capybara
08-15-2003, 10:53 PM
1. my regular job is maintenance at a nursing home.
i did this for 1.5 years, its indoors, air conditioned, and stable work meaning that
its reasonable free from layoffs, and i can probably hold this job for years and years. but i dont get up and really look forward to going in to work.
2. during my one-week vacation from job #1, i want back and worked in electrical construction , wiring newly built apartments.
this was what i went to night-school 4 years to get my journeyman's card doing. i enjoyed it alot more than my maintenance job. BUT construction has a big downside:
housing permits vary in my county from 5000 per year to
1000 per year. this mean that in slow years, 80% of those
working during the busy years will get layed off.
3, because i am the only wage earner in my family, the idea of depending on an industry with severe boom and bust cycles, and 80% layoffs during lean times, seems like a stupid choice.
4. however, i do enjoy the work as a electrician more than
the maintenance job.
5. i wish there was a way to do what i prefer and not suffer the severe negatives of the construction industry. ANY ADVICE ?
i did this for 1.5 years, its indoors, air conditioned, and stable work meaning that
its reasonable free from layoffs, and i can probably hold this job for years and years. but i dont get up and really look forward to going in to work.
2. during my one-week vacation from job #1, i want back and worked in electrical construction , wiring newly built apartments.
this was what i went to night-school 4 years to get my journeyman's card doing. i enjoyed it alot more than my maintenance job. BUT construction has a big downside:
housing permits vary in my county from 5000 per year to
1000 per year. this mean that in slow years, 80% of those
working during the busy years will get layed off.
3, because i am the only wage earner in my family, the idea of depending on an industry with severe boom and bust cycles, and 80% layoffs during lean times, seems like a stupid choice.
4. however, i do enjoy the work as a electrician more than
the maintenance job.
5. i wish there was a way to do what i prefer and not suffer the severe negatives of the construction industry. ANY ADVICE ?