If you had an opportunity to retrain?

[SpacePuppy]

If you had an opportunity to retrain, taking into account the current situation in the economy what would you train as?

I have a marketing diploma and an internationally accredited advertising diploma (which I never used)I worked as a recruitment consultant and headhunter after my studies. I then went into business with my dh doing administrative duties for a software development company and after that I went back to studying and did a three year diploma in ceramic design.

So I'm under no illusion that any of my background will ever make me rich, I've been out of the job market for 5 years mainly working as a studio potter (but since ds' birth 3 years ago my working hours were cut to the bone and I mothballed my studio until March 2008)it is not going well in trying to sell work at the moment. So I think I need to retrain and look at more career opportunities.

What would you train as?

If money and time were no object I would definitely go into a medical career. I went straight from School to uni to study law and scrapped trhough and got the degree but didn;t enjoy it and had no intention of a career in Law. I've done various qualifications since, PG Diploma, Financial Planning Certificate and the start of accountancy qualification and I now work in university admin which I really enjoy, but if I could either go back to age 17 or had the money to do it now I would go and study medicine. I really regret not doing that but realistically there is no way I will ever do it now so I will just try and make the most of my qualifications and experience in my current job and satisfy myself with watching ER and grey's anatomy!

In terms of advising what would be a good career to retrain in I think that teaching or training itself would be a good area to get into - presumavbly lots of people will bve in the market to retrain soon so get into that area, could you teach pottery?

midwifery, but it takes four years and I just don't feel i have four years of study in me.

at ER and Grey's anatomy.

I'm toiling with training as a physiotherapist, but like liffey I'm not sure that I will qualify in time for my retirement .

does anybody know if there are some form of career guidance that you can do aptitude test to see if something is really worth pursuing, as a teenager they recommended a career in mechanical engineering (but I was far too lazy to study) now that it matters I don't know what to study.

I know what you mean spacepuppy, you can all the enthusiasm in the World to start off with, when the books are shiny and new and smell nice, and you can make gorgeous study timetables on the computer, highlighting and underlining etc........... but can you study ??

An aptitude test to see if the subject came to you relatively easily or not would be a good idea.