Help needed ! (gizza job)

[Iggle Piggle]

I am after some career advice.
At the age 40 and in a 'make-do' job paying very low wages since I left Uni, I feel I want to change career path !
Problem is, nobody wants me. Qualifications in one area, experience in another.
300+ job applications now and getting fed-up.
???

[MarkRae]

Did you fill in all of the 300+ job applications like this...?

[DTCwordfan]

Is this Gizza or Gazza looking for work?

I agree with you MR...lot of relevant information to any assessment or advice giving outlined by IP!

[Iggle Piggle]

Thanks for your answers, at least the 'Adchoices' links popped up, activated by my question. The adchoices computer appears more intelligent than errrr, ...

[4getmenot]

what would you like to do?

[Iggle Piggle]

4getmenot, I always liked the idea of being a property surveyor but that would be yet more qualifications to take !

[bednobs]

i am sort of in the same position as you. Will shortly be made redundant and my uni quals are in nursing - a career i can't go back to. My current job is in public engagement but have no quals in that - it was a job i was redeployed to. if i want another job in engagement, i'll have to take a pay cut cause i have no qualifications

[craft1948]

Well Iggle if the job you really want needs more qualifications surely that is what you need to get. I fancied quite a few different careers during my working life but as I wasn't prepared to put in the required effort to get there I stayed where I was.

[rsvp]

iggle piggle - you've been in a 'make do' job for what, 10-15 years? and I'm assuming you haven't done anything to find out about, get qualified for or get experience in an area that interests you. Prospective employers may find this apparent lacking of ambition uninspiring. Is there no way at all you can use the qualifications you already have in another, more challenging area of your present work? Otherwise it's back to the drawing board to try and get re-trained I think. As you've found out, lots of people looking for work so you need a USP to catch the eye!

[Iggle Piggle]

rsvp, I am a qualified electrician with a law degree gained in 2009 and a certificate in social sciences but with experience in security, defence electronics and building maintenance !
That is my problem ...
I would like to drop back into being a production manager but I think the law degree scares employers away from me.