So I'm at the tail end of maternity leave (first child) and being made redundant. I wasn't very happy there and don't want to go back so I'm not too devastated about it. It's all above board and by the book so that's not what this is about. My question now is.... where do I go from here?
I don't want to say what job I was doing was as it's quite outing. But it's a very niche and getting another job in this industry is not only unlikely, but not something that I want.
Half of my working life has been in bars and restaurants, then my most recent job (of 10 years) focused more on organisation and management. Plenty of transferable skills in there, but no actual qualifications, and lots of experience that doesn't really apply to most other places.
We can't afford for me to not work so I am sending off job applications left right and centre. But I don't want to just find something to get us by - I want to finally start a career in something that will eventually pay a good salary and offer some kind of progression. I don't want to find myself in my 50s still working a low salary dead end job.
I don't want to go back to uni (open or otherwise) because I don't think I can manage studies alongside childcare and a basic job. I know that there are bootcamps for coding jobs etc but I tried a beginner kickstarter course while I was pregnant and was absolutely hopeless at it. Apprenticeships seem to be just as in demand as actual jobs at the moment, and many of them won't pay enough to cover childcare costs. My partner travels a lot for work so anything with evening shifts is ruled out because of childcare.
So to get to the crux of it - what can I do that will get me a foot in the door of a long and lucrative career that doesn't need any direct experience or qualifications?? If any of you have retrained in your 30s, what did you do and how did you do it?
Thank you all so much in advance for your help.