u/keepcalmgocamping

Hello, I’m based in Teesside and currently am the manager of a restaurant/hotel. I’ve recently turned 40 and realised this is not what I want to be doing with my life and want to get out of hospitality entirely, nor do I want to manage people anymore. I have been looking for admin based roles but want a large and reputable company that has opportunities to progress in the future but have no idea where to start. Does anyone have any recommendations for companies in Teesside or any other job roles where I get to do the work assigned to me and finish at 5pm instead of managing people/having an out of hours phone/shift work?

I have also thought about going to into HR as that always interested me but the CIPD qualification is too expensive for me to take on myself, does anyone know if is possible to learn on the job somehow? Feeling very unfulfilled in life right now and just need a change and a fresh start but don’t know where to begin. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Hello everyone. I was a serial job hopper in my 20’s and 30’s, not spending more than 3 years with the same company. I’ve recently realised I have no idea how many pensions I’ve paid into and was planning to consolidate them all into one and downloaded the Moneybox app. This asked me for each of my pension reference numbers though which I don’t have (old enough that old jobs did everything over paper no longer have instead of email) and have no idea how to get. I set up a profile with pensionBee but again asking me for information I don’t have. Is there a way to find out which pensions I’ve paid into over the years? Genuinely thought there would be something I would put my national insurance number into and it would tell me every place I’ve ever worked, am I just really naive? If I have to just bite the bullet and accept I’ve lost them the so be it but any advice would be really appreciated.
Thank you!