Just wondering if anyone can recommend a way to receive some tailored and meaningful careers advice to help me start on the right path? I'm thinking about the type of thing where my skills, education and experience will be assessed to determine what kind of career might be suitable, and advice is provided on courses or qualifications that are likely to help me get a job in that profession.
Feels like every career-related decision I've made has been the wrong one and now I'm mid-30s and stuck in a dead-end job with no prospects at all. I completed an Open Uni degree in chemistry which I believed might enhance my career prospects but it hasn't done anything at all for me. I never expected to be gifted an amazing job after graduating, but I thought achieving a 2:1 in a STEM subject might at least open up some additional opportunities. It remained just as difficult to find a job though. Even when only applying for basic entry-level positions where I thought I could eventually progress, I received no response from the majority of applications. My CV has been assessed and its fine; the issue is that all of my experience is in customer service, call centres, etc.
Since I can't afford to make the wrong decision again, I'm just wondering where I can get some professional guidance from an expert. Considered something in wind turbine maintenance, but I think too many people are doing that now. Also thought about doing a qualification in quantity surveying, but that would be a big risk given the cost and time it would take and I don't know how likely it would be to lead to a job. I really just need some expert advice so was hoping someone might know how to go about this. The Open Uni careers advice wasn't really that helpful for this type of thing.