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Choose a new career for me with this skill set?!

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Cancercomeback · 20/07/2025 18:21

I’ve recently finished cancer treatment and need to go back to work, but as I was self employed before I got diagnosed I feel like I don’t know what to go back into. Can you help me suggest careers or something I can retrain into?

I’ve never had a set career path and have done SO many jobs in the past - usually with a sales element to them. I’ve ran field sales teams for the grocery market, been an estate agent, travel agent, and most recently owned a security company with my husband which I did the recruitment and compliance for (ISO and COP119 regulations) oh! I also owned a recruitment agency for home help staff which was a franchise.

I would love to have an actual career path this time, but it’s almost like I have too much choice? I don’t mind retraining, and would ultimately like to earn over £35k and (in an ideal world!) work from home as I’m still a bit knackered and battered from my treatment.

Am I asking for the moon on the stick?! What could i do?! Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

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Cancercomeback · 20/07/2025 18:25

Oh. I didn’t actually list my skill set. I’m very friendly and good at “soft selling” where people don’t really realise I’m selling to them. I don’t enjoy hard sales though, and to be honest, I would like to do something I felt was helping people. I like data and logistics, erm…. What else? I feel like I’ve lost my confidence but have managed teams before in high pressure situations. Oh! I’ve done
event management before as well. Getting people to do what they need to do without them kicking off is a skill also!

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