Career Advice

[MJ_1993]

Import export. Choose what you want to import etc etc. seems pretty flexible to me, i read a book on it last year, seems alright stuff. Jeremy J. Fox has some good books if you do want to set up your own firm.

wait. why dont you set up your firm importing taiwanese goods. carbon bikes out there are pretty good. use sage winforecast (yes its long but its a necessary evil) to do up a business plan and have a look around.

what are you doing at the moment?

[MJ_1993]

I see. Well you could always set up your own management firm, and create a cycling team have a few sponsors and become a DS...

Well i guess your career path depends on what you want to do and where you want to go...

[Dombo]

I once had outplacement provided by a US investment bank that let me go, about 6 years ago. The advice, which I ignored, was to consider my outside interests and whether a career could be made from them. While owning a bike shop, becoming a professional photographer or mountain bike guide had attractions, the reality of mortgage, school fees and eating meant that I remained a banker (quiet at the back, Finbar). I had however taken a series of extra qualifications that let me move from the sell-side to the buy-side, which I prefer.

You need to consider what you would REALLY like to do and whether you can make a decent living from it. If not, then look at whether your skills are transferrable to other businesses or fields of work. Often you can feel as if you are in a rut because you're simply in the wrong firm and just get demoralised. It' s never too late to change - an old college mate of mine has just qualified as a clinical psychologist, having done a business degree over 20 years ago and worked as a money market trader for several years.

As others have posted, you can often get good advice from headhunters or perhaps even pay a career coach to have a detailed discussion with you.

[Dombo]

Somebody mentioned sourcing carbon frames from Taiwan and importing to the UK - you have the perfect name to put on them, sort of a cross between Sean Yates and almost Barry Hoban
Whatever happened to Ken Bird?

[Mike I]

Sounds like a mid-life crisis to me Sean. I recommend a new bike or at least a groupset upgrade. What's that? Oh!

Seriously though, I know just the person. I've sent you a pm.