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Anyone changed careers successfully?
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My situation: Took wrong degree at Uni, ended up with a third in something I didn't much like (maths). Since then the only jobs I've been able to get are unsociable hours, minimum wage type jobs. And it's really about time I found myself something proper.
All the decent jobs seem to require years of experience and relevant qualifications. I.e. you seem to have to have known exactly what you wanted to do at 18, took courses I've never even heard of, and then somehow beaten the dreaded no experience barrier to get anywhere.
But if that's true then I'd have expected pretty much the entire population to be unemployed.
So surely there must be some decent jobs out there where they train you up. But I'll be damned if I can find 'em. Has anybody made it out of this trap? Any advice greatly appreciated.
All the decent jobs seem to require years of experience and relevant qualifications. I.e. you seem to have to have known exactly what you wanted to do at 18, took courses I've never even heard of, and then somehow beaten the dreaded no experience barrier to get anywhere.
But if that's true then I'd have expected pretty much the entire population to be unemployed.
So surely there must be some decent jobs out there where they train you up. But I'll be damned if I can find 'em. Has anybody made it out of this trap? Any advice greatly appreciated.
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You don't need years of experience, you just need months of it temping, and you need to know how to word your CV well.
I got a poor(ish) degree at university, and I've slummed it in temping jobs as data entry clerks and the like. It depends what you want to do, really. If you don't mind office work its always easy to get work if you can spell and make tea.