Finding the Right Career Path

Let me finish this ten page paper that is due tomorrow and I wll try and post the links for anyone interested..

 

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Trade school can have you up and running in under a year, depending on if you go full-time or not

if you're comfortable with blood and guts, you can go the Surgical Technology route and make a decent living+benefits at a hospital/clinic. If you work at a Trauma center with decent volume, you're pretty much looking at job security. If that's not for you, trade schools offer other programs, BUT i would do market research as far as salaries/industries are concerned.

Either way, on average you need some sort of education for decent paying jobs+benefits. Sure you got the people who hit it big without it, but remember that they don't represent the average..just a very small group of survivors out of the thousands who tried.

 

Great point, in this economy I wish I had picked a trade. It would have saved me a lot in student loans and time. I also think it is worth looking at the votech programs and local community colleges to see what they offer. LPNs are another field that can get you into money in about a year of hard work. Glad you found a job Tam.

 

i think part of the issue with trade schools is the whole college snob mindset (i'm not flaming..i'm a college guy myself). you know, the attitude that makes college students/grads think they're above everyone else. Unfortunately, i know grads who majored in psychology who really wished they picked another major or ditched college altogether.

with that said, if you know what to look for, trade school can definitely help your earning power and save a lot of money. 4 years just to graduate with no job and lots and LOTs of debt...there's nothing really smart about that at all (unless you're lucky enough to land a job).

 

I wish that mentality would die. I originally went to school to teach and that did not pan out. I seriously lucked out getting the community gig I have now while completing my MA. I love to counsel but at one point, I tried to get hired at McDonalds and didn't because I was "over qualified" which is so stupid. With the amount of student loans and time I put in to get my BA, getting a Master in another field was the only option that made sense. But I must say there have been times when I wish I had just gone to nursing school. The other part is that if you are not rich you have to work as you go through college and that can be hard in full time nursing and some vo-tech fields.

 

Low pay, bad attitude children


My, why wouldn't she want the job?

 

they used to have 'SEED' programs in the area, where if you were in nursing school@ college, you worked like 24 hours and still got paid for 40. The surg techs jumped on it, and moved up the ladder to RNs. They did away with the program tho, so most people are still stuck working 40 hours while trying to complete nursing school.

:-?

which brings me to what I love most about the 21st century....ONLINE DEGREES

:smt111

as for being overqualified..that sucks...

why should you have to omit such accomplishments from a resume/application? you'd think people with more accolades would have an easier time getting any job.

 

I would suggest looking at the OOH.

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Look through to see what may interest you.

About loans
Don't think of it as money you owe but as an investment into making more money.

 

I agree with the overqualified it is stupid. I do my degree online as well.

 

What school?

 

So many good 'brick and mortar' schools offer online components that you have no reason for not getting a degree

U can master out in just about anything at drexel, penn state, stanford, nyu....PhDs are a different story

 

Liberty Online. So far so good.

 

Exactly...

 

Yeah that tuition is crazy though for most of them. Wish more state schools offered online classes. It just makes more sense at this point.

 

My brother went there. Weirdest campus I've ever visited. Jerry Farwell is a fucking deity to those people.

 

It is strange, I am not a Jerry fan for obvious reasons but, my hubby was a Pastor and We got great scholarship offers. His school was practically paid for and so it made since when I decided to attend that I considered it. It is affordable.

 

I saw you probably got a job, and not sure if it involves writing. But my suggestion is to look into internet marketing firm. These days companies hire them to manage their social media sites/advertising/campaigns and someone has to produce content and then monitor response and respond in turn for a good internet presence. Its decent money and they generally only require you to be social site savy, professional and have a good understanding of the English language.

 

Totally jumping on this late but I wanted to let you know I'm a volunteer career coach for several organizations and trade schools in my area. I Love revamping resumes - doing mock interviews and giving candid feedback to help people see how their answers may be helping or hurting them. I also have tips for nontraditional job searching.