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hi. @TheNightmare . some jobs take on ppl wiothout gcses. some do apretiships too. you cold try volunteering. to get ur cv looking snazzy with skills. you can do learning on the job too. what job do u want in future?. keep going. you got this.

also. it ok to have none. i failed mine. but got english level 2. functionak skill. so dw abt not having any.

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no. failed maths. sad but will do it in future. i did care work with only english. so it is possible. just different work ppl have different requirements. oh wow. like car mechanic? or selling cars?.

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eylah

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have u found any yet? do they have gcse requirements.

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eylah

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yeah. i hear you. no matter what age. you have to start somewhere. maybe in near furture. you could go back to college and then re sit them. no pressure. just a idea.

proud of you.

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eylah

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if you need any help. with gcse or job help. here for you.<3

JustV

I'm not sure if this helps @TheNightmare, but I spent three years at college, failed all my subjects every year, and left with nothing to show for it. I had some GCSEs but that was it.

Then when I did start my career, it was in something completely different to the things I did well at in GCSE. I kind of stumbled into it to be honest, starting with volunteering, which led to an internship, then eventually paid work. It was fairly slow going but the path there kind of revealed itself to me as I moved through it - it wasn't something I planned.

When I was in college and when I dropped out after my third year, I honeslty thought I'd spend the rest of my life in catering or customer service. Up to that point I'd worked in a fish and chip shop for about 5 years, and I figured I'd just be stuck there. But slowly but surely, things changed for me.

The same can happen for you too.

Opportunities will find you if given enough time, and if you persue the things you enjoy and that you're good at. I know it can be tough because when you're a bit younger it feels like the walls are closing in and there's so much pressure to have a plan, to have a career, and to sort this stuff out (I had a super hard time with that too). But something I've really learned is that a lot of this stuff is luck and time and waiting to see what happens. You're a smart guy and you clearly have a lot of determination to get the job you want, and that counts for a LOT.

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JustV

I just do this for a living! I work for The Mix, started out as a volunteer a decade ago.

My first paid role here was as a Community Manager, but I'm based in our Volunteer Training team now.

I've been here a while (as some of our senior members will know haha) but it's let me develop skills I could never have developed in my previous work life. I've made connections now that mean I could branch out a bit if I wanted to. I also moved from Cornwall to London because of these opportunities, so it's kinda wild how many doors that volunteer role opened for me.

Admittedly though, part of it is luck, and I think people underestimate how big of a role that plays in the opportunities you get access to in your life. Lots of dice rolls.

I'm quite a big advocate for volunteering and allowing yourself the time to build skills and make your own journey, because that's ultimately what my life is built on.

No worries by the way, glad it was helpful! I know it can be hard to see a way out when you feel stuck, and I remember speaking to successful people who took less traditional paths when I was younger really helped me see that my world was more open than it felt at the time.

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Our arrangement is hybrid (mostly remote working with some in-office)

but there are quite a few types of jobs in this sector that are fully remote, it depends a bit on the role

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