Please help me find my dream job!

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Please help me find a new career. I am late 30s, married to supportive DH, no kids so have flex to retrain.

My background is in marketing/communications. I am desperate to find a new career path. I am trundling along, not inspired and feel like I am wasting my years doing something I'm not passionate about.

Things I am good at:

I am really good at researching/finding out information. For example, if you said to me you had heard something about an old building in a random town, I could spend hours and hours researching and sourcing to find out every single bit of information to put the puzzle pieces together. My brain gets absolutely hooked until I feel like I have solved it.

I am also very good at planning things. Again, I love putting the puzzle pieces together and spending hours organising a trip itinerary until it's just right.

I am very good at standing up for what I believe in. For example, if I spotted someone doing something wrong in public I can easily pull them up on it, I'm very good at holding my corner when needed.

It would need to be something mostly office based. I would love to work for the police but not a bobby on the beat. Love the idea of working in the border patrol department at the airport, questioning people and searching luggage - but I couldn't do the unsociable hours. I do my best work when I'm working alone or 1-1, I do lose some confidence when I'm in a group but not a deal breaker.

What could I do?

Police have lots of support roles you can look into.

Otherwise yeah government agency, or maybe Someone knows about lawyer support roles?

i have an investigator/inspector role, you’d like it.

occupational Heath and safety? Your background would come in handy.

you cooks just be feeling stagnant. Get that resume brushed off and start throwing it in for jobs that sounds good to you - completely ignore their desired qualifications. AND look at the desired qualifications see what you might need. Contact the recruiter and tell them you’re interested and doing a career change and was hoping to job shadow for a couple days. Just like you would as a 16-18yo looking at university/careers/trades.

overall I’ve found it’s the people you work with more than the job. Maybe time for a change.

or checkout your personal life in the meantime. Do you need a new hobby? A dog to rescue? How’s the hubby? Sometimes change is needed and it’s so much easier to blame work.

also head to the dr. Get your bloodwork done. I know I can cope a hella lot better with work sucking when my iron levels are appropriate.

And at work set boundaries. Embrace the things you like and shuffle off the shit. Talk to boss about potential moves, their career plans for you.

sometimes you just need something to be excited about!

And if you get something new, try and get a late start date, but quit right away. Go for a good long vacation or break. Travel on your own for the time hubby has to work (then enjoy him for the time you can have together). It’s so freeing.