At 28 years old, is it too late to start a career from scratch? Assuming no relevant job experience wrt to Diploma taken, and only with sales experience in the financial industry. ?

It is never too late to start a career from scratch, but it will not be a walk in the park. If you are ready for a tough road ahead, with the determination to excel, you can try most anything. I used to think that it applies only to mental, but then this woman changed my mind https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/j...

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Do you want to do / start a career you are good at? or something which you enjoy doing? Open house in universities or other educational institutions offers a peek into what they are offering, perhaps visit them and talk with people there, they will be able to give you more details.

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Never too late.

I started many times from scratch. I might start again in a few years. It might not be the most perfect career strategy but it is a risk to take.

On to some pieces of advice...

Some great starters...

• Start by mapping out what motivates you (money? fun? friendship? ownership? long list...)
• Understand what are the behaviours that suit you (your strengths, your skills, your personality...)
• Maybe, look at where you are now and where you want to be in 5, 10, 20 years time...

From all of the above 3 points, develop your strategy...

"The only person who knows what is right for you is you"

With regard to industry. Since you are not passionate about any specific industry, focused on your skillsets and intrinsinc motivations to find roles that could suit you. From there on, you could end up in a few industries. Join one and figure out along the way how to excel in that industry before moving to a new industry...

Hope it helps

Pascal from Time to first byte

Never to late to learn and never too late to change

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take part time courses, take a degree, self study online and offline

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you just have to be persistent to potential employers that you are willing to learn and can do that job.

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find your passion that will help guide your career path

It is possible, u can get a degree to jump start.