How can I refocus my career after two years in an unpleasant field?

Focus on a skill set that you can study and home that will make you a better candidate in the field you want. College degrees only prepare you so much for the real world.  There are specific systems, programs, processes and certificates that companies in your field value.  In regards to what job postings say versus what they accept. Job postings are the ideal of what a company wants. What they accept is based on what they get. It is easy to imagine that every company gets their perfect candidate because of the glut of college graduates and the limited pool of jobs. However, a company does not get their perfect candidate ever. They get the best candidate from the limited pool of people whom apply. No matter what a position asks for, if it is the position you seek then you should be applying for that.  Either at the entry level or the experienced level. By reading the job posting and deciding you are not qualified you are weeding yourself out of the pool of candidates. Don't do that. If they want to weed you out fine but don't do it for them. What is on your resume versus what you really did. Everyone exaggerates or straight out lies on their resume. Some people may say this is wrong and some may say you shouldn't do it. This is the world we live in though. Example of this is a guy was hired at a director level position to be the "right hand man" to the EVP of the division. On his resume it stated he had worked in an important position at Facebook and had been on the board of directors for a large budget charity. In reality he had interned at Facebook in a important division and had been on the board of a student run organization at his university.  I had light years more experience and know how then him yet he was the guy in charge.  Lesson here don't be honest on your resume. Instead tell the background story of the position you want to be in. Just make sure you can back up your claim once you get it.

The formula I generally recommend is to take the best job you can get, in the field you wish to be working in. If you cannot get a sufficiently lucrative offer in your preferred field, then keep your current job for cash flow and do volunteer work or side projects in your preferred field to build your credentials. Increasing your training level through a degree or certificate program might also help. But the key thing is you need to build momentum in the direction you want to go - even if you need to work for free or pay money for classes to get the needed experience.

In general the most difficult job is  looking for a job. If for some reason (your fault, their fault, nobody's fault) you lost your job, you would have to find a new job. You have the advantage of having a job, a paycheck, networking, and your company's resources. (copiers, stationary etc.) Just act like you need a new job. Focus on something that interests you.

In any carrier..especially if you go abroad one thing they check out mainly is your experience in http://companies.As you have got an experience now of 2 years it would be easier to get a job in the financial side.Either you can continue you job with IT as its a very powerful and widely approved sector as of now and you can earn a good deal as well as try for other better jobs or you can try to get a job in finiancial side after brushing up a little bit on it first.Anyways it was never a loss!!!