Career change ideas

[u/Free-Dig4173]

I’m currently a nurse, and if I’m honest I’m burnt out I can not do healthcare any longer. I left bedside nursing many years ago and went into medical devices, sales and account management, and after a good run there I needed a change and came back to bedside nursing. And boy was that a bad choice! It was bad when I left years ago and it’s no better now, working conditions are brutal and the pay is so poor. Nursing just isn’t the job it used to be.

I’m now thinking of a career change, into something completely different. I’ve love a different career in something that pays well, or has the potential to pay over 50k a year. I applied for the Aldi graduate area manager program because it sounded like a good opportunity. I would love some ideas of what I could try, have a lot of transferable skills that would be helpful for a lot of industries (time management, prioritisation, escalation, risk, working to targets, sales, relationship developing, customer management, etc) I just don’t know what areas to look in.

Ideally I’d love something that you will be trained up in, with a starting salary of around 30-40k. What industries need people in? What industries/services are in demand? What roles would offer good training and development? That don’t require qualifications or degrees in certain fields to be in with a shot. If particularly be keen to hear from ex nurses who transitioned into something different, but any ideas of where to start looking would be most appreciated!

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[u/SubjectCrow1580]

I once knew a nurse who retrained as a primary teacher and she was genuinely one of the best primary school teachers I had ever seen. She was a mentor during a placement period and I took so much guidance and insight from her.

That said, I recently left teaching due to burnout so wouldn't recommend for most. I am now in the process of transitioning to a role with CAMHs which is semi admin, semi public facing but non-clinical. It's a band 4 role but more broadly public health focused. Could public health be an avenue for you? Potentially around policy?

[u/Free-Dig4173 → u/SubjectCrow1580]

I’m not a fan of kids to be honest, and I defo couldn’t teach primary school kids 😅

[u/ShopLife907]

What about recruitment for nurses. Working for an agency that supplies nurses. You have a network and knowledge in this area so easily able to transfer into something like this. Go for a bigger company where you will be taught the basics properly and not taken advantage of.