What can I do to get a better job when I only have Admin. Exp. And been out of work for 7mos. I want to go into different career but I don't have much exp. In another jobs, I don't want to go to college but I would take up some training classes(since I'm unemployed its pricey and I can't afford most of the training pograms) so what can I do to get back on my feet I will even start as entry level to gy some experience but jobs now want so much even entry level.

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I am also looking to move out of the admin role. It's not that I don't like it, but it's not challenging for me. Through work, I've been meeting with a recruiter to find out how to better my resume. He gave me a few pieces of advice, I think, to transfer to anyone:
1. Write down ALL of the skills you've ever learned. Even if you learned it in high school, write it down. You need this list to tailor your resumes to the position you're applying for.
2. Look at example resumes for the positions you are interested in. See what skills are shown and match them up with yours. Skills have kind of subsets, too. Say you have cash handling skills. Chances are that means you also know how to balance a drawer, investigate shortages/overages and explain them, credit card reconciliation, and other skills I might be forgetting.
3. The title the company you worked for gave you doesn't mean that's the title you have to put on your resume. Most positions wear many hats. For instance, the one company I worked at, I was titled an administrative biller, but it would fall closer to State Operations Manager. The title you were given is their pay scale.
4. I chose to do this, but I asked ChatGPT what hard skills were needed for whatever title I was looking at. It gives a good jumping off point and often mentions programs that are good to know.

Site you can take free learning courses:
1. Coursera
2. edX
3. Kahn Acadamy
4. Udemy
5. Alison
6. Udacity
7. Code Academy
8. LinkedIn...find groups to be part of or people to follow. A lot of people do webinars.

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This info & feedback is Great. I appreciate it so much. Thnak you

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You tube edu offers free training as does Hillsdale University.

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