I've been researching a career switch into SP, but I've vasovagal syncope (I can faint sometimes at the sight of blood and I get woozy even reading about blood or the circulatory system). I've managed to get over my fear of having blood drawn, so I'm hoping this could be trained via mind over matter. How messy are the instruments upon arrival? Is this career impossible for someone like me?
My app is not allowing me to send offers (yes, I keep it updated). Any time I try, it has a pop-up that says, "to make an offer lower than 60% of the current price, message the seller" (none of my offers are even close to this). I've heard customer service is non-existent so what am I to do? Obviously I could message the offers, but I worry messages notifications get ignored more than actual offers.
Does anyone have advice on switching from 15 years of remote, part-time/contract, superficial-level market research work (with a 3rd party market research company), to a full-time, "in-house" salaried market research position?
I have an unrelated degree. I haven't attempted to advance earlier because financially I didn't have to (partner is breadwinner). I now no longer feel secure being self-employed/part-time, but I worry my experience, and age (40) won't be considered valuable given who I would be competing with for these jobs. I also realize it's the worst time to try to advance in this industry given AI's increasing influence and the hyper-competitive job market.
My skill set is only in collecting/aggregating basic product data (price, size, packaging, claims) in Excel and running pretty simple pivot tables to come to conclusions. Everything beyond this went to the project manager (including communicating insights with clients). I'm not skilled with advanced math/formulas. However, my projects have been with some of the biggest global brands, across innumerable industries.
Do I stand any chance at parlaying my experience into a full time position, or am I better off abandoning the industry entirely for a job less vulnerable to AI takeover?