Advice

I am an introvert and I started working at my new retail job about a year ago. Whilst at the begginning it wasn’t great since I kept to myself the past few months I have really opened up and j enjoy working there. I have now finished uni, whilst battling my mental health and working at this retail job has really helped I guess as a sort of distraction. I am starting to look for roles that are more closely related to my degree but the idea of that daunts me with a retail job I am surrounded by people my age and with an office job I don’t think that would be the case. I am worried I am going to be left alone with my thoughts again and things are going to get worse. I have thought about potentially working one day at my retail job a week but work does not allow that because that would have been an ideal situation so I could work my office job and do retail. Please give me any advice on how to approach everything.

If you are very keen on keeping your retail job alongside your full time office job, then the best option for you would be to work on the weekends at the retail store. However, please be mindful of your work-life balance, as you don't want to end up being in a situation where you feel overwhelmed and it becomes difficult to manage everything.

And don't worry at all, you will meet people in your office who will really support you and help you settle. You won't feel as though you are on your own. There will always be friendly people.

Kind regards,
Juzer
Cov Uni Student Ambassador