Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that 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 feel my career is entering the “farce” stage. I took voluntary redundancy from a subject leader role in a Further Education college four years ago. I then ruined my CV by taking several fixed-term positions (the only jobs I could get interviews for in the rapidly contracting A-level sector) and hoping they would become permanent.
Now I’m stuck at the top end of the pay-scale with 10 years of teaching experience, good results, consistently happy students and no job. I have not been invited to interview for the last 10 jobs I’ve applied for. How can I get out of this spiral?
Do you need advice on a work issue? For Jeremy’s and readers’ help, send a brief email to dear.jeremy@theguardian.com. Please note that he is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or to reply personally.
