I’m now 32 years old, and was considering doing a BSc in nursing, however I’ve been out of education a while now. Did anyone else do it, and how did you find it?
One thing I’m not going to enjoy is signing up to brand a new student loan.. lol. Especially at it means repaying until I retire this time.
I think it’s especially the case if you have a hard technical skill, that’s valuable in a lot of private companies.
For example I recently saw a job that looked about equivalent to HEO (in the energy sector) that pays £50,000/year. They also include a 12% company contribution, a share incentive scheme, a 10% annual bonus, a savings scheme where for up to £500 you save in a month, they add 50% to it.
My brother who works in insurance also gets a bonus of around 12%/year, and with his company’s share incentive scheme he’s made around £25k from it over the past 5-6 years.
Yet meanwhile HEO roles in London still mostly pay under £40k/year without any benefit you’ll see before you turn 68. I just don’t think the pension alone is justification for the low salaries in London at least (they’re quite competitive outside London).
I’ve mostly worked in London, and it feels extremely tough to get a new job recently. Lots of competition for each role, never hearing back from applications etc.
I was wondering how the situation is up in Manchester these days? I lived in the city as a student so was curious. Thanks!
I worked as a claims adjuster at a London market insurance company and have about 6 years experience, but left in 2018 for various reasons. Since then I’ve had a child, and worked a job in the civil service for about 7 years in a totally unrelated area. My grade isn’t that high and the salary is lacking now, but the flexible hours etc were really valuable with a young child. I was thinking about going back into insurance, as I know many people I used to work with now have really great salaries. However, I’ve lost all my contacts, will need to relearn the basics I guess, but I would say I’m still familiar with how it all works.
What do you think my chances are?