On Friday and Monday we publish the problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Guardian Money supplement, so readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy's own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?
I've been working as a TEFL teacher in Spain for three years, but I am tired of the bad pay, unsociable hours and long periods without work, so I've handed in my notice. I worked in administration before and I have a 2:2 in business management.
When I return to the UK I think I want to work in administration, but I definitely want to work in an office, ideally in a managerial or supervisory role (something with a lot of responsibility), but I'm finding it hard to convince recruitment agencies that my teaching skills are transferable. They seem to get stuck on the teaching and can't see past it to the administration work I did before, or they think I'll want to go back to Spain when the new teaching year starts.
I've still got debts from university, so I need to find a job quickly. How can I market my skills to employers so there is no doubt in their mind that working in an office is what I really want to do?
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