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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Braxx" data-source="post: 887293" data-attributes="member: 11668">Depends on your local market and how many IT folks are floating in the great pool of the Unemployed Masses.......Experience is the buzz word in the computer field. Without demonstrable experience, I am afraid that your job switch may not be as fulfilling as you would hope.Definitely get certified in at least one OS, preferrably one that is in high demand/ high usage in your local market. There is no sense getting Windows x cert if every shop uses Unix... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> MCSE training will run you some cash, but can be completed about as quickly as you can schedule and prepare for your exams.I would skip the prep classes and invest instead in prep books and/or prep exams. You will get the same information and digest it at your own pace, with the added benefit that you may just see an exam question or three that will show up on the cert exam <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Leverage all the tech skills you currently posess. You are a call center supervisor : You deal with telephony gear, probably a call taking/queuing system, possibly level one tech inquiries. Target those areas of the market place where you can apply those skills.I am not sure what your career goal in switching is, but work those companies that have call centers,etc. Breaking into Network admin in an environment where you are comfortable is infinitely preferable to the alternative.Above all else: stay positive. Remeber that  for every position that will come available, there will be a large pool of folks with 5+ years of experience dying to interview. Work your contacts. Question: Have you considered project management?? Admittedly not a hardware deal, but with a BS/BA and supervisory experience, that would be a path open to you.Good Luck!</blockquote>

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