time in your life you will have such a chance and it doesn't do any harm to have this on a CV whatever you choose to do.

I am only throwing this idea in the pot but give it some thought dl

spireite

This is what i did David back in 1988 went out to work in Guyana.Certainly opens your eyes .

Although didn't really do me any good as im now a health & safety consultant (Theres only traffic wardens and estsate agents any lower )