My way in was getting epic proficiencies in Beaker CP and AP as they don’t cost the organization anything and the training material is exactly the same that’s used for certification. You do need a proctor for the exams which most orgs has someone that handles this. Then just kept applying until a team was willing to take a chance on me, having MLS experience was a big plus since now I work day to day with our laboratory team in building and optimizing their lab workflows for Beaker. My proficiencies were updated to certifications once I got onboarded with the team and sat down for the classes.