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This may be the boring bit! I had worked in textiles for a long time, starting in a colour matching laboratory in my teens, going out into the factory in a supervisory liaison capacity, until I was made redundant in the 80s. At that time, I couldn't drive, and I must point out here, my husband still holds that opinion. Since the company we both worked for had closed, and as there were no textiles jobs nearby, I came out of textiles for a few years and re-entered eventually, to gain a lot of experience in finished examination, quality control and customer liaison. In 1996 I hit a high and a low in my life, within a week. We attended my elder daughter's wedding in New York, and I came back to find the company I had been working for had "downsized" with me as one of the shrinkages! At that time the only jobs available were laboratory juniors, so after some thought, I decided that my experience in Quality Control and Customer Liaison could be put to use independently, and I started up Texliaise I was very lucky from the start, and found I am far happier working for myself rather than having to deal with internal office politics. The downside of being an individualist is that you can never aspire to becoming a true "team member", something necessary in these days of modern corporate methods! I have now been in business for nearly four years, and can recommend that anyone else with the "urge" at least "tries it". The work is hard at times, with a lot of travelling (my driving is a lot better these days) and weekend working, but a lot of fun. TEXLIAISE now has it's own website,and you can go directly there using the link on my links page. Otherwise, if you are interested in the services of TEXLIAISE, you can e-mail direct by clicking the logo at the top of this page. |