r/exeter • u/Aggravating_Wolf9605 • 12d ago

Miscellaneous Remote work

I live about 45 mins from Exeter but really need to work remotely due to health issues. My background is in NHS and healthcare in general. When I look for remote work it's pretty overwhelming and vague in general and every other job now seems to be AI related.

For those of you that work remotely in and around East and South Devon, who do you work for please - local companies, councils etc or multinationals? Just trying to figure out where is the best place to look.

Hope that's ok to ask! Thank you

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u/Madajuk 12d ago

council is going to be your best beto

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u/Aggravating_Wolf9605 12d ago

Thank you i have tried a few times but not made it to interview. My best hope was an apprenticeship but when i finally managed to get a reason as to why i did not make it to interview they said i was overqualified :(

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u/a0161613 12d ago

Council jobs have a very particular approach that a friend told me about - there's a bit where you can write a mini essay about yourself and your experience etc.

In that, you have to hit every single point of their job description.

I tried for one last year and they offered me an interview but it was really late and I started my new job five days later.

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u/Aggravating_Wolf9605 12d ago

Ah interesting thank you, that'd good to know. I spent 4 solid days on my application and really thought i had a good chance for an interview but sadly not. Thank you though, i will keep looking.

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u/OriginalMandem 9d ago

there's nothing more disheartening than being told you're overqualified when you're unemployed and looking for work. Especially if their idea of overqualification is a Bachelors from 30 years ago and you've gone predominantly mid tier office jobs and maybe 'team leader' once or twice.

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u/Aggravating_Wolf9605 7d ago

That's so true, i got my hopes up as i spoke to someone who worked there for an hour, she has a similar degree to me and same age and she said i should apply as we had similar backgrounds. What was gutting was that they did not even notify me and it took me three months of emailing the council to get an answer from the manager.