29th January 2009, 01:42 PM
You could also consider a temporary career change until the current finacial situation hopefully gets better. I left archaeology and gained employement for a large civil engineering company and after only six months i have had more training and offers of external courses (H&S, CITB SMSTS etc) than i had in ten years as an archaeologist. Also you could volunteer for St Johns Ambulance and they will put you through your first aid training.