Career change after a layoff, where to begin? (Kansas City)

After 6 years as a sales associate I am thinking about moving into a different field. It has been a long 25 weeks. I have good customer skills and I am comfortable with spreadsheets. Has anyone made a similar move?

You likely have more transferable skills than you think. Write down what you did, not what the job title said.

Keep everything in writing and save the confirmation numbers. It saved me later.