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Toddlers: 24 Months+
Help me figure out what I want to be when I grow up
So I am going to start looking for a new job at the new year. But I have no idea what I want to do! I have a BS in Journalism and an MBA (Business Admin), 6 years in marketing and 2.5 years in business development experience.
I need to be around people (hate paperwork), I enjoy customer service, reading, puzzles, winning competitions (especially trivia), animals (but I am allergic), and my own child (but really no one else's).
OK help me find my dream job!
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Re: Help me figure out what I want to be when I grow up
I have a MA in journalism, and after I was a newspaper editor I became a teacher. I LOVED it and will go back when DD and futurechild is in school.
I incorporated a lot of my writing experience in the classroom, I made super-fantastic handouts and powerpoints from all of my editing experience, and there's nothing like being in a room with 28 kids all day when it comes to customer service.
I'm a teacher too, and I also really love it, although I am not teaching in the classroom right now while DS is still in preschool. I am doing private tutoring now, which is a pretty good part time gig -- lucrative, too!
I teach middle school and high school English. My B.A. is in English, but my M.A. is in teaching. I was going to go to law school -- whew! dodged that bullet!
A book that really helped me was What Color Is Your Parachute? It uses the Myers-Briggs Personality Type to help determine good careers.
Do you know your MBPT?
haha, fuschia! lmao!
I donno but that book has had some great reviews. I teach and love it, but it's not for everyone.
Yeah I have the parachute book. My myers Brigg - I am an extrovert, sensing, feeling, perceiving. If I remember correctly.
I would love to teach - but i want to be a college prof. I just don't want to go back for my doctorate (yet). I would love to be a women's studies professor one day.
I'm glad I'm not the only one going through this. Lately, I've thought about applying to medical school, working at a doctor's office in administration, working at Babies R Us, opening my own business, and returning to teach. I have a Bachelor's in Marketing and was licensed to teach 3 years ago. I only had the chance to do it for a little while and then we moved out here. I then decided to just not work for a while and once DD came....well, there went that. So, I'm all over the place right now. Good thing I have time to decide.
And so do you. I think the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test would be a good way for you to figure it out. You can google it and take the test online. GL!