I'm at a point in my life where I no longer want to foolishly drift and slowly stay in a current. I want to get a great career and have a stable income so I can support the person I love. I want to get into trades and I know I'd have to work towards getting a cert to have a better and higher chance of finding a career in the field. I am interested in creation and being able to contruct and make things. I thought of simple carpentry or woodworker being good options. If anyone has suggestions-

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You don’t need advice. As you already answered your own question. You need to start doing what you want to be doing. That’s the hard part. No easy way in life, unless you are okay with drifting.

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Please comment or reach out to me if possible to offer advice even. A job offer (which would be a miracle) would make me grateful

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Operations - Insurance & Reinsurance | Payments processing | Cash Application | Collections |Customer Interaction.

EDUCATION

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MCOM in Business administration - Pune University 2020

BCOM in Banking in Finance 2018

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