Hi all
i have recently had my second baby and I’m looking at returning to work in the new year. Now that I’ve had children my whole outlook has changed on life and I want to change my career from a hospitality manager to helping people. Be it a nurse, a midwife, working in care or for the ambulance service, anything really, I just want to help.
I have a 2.1BSc from an average uni in a field that I can’t now use, think a minor medical issue which means I wouldn’t be accepted on medical grounds but I’m perfectly healthy. I chose the degree when I was 18 and so very unaware in what I wanted to do in the future.
I’ve been looking at other career opportunities and they all seem so hard to get into. I know all of these sectors are crying out for staff and I am willing to commit to training and I will work my hardest in a new role but I just can’t afford a whole new degree whilst not earning any money. There must be so many people out there who would be a great asset to these roles but are unable to afford to do the training. I do have a loving and supportive husband who would do his upmost to help pay for university but with our mortgage going up and childcare for 2 children it’s not going to happen.
for reference, I did start a masters but didn’t manage to complete it in hospitality as I had my first child and I couldn’t work full time, do a part time masters and look after a baby.
I so desperately want to work for one of these roles that’s crying out for staff.
AIBU to think the government should step in and create more avenues into these careers?