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I've worked in the same racing yard for the last 6 years and whilst I really do love it I need to move on. I'm just begining to want to have my horses as a hobby and not work with them all day as well. I won't leave the yard before spring as the season is just starting and there is too much to do so I won't leave them in the lurch.

So can anyone recommend me a career that doesn't involve kids, art, building stuff or having to deal with too many people.
 
EKW said:
Been there, done that ;) :D
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Nope, jacked in school after top level standard grades as I wanted to take a year out. I just got stuck in a bit of a rut as it's a very easy job to do and it's convenient.
 
if horses is all you know why not set up as someone who does clipping, pulling manes and tails, plaiting up for hunting or shows. also a lot of people work full time and may be happy to employ someone to do their horse one or two nights a week..which would give you a bit of flexibility....cant think of much else as you have ruled out quite a bit...good luck
 
I feel your pain, the only thing I'm technically qualified to do is work with horses. But I've tried that and ended up feeling like a slave! So I'm looking for something different to do. I'd love a well paid office job so I could ride on the side but I'm not qualified for that so that'd never happen.

I'd love to write a book but I don't think it'd be very interesting if I did. Shame as I love to write. I just have a feeling I'm going to go from one dead end job to the next until my boyfriend gets his high paying job and I can start a little small holding!
 
Hi - why not go back to college and for starters learn something like business admin. It'll teach you to type fast and all the other skills you would need to become something like a secretary. I know it may seem boring, but it could get you an entry into any type of office enviroment and you might end up starting to climb the ladder of a whole new career.

Best of all, you should be able to find a course with a timetable that fits around the yard, so you could still be working until you finished your course.
 
Insurance!

I love my insurance job- you don't really need any experience as most roles provide all the training you need (as it is all so specific to whatever you are insuring). I get to chat to nice people on the phone, be really nosy (as we do mostly commercial insurance I have to know lots about the business), 'think outside the box' about how to do stuff (I do love problem solving) and sit in a nice warm office.

(I went from school/ a- levels (average grades) did a summer working full time at a race yard loved it but needed more cash!! started as an office junior type role at 18 on £11,000 3years on and I am a fully fledged wholesale account exec' on £18,000 + unlimited comm' (the harder I work the more I earn) and really enjoy it)

Going to work every day isn't a chore for me!!

(if you do go down that route I would recommend trying to go for a Wholesale broker rather than retail as you only have to talk to people who know what they are doing)

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Captain Bridget said:
I feel your pain, the only thing I'm technically qualified to do is work with horses. But I've tried that and ended up feeling like a slave! So I'm looking for something different to do. I'd love a well paid office job so I could ride on the side but I'm not qualified for that so that'd never happen.

I'd love to write a book but I don't think it'd be very interesting if I did. Shame as I love to write. I just have a feeling I'm going to go from one dead end job to the next until my boyfriend gets his high paying job and I can start a little small holding!
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this makes me feel a bit :( have you tried applying for the office job you would like? you might surprise your self!!

DONT GIVE UP!!!
 
I work in an office and spend most of my day (a) thinking about how the horse I rode before work at 6am went and what I can do to improve us, and (b) how soon it will be 5.30pm so I can get back to the yard to ride the others. Also panicking about being 5-10 mins late in a morning because I missed the train to London which I should have got because I needed to spend that time sorting the horse's rugs/feet/stable/water/hay and panicking about needing to leave 5-10 mins early because it makes 30 mins difference to the train times and I have xyz to do at the yard. Never having my mind 100% on either yard or office, always feeling a bit guilty I dash around between work, horses, friends, family etc etc etc.

The grass is always greener and all that ;)
 
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