Okay what shall I upskill in?

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hekissedmybottom · 16/02/2023 12:44

Hi, I made bad choices and now I'm 40 and faffed about a lot and have a year to upskill. I have time, not money.

Learn to code?
Join home office?
Become a youth worker and work my way up?
Do the N+ and A+ in IT?

which path would you take to get yourself the chance of a higher earning career if you had a year off work to do it and perhaps £200 a month max to train?

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babasaclover · 16/02/2023 18:21

JMSA · 16/02/2023 13:20

Do you like dogs? If so, I'd book myself on to a dog grooming course. In the city where I live, the groomers have waiting lists that are months long!

That's a really good shout. Ours costs £45 a go and it's harder to get on their books than a dentist 🤣

Mrsbunnychops · 16/02/2023 23:47

Health care apprenticeship - can even do in nursing which can open door to loads of things from my experience. Actually, degree apprenticeships in general are a big thing now and earn while work!

MissP2022 · 17/02/2023 09:13

ConfusedNT · 16/02/2023 13:21

Codings, easy to learn online and there are plenty of free/cheap courses, there's a skills shortage in many areas and the pay is generally reasonable to good

You would need to decide what you wanted to do though as, for example, the coding languages a data scientist uses may be different to those a front end dev uses etc

This is what I did a couple of years ago (I was 37) I was on a 20k job doing admin management. I'm currently on 50k and I will be making a move soon which I am hoping will take me to 60k so it's been well worth it financially

Sorry to jump on your thread OP!

Can I ask how you knew where to start @ConfusedNT ?

This is something I’m looking at as a career switch for myself (currently a teacher), but there is so much information and so many different pathways out there that I’m not sure how to decide and begin! Any advice would be greatly appreciated 😊

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