What would you retrain as if...

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• You have a bit of money to support training.
• Training has to be do-able part time or during evenings/weekends.
• Potential for stable-ish expected income after training.
• An ok work- life balance and bit of autonomy, maybe self employment as a longer term option.

Looking for inspiration please 💫

A nurse, worked in a hospital as an HCA. Now a Care Supervisor on nights, in a residential unit. Altogether 30 plus years.

Why dissuade someone from training to get a better job? Much harder and slower the way you've suggested.

Watching with interest because I've taken a break from working (lots of reasons) but need to go back but want something completely different. Have worked with children for over thirty years and I think I'm over that now!!!
Trouble is, I haven't got a degree, I don't drive, not good with numbers. In fact, not really good at anything!
Good luck OP!

If this is you, it sounds like you're in a good position, but you need to think about what your interests and talents are.

Some people are probably never going to be good personal trainers, accountants or professional musicians, no matter how much time/effort they put into it.

The suggestion about looking for a job at entry level in something you are interested in but with potential to progress/develop once in might be a good one as you can use your savings to supplement your living costs while earning less, rather than directly paying for training.

I would probably be a money adviser/debt counsellor as it's something I'm interested in and I have transferrable skills/experience, but that wouldn't be right for everyone.

I can't dissuade a stranger, this is just an idea to add to the mix.

Both are actually training. There aren't many training courses that guarantee a job, but working at one somewhere you are very likely to progress does guarantee an income.

A vet!

I'm currently trained to a masters degree level, so not looking to start again from the bottom. I need an income of ideally £40k-ish, and I have transferrable skills which I think justify it.

I currently working in marketing. It was supposed to be a "passion" career. But the reality is I sit at a screen all day, it isn't remotely creative and I make other people money. I also feel like I'm destined to become obsolete, there is always someone younger, cheaper or more experienced that will supersede you, I don't see it being feasible long term, and I'm a bit sick of proving myself endlessly.

I don't need to be passionate about the job. I do naturally enjoy learning, and building new skills but I'm not a perfectionist. A role with a bit of a mix of hands-on/people focus and a bit screen time would be ideal. I don't want to be training forever either.

Not asking for much am I 🤣. There are so many niches that I learn people work in and I just feel like my work is so one dimensional, other than becoming a self employed marketer, which is just more work I can't see how to naturally progress other than retraining entirely.