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Honestly only special people can be teachers, Im not one of them - Id be useless and gutted if someone like me taught my babies
I guess the great thing about teaching is the people who do it love it
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If you like the idea of an admin bitch city councils can be really interesting places to do that. In my role at the council I worked for a while as the admin bitch in their water lab, that was a cool environment but when I got another admin job I was working with projects. I helped out with a windfarm project, the call centre.. was on a few boards like safety advisory, youth council, and helped out with major grants and events. It was really cool cause it wasn't the same thing day in and out. Councils also have a few plus's. They can pay pretty well and you have really good job security
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Raspberryjam Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 January 2010 at 4:38pm
I like it Kebakat - might check out what I need to do to get in there - any ideas appreciated

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I was/am a graphic designer. I gave up working in a conventional office when my son was born so have just take on the causal contracts as when I come across them. Not a massive amount of money for me these days since I am not actively seeking contracts but I what I do and I'm good at it. And I can do it from home and work around the kids.
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I had no qualifications as I was just finding a job to fill in time to figure out what I wanted to be (I started training to be a Vet and realised it wasn't what I really wanted).

The other good thing about Councils is when there is a vacancy they generally look to their own staff first for a promotion and advertise internally first (or they did here). You can also learn loads of skills when you work with the same team and have the chance to move into a more specialised role if you wanted.

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Awesome!! I might see what kind of fancy jobs they have there, Id like to do some new study over the next three years while im breeding, and then DH can semi retire like he wants to at 50

Im from Palmy too Kebakat - have you always lived there?

Emiloly - thats a cool job - even better when you can work from home - I would love DH to move into something like that - or web design but he has to wait now since Im preggers
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I do webdesign too, although everything i know now is self taught rather than coming from degree. check out my website if you want. designem.co.nz I guess the design principles stuck but the design industry is something you need to keep on top of, up grade your skills, follow trends etc.

I'm working on a logo for a client right now, my first contact since having the girls. I'm almost done which is good. Getting a few extra $$$ is great and makes DP happy lol Plus I feel better and I'm exercising my brain and teaching my babies I can do more than stay at home and cook and clean. (not that there is anything wrong with that)
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Sorta, in the area anyway. Grew up in the thriving fantastic town of bulls. I moved to Palmy as soon as I got out of home
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Originally posted by Emiloly Emiloly wrote:

I do webdesign too, although everything i know now is self taught rather than coming from degree. check out my website if you want. designem.co.nz I guess the design principles stuck but the design industry is something you need to keep on top of, up grade your skills, follow trends etc.


Wow, love your site! Very funky.
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Thanks LittleSal, still gotta few bits and bobs to tidy up and actually start posting on my blog. All in good time, and my kids take up most of it lol. Thankfully I got the bulk of it finished before the girls arrived!
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Awesome, I love it!!
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I'm currently working part time as Office Admin for a web design company I'm going back to uni part time this year to study health science I want to either work for the council as an inspector or in the public health sector focusing on nutrition etc.
Eventually I will be earning good money 50K plus.

I find the web design work that my company does is really boring, I could not spend my day writing code. bore me to tears.
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Originally posted by caliandjack caliandjack wrote:

I find the web design work that my company does is really boring, I could not spend my day writing code. bore me to tears.


lol Writing code gives me a head ache (dyslexic) but I get such a kick when it works =op
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I dont think Id be bright enough in a technical way to do this kind of work, but my DH who has been in IT nearing 20 years designed a website for me, even though he is not trained. He did so well I loved it, and was too really pleased with the outcomes of his labour. I guess if your into it and obviously good at it , like Emiloly, its a buzz.

So have decided - well not really - bit narrowed it down to environmental planning and or policy, social policy or environmental sustainability. So will see what I can do in regards to training and employment oportunites and money of course! and take it from there.
Thanks so much for sharing everyone, we sure have some talented women on this site and a varied range of expertise! Always good to network in regards to career choices - who knows what spin offs will come from it
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I am/was a newspaper journo/editor.

I say that because I'm now on maternity leave and about the only work I do is write a weekly parenting column about my life as a mum! Which is fun and a bit of pocket money for me.

Loved the job but some days it did do my head in. But mostly loved it, look back now at some of the fabulous people I met and stories of theirs I got to share. Would love to go back but depends on whether I can make the hours work as it can be a bit of an on-call 24/7 job.
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That was on my list BecM - but yip im over crazy hours with a babe (or two or three )
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Originally posted by Emiloly Emiloly wrote:

Originally posted by caliandjack caliandjack wrote:

I find the web design work that my company does is really boring, I could not spend my day writing code. bore me to tears.


lol Writing code gives me a head ache (dyslexic) but I get such a kick when it works =op


lol me too and I'm not dyslexic

I'm in IT too, works well for me as my company are extremely family friendly and allow me to decide how much I want to work.
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DH is English and is lotus notes admin - which is huge in europe, but here he dosent get the flexibility or the cash he got back home as most companies here use exchange I believe - which he had only just moved into when he got made redundant.
Im hoping he will retrain too to give us more options as to where we live, Its great being by starship as we have a heart kid but we would rather not raise our kids here. Once Our girl is a bit older we will have more options with her health care too
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I was a food scientist / quality control manager plus a stint in viticulture. I worked for a small private dairy company and was earning $48k for 4 days a week after a couple of years there, it was my first food sci job too. Was a good job, challenging and a good mix of desk work and practical work. I would imagine that food sci type jobs would pay better in Auckland as there are a lot more oppotunities there than down south.

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I was a Logistics Planner for a winery which I really enjoyed. I have been asked to do some work from home for them which will be good as I want to try and get my brain working again.
I found it a great and exciting industry even though I am not really a drinker at all. I loved harvest time, there was a really energy about the place and I got to travel to the winery in Marlborough a few years back which was great.
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