Careers to get into without experience and just a qualification

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I have a degree in Supply Chain but want out of the industry.

I'm in my 30's now so no longer classesd as a graduate so can't get on the grad scheme. What jobs / careers can i get into that could be a good career path if I just take a course after work or during the weekend?? Can't go back to UNl again so not sure what else to do. I am studying SQL but struggling to get a anaylst role due to no experience. I've read doing a NEBOSH course in health and safety could be a path to go down to get a job with no experience but not sure what else there is.

Any IT roles other then ( IT support) Incan get into with no experience other then getting a qualification that takes a few months to a year to achieve at most??

*Typing on my phone so apologies for the poor grammar
 
Look for lower level jobs, for example your analyst role get in as a general BI developer and work up to becoming a business analyst.
 
Given that you've still got potentially 30 or more years left in the workplace it might be an idea to not just base a career decision on whether a job would be easy to get if you can do a course in a few weeks and then just jump into it.

Try to find something you'd actually enjoy doing.

When you say "analyst role" what do you actually mean?
 
Given that you've still got potentially 30 or more years left in the workplace it might be an idea to not just base a career decision on whether a job would be easy to get if you can do a course in a few weeks and then just jump into it.

Try to find something you'd actually enjoy doing.

When you say "analyst role" what do you actually mean?

Wish I knew what I'd enjoy, for now I just want a career with real progression opportunities where I can earn decent money. IT jobs sound good but all require experience unless you do support.

Tbh all the anaylst roles seems to require SQL, Python, advanced Excel so anything with that. Without experience though struggling to get to interview.
 
Wish I knew what I'd enjoy, for now I just want a career with real progression opportunities where I can earn decent money. IT jobs sound good but all require experience unless you do support.

Tbh all the anaylst roles seems to require SQL, Python, advanced Excel so anything with that. Without experience though struggling to get to interview.

So why don't you do support? That way you get the experience then take it from there.
 
Wish I knew what I'd enjoy, for now I just want a career with real progression opportunities where I can earn decent money. IT jobs sound good but all require experience unless you do support.

Tbh all the anaylst roles seems to require SQL, Python, advanced Excel so anything with that. Without experience though struggling to get to interview.

So by analysis are you referring to say application support analyst roles? You could get into something like that either via a grad scheme or via working in a regular IT support role or just through having been a user of the relevant software for some time.

Do you use any dedicated software in your current role? I mean that would be an obvious move to a support analyst role perhaps at the vendor - supporting the software you're already familiar with after years as a user - you could immediately provide at least functional support as you already know it and over time get the technical knowledge too from working within the vendor.

Can you get involved in some sort of IT project work internally as part of your current role or as an extension to it with your current employer? I mean one company where I worked in the past a guy working as a Business Analyst decided he hated it and was quite keen on marketing, he helped out the marketing director with a few ad hoc projects then eventually got to move into a role working directly for her... then moved companies and moved again and he's now global head of marketing at a decent sized company.
 
So why don't you do support? That way you get the experience then take it from there.
This. Do a few years and pay your dues. It’s hardly as if “support” roles (which can be varied in themselves between the basic first line stuff right up to specific and specialised focuses) can’t pay well anyway. I’ve recently dropped back into what is technically a “support” role from a management role and I’m earning far more than I was 6 months ago.

Once you’ve got some experience under your belt you’ll be far better positioned to move to where you really want to be, and it won’t take that long.
 
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