Change of career

[DStrukt]

Hi all

Im 29 years old and work in a local Fitness Suite inside a leisure centre as a Fitness Instructor, I have done for getting on 5 years now and this is what I wanted to do and is why I went to college at 22 to study for it. I got lucky and got the job, pay is OK but never going to get rich. Problem is, I dont think its for me and I find it increasingly boring as it isnt what I expected. Majority of time I am sat alone in the side office of the gym bored out my brains, waiting to go home.

Always been a computer person, I am good with computers and most people say I should be in an IT job role. Thing is though I dont know where to start. I dont know what type of IT job role would best suit me, even if I did know I dont know which qualification/course to study.. I have tried having a look on 'Indeed' to search for local computer related jobs in the area in order to try to determine what qualifications companies are looking for but cannot seem to find anything jumping out at me.

Can anyone help advise please?

Realistically I think I would OK starting off as a type of Windows Operated Computer Support person or something along that lines, over the phone support or going out to peoples computers to fix problems

[Independent voter]

If you can get a job like at a university or college as an entry level person that would help a lot. Maybe take a couple of courses at your community college and then see if the IT people are hiring student help, they often do.

I think you have the right idea, look for entry level stuff.

[Dwarfhamster]

Yeah, I agree with Hubcap. Check out the local community colleges and start taking courses there. Hopefully, they are flexible and offer part-time or evening courses for the classes you'll be taking. Get an AA, or certificates, and see where things take you! You can always do personal training on the side, and hopefully meet a hot, bored housewife!

[Zyphrus]

I transitioned from a Walmart Sale Associate to an IT Support Specialist 4 years ago and work on my company's internal helpdesk to support the bulk of OS and hardware issues for our users.
From my experience, different employers will give weight to different certifications or degrees and most often prior experience is required. A strong certification path to take is the Microsoft Certification carear path. There are several focuses for the MS certs with Mobility, Cloud, Productivity, Data, App Builder, and Business.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/lear...-overview.aspx

Another strong carear path are the CompTIA certifications.

https://certification.comptia.org/certifications

You can choose either path or, preferably, do a mix of both. The MCSE: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert is at the top in my opinion and the CompTIA A+ is considered the bare minimum for many entry-level jobs.

I use https://www.youtube.com/user/PCSimplest/playlists and similar channels for this advice as well as my own helpdesk experiences.

https://itpro.tv/ is a fantastic source to study for the various MS and CompTIA certs and they pretty much always have a 30% off discount code running.
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[Kathandira]

Hi all

Im 29 years old and work in a local Fitness Suite inside a leisure centre as a Fitness Instructor, I have done for getting on 5 years now and this is what I wanted to do and is why I went to college at 22 to study for it. I got lucky and got the job, pay is OK but never going to get rich. Problem is, I dont think its for me and I find it increasingly boring as it isnt what I expected. Majority of time I am sat alone in the side office of the gym bored out my brains, waiting to go home.

Always been a computer person, I am good with computers and most people say I should be in an IT job role. Thing is though I dont know where to start. I dont know what type of IT job role would best suit me, even if I did know I dont know which qualification/course to study.. I have tried having a look on 'Indeed' to search for local computer related jobs in the area in order to try to determine what qualifications companies are looking for but cannot seem to find anything jumping out at me.

Can anyone help advise please?

Realistically I think I would OK starting off as a type of Windows Operated Computer Support person or something along that lines, over the phone support or going out to peoples computers to fix problems

I have two suggestions. The first is that if you have a client based role at the gym, and you are bored, it sounds like you are lacking clients. I would suggest looking into inventive ways to gain more clients to cure your boredom.

Second. If tou are interested in an IT career, you can either check out a community college, or find a tech school. You already have begun college, and in your adulthood held down a career for 5 years. Those are good marks for you. In IT, not every role is exactly technical. A helpdesk job can be done by anyone who has a firm understanding of technology. An engineering or programming job obviously requires a richer understanding. Then there is the sales, marketing, project management, and account manager side of things. Even training or documentation teams are required in large tech companies. You really have a lot of options in the IT field.

I went to a tech school and took a 1 year course on networking and security. What I did after that was take my education, and combined it with 15 years of customer service, communications, and training skills. This allowed me to use all of my abilities and become pretty comfortable in life.

[TheTaurenOrc]

Check out what are called 'vendor' companies in the tech world. Basically they are staffing agencies for giant corporations. Google, Apple, Facebook est. They fill roles at these companies for lower level technical positions, someone who is competent in using a computer but not a full on masters in software engineering.

If you defiantly want a career change that is, otherwise as someone above said maybe personal training would be a good route.

[DStrukt]

Thanks all, I will look into the A+ and MCSE qualifications

I think I do want a career change, I thought Fitness Instructing was helping people. Working in the type of gym I do, not a meat head type, as its a leisure centre gym the client based is mixed but still, no one seems to want the help.. After the initial induction, people come in the gym with earphones or friends and plod on. Some would say its a very cushy job but I need to be busy and doing something, not sat there bored all day

[Blobfish]

Its all abut knowledge..

like I am an ace in Palynology

I can identify pollen fossils...but their are no jobs in paper for palynoogist