First let me say to the gentleman from the UK that suggested I look elsewhere for employment a couple months back…you were obviously right, and I was wrong.
I have worked in food service warehouses for the past 14 years doing your basic pick and pack, forklift driving, various clerking (which would include order processing and data entry), some inventory control, and a variable cornucopia of other warehousing tasks. Three years ago, after being turned down for a warehouse supervisor position (since the manager’s younger brother had -9 years of warehousing experience on me at that point), I turned back to school and finished my Bachelors in Business with a minor in Information Technology, then proceeded towards my Masters in Information Technology Management.
I was originally looking toward a healthy career in Database Management (after a couple years of basic software or programming; working my way up to what I ultimately wanted to do), but at this point; unemployed; I can’t even get a job doing desktop support.
Understandably, I have no certs, nor do I have any documented experience in the IT field. For that matter, being unemployed for a couple of months now has left me scraping for my bills. What I am leading to at this point is that I do not have the money to even buy a book, take a class, or even pay the money for a cert test even if I did think I could pass it.
Can anyone suggest my approach to my future. At this point, I am stumped, frustrated, and needing some good advice and cheering up.
Thank you for any suggestions you will provide.
