I have degrees of economics and accounting and extensive job experience in aged care centers, warehouses, hospitality and hospitals(all unqualified roles). yes sounds weird but I did different jobs up until this point to make a living. I am after a short course, possibly a certificate or diploma program, which should take one term, like up to 6-9 months at most. Other than that my budget is a maximum of 10K.
Rather than the high salaries, my priority is to be hired easily and maybe potential career progression in the role/industry after finishing the course.
So regarding all these above, what tafe course would you recommend? I am in Melbourne if that matters.
Doing a Short Course for a Career Change
baldur on 12/04/2020 - 15:00
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just something related to those areas and industries I would say. Something satisfactory perhaps? just disregard corona thing, even if I start now I will be finishing in a year which corona will be gone by then..
Good question, let me know when you get a good suggestion
can you let me know as well.
So what's the degree for then?
for immigration.
Well at least your honest about it. So I'll bump that neg back you got back to normality.
Seriously the first thing is to find something you are passionate about. Life is too short to be doing something you don't like. Don't be like others that are jumping onto the IT bandwagon. You'll not get hired because a lot of people just come out with no passion.
They think just doing a course online will be enough to show they have interest, but they have not done any programming on the side. It's really hard to train these people to do anything to be honest, in any job. I say this because you need someone who is creative, not someone who can follow a tutorial. If you are looking for call center jobs then following tutorials and doing online courses will give you that advantage of being able to stay on the phone line and follow the script.
I'll tell you that my military experience only extends slightly into my current field of work. It has taught me to be disciplined though. I'm hoping you can use your background better and put it to good use, maybe something like writing about economic models that can be used to predict behaviour of consumers? Implement better prediction models of warehouse demand? Be a consultant on how to scale the warehouse during pandemics? Provide risk assessments. A lot of this stuff is lacking in our businesses.
You don't have to use all of your skills, some will be irrelevant. That's alright, but you can't just look at the degree as just a piece of paper to get yourself into the country. I doubt you haven't learned anything useful. So, you need to change that mindset. The fact that you were so honest about it means you need to alter that mindset. If you really did learn nothing, well… That's tricky, you should spend more time actually thinking about what you want to do, only you know what you will like. Take a year off doing nothing to find your passion, that's what I did after the military. Don't just jump into another course because there is free money from Centrelink or something, that's dumb.
Disclaimer: Currently looking to hire people that can reverse engineer software, x86-64 preferred.
my economics degree is from overseas and i liked it, enjoyed it worked in some relevant fields back there. Here accounting was somewhat close to economics and I did that master's degree. I graduated with distinction so It is not like i just passed the exams and finished the course. When I am focused, I can be successful. So I feel like if don't get anything in accounting, I might as well try something else and make progress in that area before it is too late. Otherwise it feels like it is gonna be too late for both areas.
@baldur: Agreed with Debuting. I think your mindset is off - I'm sure you can find work where there background of Accounting/Economics is useful but not directly related. Always need to push for your own competitive advantage and why your experiences make you unique and the best candidate, starting from scratch isn't the right answer. What you actually studied is less relevant; most places look for people who are eager to learn, can think critically, and work well in a team which are the softer skills from any degree.
Plus the current world situation means it's looking pretty bad for unskilled workers, if you were planning to write-off your degree.
For awhile I considered pursuing a software career - but found that I was at a loss compared to people who studied computer engineering where I was better trying to find my fit based on my background and experience. I did Finance and Economics, but I work in data analytics now.
If you only graduated recently you should start applying for grad programs when applications open mid year (for next year).
I don't think any TAFE course is going to improve your career prospects. Whatever you choose to do, when you go looking for a job in that field if you include your double degree in your resumé the potential employer is going to be wondering why you're applying for such a different sort of job, be worried you will get bored and leave soon and therefore not interview you or hire you. If you leave it off, then employers are going to wonder what that several year gap is, if you make something up (eg you backpacked Europe for four years) they will surely ask you about it in the interview and you'll get found out.
Short way to say this, you need to get a job in the field you studied or you're going to have a hard time even finding A job let alone one that will give you good scope for advancement.
If you really want to look into doing something different, consider an apprenticeship. There's lots you can do: plumbing, electrician, bricklayer, mechanic, horticultural etc etc. These have a defined progression pathway so you don't have to worry too much about working out what your next career step is. After you've been a practising tradie for a few years you can set up your own business and be very well off financially!
Well it's a bit hard to recommend anything without knowing what your interests are and why you want to leave your current profession (particularly at a time when having a job at all is fortunate)?