Should I take this online course to help me get job?

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Catholic priests have to take a vow of celibacy which is kind of the opposite of having to get married and have kids.

What about the Salvation Army? They have special colleges where they train people to be religious officers and run churches. The only thing is that you're not allowed to drink, smoke or take drugs.

Maybe start as a Jehovah's Witness? Start by visiting people door to door and go from there.

But, realistically, I think going into a religion with a career-focused agenda is a bad idea because it's supposed to be about your faith in that religion and if you don't have a sincere belief you won't be a very good preacher.

You need to get lucky and have someone hire you for something you can do well.
Then you can prove you can be a reliable worker who gets stuff done.

I know a senior editor making big bucks now that started off with a low paying data entry job!
She took time off to raise two kids and started from the bottom and worked her way up.

Employers typically value work experience more than degrees these days. Unless you have a good degree in a STEM subject perhaps, which might make a difference in terms of hiring.

Some jobs require a degree also, but the job market values degrees less than ever, in general.

If you really want a job, you may have to 'brute force' applications, i.e, send so many that there might just be one that will respond favourably.

ChatgGPT falls under AI/ML. There are certs (I have one) but I had to know Python beforehand.

Are the certs of which you speak the once advertised by the universities? I see the ads on my FB feed often.

Sometimes yes but I'd avoid some. Corsera and Google I heard were ok. Heard Great Learning was awful.

I took a Data Science course on Udemy a few years ago. I was just wondering which course providers employers look kindly upon.

Honestly seems like ATS will drop people if it doesn't detect a degree. Kind of silly in my opinion. Sure ed is great but computers are a language just like any other language. I know people that can program with their eyes closed because they decided to teach themselves and stuck with it.

I have a degree, but it's in an unrelated field (I am having to switch careers because of a lack of opportunities in my field of study)

Gotcha. I'm in the same boat but I have other CIS programming classes on my actual college transcript too. Not sure if it matters because I don't think ATS cares.

Fingers crossed for the both of us!

I hate ATS.

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I have always wanted to be a business tycoon and church planter and intentional Christian community founder .Going to shool again for credit isnt an option because my parents wont pay it and they wont help me get accodations for my autism because they dont believe in getting academic accomadations in colleges if you are a disabled student like me.I am open to auditing business classes after I move but I think I know the basics because of all the books I have read plus there's YouTube.I
I know I came on here asking on how to get into a field that I dont know much about but I am just so desperate to get a full-time job that would allow me to live the American Dream.I thought that certificate was too good to be true and it appears I was right.Right now I am thinking of starting a thrift store company and church and be a financial coach.I am just trying to find my place in the world with no luck.I am willing to be miserable in a field and work hard for a few years if it means I can afford to move out of my parents house.

Drilling oil wells has always been one of my biggest passions in life and I am not ready to give up the dream yet.I went into college thinking I would be a tenure track university professor one day but I picked sociology as my major which caused to not want to pursue that because I got tired of conflict theory.So I have been waiting on the Texas state vocational rehab for the past 10 years roughly of being unemployed.I briefly worked a blue collar job in the freight industry but I got burned out horribly.My plans changed and life just happened I got sick and almost died a few times so that hurt my college career too.

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Ya I was planning on being a engineer but I just was not good at abstract math.Like I am good at number sense and mental math. Also oil companies at the time required their engineer hires to work blue collar and I just could not work for 16 hours to 24 hours straight.

Salvation Army is a no-go because its a whole different competing theology and belief system with the the church of Christ.Going to a Salvation Army College would be a giant red flag to the elders and deacons.My belief system is so different compared to a JW,Plus they would make m e to be in danger if you do that and the Witnesses may have moved away from knocking on doors.The Bible says that you should never muzzle the oxen and that the hardworkeing farmer is entitled to his pay.I think I would have to start out as a guest evangelist at small country churches of Christ to fill-in in exchange for honorariams and expense reimbursements from the congregations.Maybe do oher relgiious services for honoriams.

I could have it made if I eventually landed a pulpit minister job at a congregation comparable to my current one because I think my preacher makes 6 figures.There's a big shortgage of young men in the church in my generation and gen z who want to be preachers and that presents great opportunity for me because 60 percent of the churches dont have elders.I disagree with you because I think I would be a good preacher because I am sincere about the church of Christ......if I I wasnt sincere I could make so much more money if I did not care about the theology and the doctrines of the brotherhood.

Hmmm I have a suggestion for you. I don't know much as an atheist but there seems to be a severe lack of loving online ministries. Many will be happy to tell you why you're going to Hell vs any teachings of the Bible. Maybe start there? Just as a loving Tiktok preacher? Then you might get revenue as a content creator. That way you're doing something you want to do.

Just be warned that hate messages will likely send you in the negatives. The internet is full of hateful preachers and nobody wants to hear about that.