Hi everybody. I’m trying to get a feel for if anybody is interested in an in person midlife career change group with the virtual option? I live in Southern Maine, but would consider doing this on the North Shore of Massachusetts. I think there’s power in numbers, just brainstorming where we are at and helping each other.

I've been learning towards it and wanted to connect to some people who are pursuing/have pursued Biotechnology (btech).

Ik the obvious Google answers but I need more personal opinions and experiences....anyone help?

So yesterday I graduate from my college with two associates degrees in communications (mass media and corporations) and I have the option of later next year to go to school again to make them bachelor's. Thankfully with good planning and help I graduated with no debt to my name and happy.

Now I know communications degrees aren't really the most popular degree to alot of people but it's in the field that I'm the most passionated about and would like to pursue a job as teacher or in the media business (preferably technology and videogames) and I'm actively talking to a variety of different people's online and in person to make my dream a reality and was wondering if any of you had some advice or tips on what I can do? All advice is appreciated.

My wife is 33 years old from Taiwan. We relocated to the Midwest in 2022. We didn't expect it would be this hard for her to adjust and integrate here and are trying to move to either Los Angeles or Seattle where there are more Mandarin speaking opportunities. She's on the verge of giving up and moving back to Taiwan unless we have better plans to help her have a career here. Recently we stumbled upon the online degrees from WGU and have been considering for her to get a master's degree in order to be more successful on finding jobs (Preferably remote or hybrid) or in case she still decides to move back home she would have a degree from the US, but we're not sure if she should do the MBA or Marketing (Either Digital marketing or Marketing analytics) degree with her background and situation. We are preparing for a move hopefully in the next few months so were hoping to use the time as best we can to help her have a chance at finding a job. She is looking for more long term career potential and something that won't be impossible to get into while lacking the work experience and only have the latest masters degree to speak for her ability. We'd really love to hear any advice on the degrees or careers as well as any advice that comes to mind! Here's the background of my wife. • She speaks Mandarin as her native language and English fluently. Close, but not quite the same as a native English speaker. • She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from a university in Taiwan. • She has corporate work experience as an assistant/receptionist in 2 European companies in Taiwan. • She has a big gap in her resume since 2019 including having physical and mental health issues, the preparation for green card and relocation to the US. • After moving to the US she took online courses to learn UX/UI design but due to the oversaturated job market she gave up on this idea. It seems fun to her and she likes that kind of design and organization however for a newcomer the market seems pretty hopeless. • She's always interested in digital marketing but has no experience working in this field.

Thank you

Hi, I am a stranger. Currently mere career ki gand Mari hui hai. Though I am earning but maja nahi araha hai. Behenchod masters ke liye bhi colleges accept nahi kar rahe hai. Jobs se bhi reject, colleges se bhi reject. Abhi Betichod karu toh karu kya?

I feel like I have done a little bit of everything. I have been to dental assistant school but I couldn't get a job after because no one wanted to hire a newbie. So I gave up on that. I then decided to go into law enforcement but that was quickly ended because I am a small woman and there is no way I would want to put myself in a situation where a large man could easily win in a fight. So I decided to be a CNA and eventually become a nurse. Well, I got my first CNA job and I almost quit on the same day. Cleaning up a grown man's diaper and poop was definitely not my thing. It made me not even want to be a nurse. I now find the human body really gross. I feel so lost. I like writing stories and drawing but I feel like I am not good enough at that to make money and it takes me forever to write stories. I thought about becoming a PTA but I heard the school is really hard to get into it. I like visual novels, like otome games. I have been making one and I almost have one route finished but idk if I am good enough to make money off of it.. much less to live on. I want a nice office job if I can't get onto PTA school. I just don't know what it is. I don't know what I want.

I have worked at this place since I was in my early twenties. It was a small company then with only 4 of us. We basically grew up in adulthood together. Through each of us getting married, having children, buying homes, etc…

I am a recovering people pleaser, overachiever, and never thought I would leave this place. However, the growth this company has experienced has been a little out of control and we have been perpetually understaffed despite our numerous cries for help for more employees. They have always valued the “hustle,” and running lean and seems like one of our core values and reputation we have garnered is that we work all the time and are dedicated to the job more than anything else. They have been focused in sales and growth and have had very little to do with learning and operating their business. That has always fallen on me.

I always said I would retire here. But since I have been here so long, I have a lot of tribal knowledge and have always tried to document processes and cross train as much as possible. However, they continue to make plans and grow the business without proper planning or even conversations with any of their key staff to make sure we have enough people in place to handle these new projects and plans. It is killing me. I am working 15-18 hour days, working on the weekends, and I have not had an actual vacation where I have not worked the majority of the time in…ever. I keep pushing for separation of duties and departments but anyone that I try to hire, they keep telling me they can only justify the increase in payroll is if they do more than one very large task. However , they are happy to spend 10x that on nee buildings and new projects. I keep reiterating that this would be setting the person up for failure and burnout to ask them to run numerous departments. They have said “theres no way that task can take up 8 hours a day.” And I have explained over and over that it would, because I know the processes like the back of my hand. I have provided data and documentation and it still is overlooked. They have had no involvement or interest in learning about any admin process. Feels like we are the last priority these days. They hire and buildout other departments and then admin gets absolutely crushed each time they do this.

I am just sick of justifying why my team working 10-12, sometimes 15 hours a day is not normal. They have always just done things and let all of the admin and paperwork fall onto me and my team without any consideration. They should have hired more people years ago and I fear they will never catch up. They justify their behavior because admittedly, their benefits are great and they purposefully try to overpay people so they cant or wont leave, It will be continuous chaos for years to come. I no longer feel fulfilled and I am tired of every day being a race to put out fires.

I have decided its time for me to move on. I have another position lined up and I need to give them notice. Although I know 2 weeks is standard, I am struggling with guilt for not wanting to give them more of a heads up. I have been silently working behind the scenes to document and organize anything I know that needs to be in a writen form. I am doing it for the coworkers I am leaving behind, because I still care about them and know my departure will add to their workload.

I also want to try to stay for my Q2 bonus because I feel I have earned it. And I fear that when I tell them I am leaving, they will decide not to give it to me.

I guess I am just looking for advice. Has anyone experienced this? What would you/did you do?

I love them all dearly and want them to be successful, but I also, for the first time, need to take care of myself and my family. Honestly, the conversation with them will probably be traumatic and I am so terrified how they will take it. Feels like I am going through a divorce. I probably have a bit of workplace ptsd if I am honest.

Thanks if you have read this far. ❤️🫶🏼

I have an upcoming interview for a business management apprenticeship. I’ve been recently having a look at different roles in different companies and saw finance pays a lot.

Is there any possibility I would be able to progress to accounting and finance from this apprenticeship without a degree?

If you left a tech related career in the last few years, whether you wanted to or had to, what did you wind up doing? What career did you change to and how’s that working out?

Left job a while ago for some personal reasons and while I need to get back to a career, not so sure I want that one again. Front End Dev and have school behind it. In fact, it makes me so stressed all over again just thinking of it and applying to those jobs, specifically.

Cross posting this.

I have an associate degree in science and am wondering if I should pursue bachelors degree to give me more career options and stability. I was thinking bachelors in marketing or business maybe?

If anybody has any idea regarding these job roles please let me know.

I have two offers in hand currently 1.Rubrik Customer Support engineer 2. Oracle Cloud Analyst HCM

The first pays more than the second. But right now , I'm more into which job would help me grow or transition to other future job roles better.

I am a bsc 3rd year student. Confused about government jobs and research. I had zero interest in pcb but had to take due to parents. Now I am just stuck....can someone please guide me. Thinking about IIT jam , tifr gs , bioinformatics , MSc chemistry . I am ready to do anything which has greater scope , instead of interest.

I have been in finance most of my adult life, but now I feel stuck as a manager in a small asset management company.

I don’t have much of an educational background, just did my college diploma and I was wondering if any of these make sense to help with my next career move:

1. CIM (or even CFA) - I would get it just for the credentials and hopefully find a better position
2. Data analytics
3. CHRP and change in to HR
4. Go to back to get my degree in something else. I’ve never been passionate about finance, I’ve just been in it for too long

Any advice would be appreciated, as I feel like I have not mentorship in career life. I would like to do something I am excited about and make an amount that would make me comfortable (feel like I am living pay cheque to pay cheque now).

Thank you

For some context I am doing bachelors in cs and it and l've been wanting to get into ui ux design but I am unable to decide where to begin and it is getting overwhelming. Would you guys be able to help me with some advices and the resources you recommend. Even a small help or advice is appreciated...

Long story short, I'm a CPA in public accounting and currently make a bit shy of $150k year. I'm currently in the hiring pipeline to join a Federal agency as a special agent. I'd be potentially looking at a $55-70k salary cut in my first year, but would be close to my current salary in 3-5 years with automatic promotions.

The main reason I started looking for another job is I'm getting quite bored at my current job. As I move up the ladder I am forced to specialize further with less variety to my daily work. I feel like it doesn't give me much purpose outside of making money. Trust me when I say I'm not complaining. This job has brought me a lot of financial freedom. I'm mostly debt free outside of a ~$20k car loan (could pay it off easily, but it's 1.9% interest rate) and I've been able to sock away a ton of cash in both my taxable investment accounts and retirement accounts. The other reason is I've largely hit the ceiling at my current company. I'm not on a partner track and from this point on out I'm mostly going to be getting 4-5% COL raises.

My work is quite good to me. Our office has a very lax dress code, if you need time off to do something it's never a problem, outside of busy season you can bugger off and do what you please, and we can mostly WFH whenever we want. That said I'm finding myself just getting more agitated every year I keep working it - I don't know if I can do this for anything beyond 3-4 additional years. Right now my job is mostly a means for me to make more money and to buy me more freedom in my personal life.

The special agent work will allow me to learn new skills, get away from a desk for part of the day, interview witnesses/suspects, learn the legal system. There are also unique exit opportunities and great government benefits to compensate for the lower pay. I like action and I feel this will give it to me while also allowing me to use my brain. I always was curious about being a detective, but was always hesitant to pursue it since local police require you to do patrols, etc. before becoming a detective. I sort of wanted to get to the detective work sooner than later.

Returning to the money aspect, I currently have quite a bit of savings and have a pretty low cost of living. I can make this work and not feel the shock of the pay cut too greatly. That said this will set me back financially and part of the onboarding requires you to go Georgia for 6 months for Federal law enforcement training (FLETC). I do not have kids and my GF is supportive of whatever decision I make so I don't believe it will be too terrible.

If you put a gun to my head and demanded I tell you my dream job or passion, I couldn't say if I would be able to give you an honest answer. I'm an ESTP and I like action, moving, and variety. This seemed like a good career to give me that + build on my current skill set.

Goals

• Acquire a sizable chunk of money that makes me money so I don't have to work and buys me more opportunities in my personal life - buy investments, take time to learn and play music, etc.

• Find my passion/purpose in life.

Upsides of changing jobs

• Adventure/variety/action
• New experiences
• Government pension, health benefits, etc.
• Sense of purpose to my work. When I tell people I'm in public accounting no one gives a rats ass or wants to know anymore, nor do I want to talk about it really.
• No more busy season grinds.

Downsides of changing jobs

• Lower pay for 3-5+ years.
• Less freedom
• Will have to go to Georgia for 6 months for Federal law enforcement training
• More restrictions on my freedom (stricter dress code, set office hours, no longer unlimited PTO, etc.)

Not sure what to do at this point. I figured some elders could look back on their life and give me some guidance on what they did and if they had any regrets about their decisions.

I live in a medium size city where the only prospects are carpet mills or if you have connections or family.

I am desperate in finding anything that will pay because this scraping the bottom is making it hard to even try, never traveled, barely can get necessities much less keep my kids in clothes, I have a stupid degree in Culinary arts that does me no good here and a degree in horticulture which again no major places to utilize that.

I can’t find any wfh jobs that don’t come off as spam and I desperately don’t want to go back to a mill, I have experience in quite a bit of areas but I don’t have a degree or anyone else to talk to.

Any helpful advice or tips would be appreciated

I've been in HR for a few years now and thought I was advancing in my career until the pandemic happened and I got laid off and now with the current job market and felt like I ended up taking a step back in my career and it is difficult to advance again. I think a certification will benefit me. Does it make sense to take Google's Data Analytics course for HR Analytics? Has anyone done this?

Right now I have a good job but I don’t like how management can come down on employees with discipline, memos and orders. There’s always a looming fear of being chastised for making a mistake or fired.

I’ve been thinking about becoming a franchise owner because they can’t be fired. I think that this would help my anxiety because being fired is one of my worst anxieties and it’s getting pretty bad.

I know franchise ownership requires a big commitment and investment in time and resources but I’m fine with working long hours if it means knowing that I can’t be fired.

Hello!!

I currently work at a warehouse doing shipping and receiving. I also have experience as a stock clerk and team leader for my local grocery store.

I would like to change my career, but I am unsure if I should get a degree or not? If I decide to get to get a degree I’m leaning toward business or something in computers. I will be 35 this year.

I’ve done some research in job outlooks for both, but I was hoping some people could share their insight or experience. I’m nervous about changing careers and don’t want to make a mistake.

I need some advice, I recently joined my new job, initially I asked for 5k more than offered over the phone but I did not push for it when the offer letter came through. Upon joining the company I realise my mistake of not negotiating properly and want to ask for increase after my probation. I just want to know if it’s a good idea to ask to renegotiate salary after passing probationary period?

I'm posting this across a few reddits so please forgive me if one aspect is slightly off topic of the specific reddit.

I (18M) am so lost and I really don't know what path I should take with my career.

Among the two growing industries, I've really been wanting to work in healthcare instead of tech because of it's growth in my lifetime, and because I really don't want to work with computers.

I'm also super disinterested in the type of education doctors and nurses and such positions have to go through.

So without shadowing anyone, just based on my research, the two careers that I'm most interested in is, ultra sound tech, and healthcare manager. (And also I might try out real estate once I'm in my thirties and financially stable)

How education for an ultrasound tech works is, you can either do a two year program, or, you can do a 1 year program if you already have an associates or higher degree in healthcare

One of the degrees that allows you to take the one year program is healthcare management, a growing, well paying, stable looking job.

A rough draft of my future would be, get an entry level part time job in healthcare for the money and experience

Get an associates degree with healthcare management at WGU which would allow me to get an associates degree within 6-12 months.

And then here's the part I can't figure out. I could at this point do the 1 year program to become an ultrasound tech, or I could continue to get a bachelor's and then masters in healthcare management, or I could do some mix of both, (which would be great)

Additionally, I'm trying to figure out if I could get two degrees at the same time by taking overlapping courses. Like healthcare management and something similar like HR or Finance (I'm looking at finance more)

What do I do? There are so many roads to the same destination.

Hello I am a 24(f) and have been a hairdresser since I was 18 years old. I have worked mostly in franchises as it was guaranteed money when I didn't have a clientele. I've been at my current job for almost 3 years now and while I have a relatively steady clientele I have to say the pay just isn't cutting it. I live on my own in a rental and paying bills has become such a struggle. I don't have anyone in my life right now that could be a roommate because everyone is either financially unable to move out OR they're living with a significant other. I feel completely trapped. I don't have parents to fall back on I've quite literally been doing it on my own since I was 18. My paychecks (not including tips) usually range around 800 dollars bi weekly. It's just not enough and this past week I brought home 500 dollars.... I'm freaking out as I'm going on vacation next week and now all I'm gonna be doing is stressing about money which is what I was trying to avoid.

With that being said I never went to college and I really don't want to at this point in time as it's a lot of money. But I have the potential of maybe getting a work from home job in customer service working in insurance. I think I'm just wondering if switching to a work from home job with steady pay would be the better option? I guess I'm looking for both personal experience or maybe words of encouragement? I just am really stressing about the idea of change.

I’ve been running my own Rain Gutter Installation biz since 07. I’ve had a lot of good years but no good years since 2020. I need to get my work flow steady or abandon ship soon. My advertising and marketing is a mess and I’ve hired and fired several companies to fix it to no avail. It a mess how do I fix it myself? If I can’t where do I go from here I need cash flow soon!

(Long text if you don’t want to read just answering the question is fine)

Yeah so literally that. I’m Mexican and live in mexico. I am graduating in July from a finance and banking degree and have been working since I started university, started in a administrative role in a national only company (I was lucky to be given this job), then I moved to a well known international company as an intern in risk and controls.

The thing is I lived in Germany before college and had multiple jobs (In construction, bartender, waiter, etc.) that I even got a pretty cool job with the owner of the restaurant where I got to live incredible things with people from different countries but since then I have felt like my jobs here and even the exposure to growing professionally and in my personal life are too limited.

So my questions are, is there any chance that I can get a job (remote preferably because I love traveling but also would love to relocate somewhere in Germany, Spain, England, etc. for the Europe nostalgia) in my field (finance), administration or even something related to technology (I’ve been doing research in coding and AI as business developing that I find fascinating) but focusing only in international companies? If so… what would be the best the best approach? I mean like, pages to look for jobs, field considerations, resume improvement, companies I should consider, skills I need, etc.

Maybe it’s too dreamy and if it is I also accept reality checks :).

I'm 18 years old and i want to change my life on my own terms, therefore, i'm looking for job opportunities as either a copywriter or a remote sales representative.

if anyone got recommendations of which companies should i start blasting resumes or which companies are hiring right now so i can jump right into it, let me know.

any help will be appreciated.

I'm in my late 30's. Never held a job more than 4.5 years. Had had 23 jobs from fast food, seasonal campgrounds, little arcade-like shops, entertainment facilities (arcade games, rock climbing), childcare, Call centre (both entry level and team lead), bookkeeping, newspaper delivery, bakery, cash collector at football stadium....

I was just laid off from my last job. While I've been on a forced LOA for my mental health (my situation, yes it's was possible for reasons, so not going I to that). I've just been approved for Long Term Disability however I'm also just lost as to where to go.

I also have autism and adhd which makes things extra difficult..

I'm working with supports to try to learn my values and interests/ pains and personality types etc to learn what might be good fits, but I'm hoping someone might have some insight..

I'm really good at being open to help wherever (but also now trying to learn how to dial that back so I don't get taken advantage of again), I'm approve, great with learning new technology and have trained new staff and clients in jobs. I'd love to have some creative aspect but I'm not sure what that might look like. Prefer to be on-site in office as I don't have a hom office. I'm good at finding things that don't make sense (documenting things for easier step by step, checking how something is written from an outsiders pov, anticipating things to try to prevent confusion). I don't like repetitive and monotonous tasks, but repetitive with variety is good. Example: the difference between monotonous mostly at a fast food place (take an order, fill an order, deal with complaints but done in a few minutes pet person) and training someone that you'll have further contact with for follow up questions, longer times together and relationship building (whether staff or clients).

Hope that makes sense... :s

I am in Central Canada as well, smaller city. I feel like I've been staring down every business I pass trying to imagine if I'd want to work there.... Part of it is the burnout, I get that, but I just can't find anything that seems remotely interesting... and I can't settle for entry level stuff as I need to hit a certain wage and need extended health care. 😮‍💨

I am currently working as a maintenance engineer in a power plant but I am not really happy with my job. I have been working here for past 5 months now, I have to constantly stay on the field with hot and humid climate conditions , with lot of pollution and gases which make it hardly breathable without mask. Each day have to stay about 1.5 hours extra like my timing are from 8 to 4 but I generally go home around 6. This job requires lot of communication and leadership qualities that I am not good at as I am a kind of introvert and doesn't like interacting with people. Thinking about leaving job and prepare for some examination for govt. Job or higher studies , but when I talk with some of my friends who are jobless and they ask me if there is any job available for them , an anxiety cripple inside me that what if I ended up like them, regretting leaving job no matter how miserable that was. I have tried applying at different places in hope of job switch but didn't get any positive response , also afraid that this is my field and the work is just going to be similiar and may be worse at other company. I am trying to study side by side with my job but to be honest I could hardly because I am constantly frustated with my job and life and couldn't relax after going to home and find it troubling to study , so what should I do?

I'm looking to change careers. I've been a home inspector for 4 years but unfortunately my industry is very chaotic and there's been less and less work. In my 4 years I've done structural inspections for an engineering firm. inspections for insurance companies and of course your normal real-estate inspections. Anyways I'm just looking to see what careers I might qualify for with my current career? I'm not really intrested in any schooling as I can't afford it right now.

Hello people, so Primarily I have my bachelor's in Multimedia and currently I'm pursuing Post graduate diploma in Game Design, will be completing it in the next 4months. But As I'm studying in Canada I need to have 2years of education to get a 3year Work-permit. So After this Game design I need to choose another One Year program and I thought of choosing User Experience Design program but I'm also thinking to choose business analyst program because I'm an introvert and as days passing I'm losing interest in design and I'm not planning to choose my complete life working in a hectic design based jobs, I'm okay with 9-5jobs too. So I'm in a confusion to choose a program and My options are UI/UX Design, Business Analyst and Business Management. Please let me hear your thoughts and suggestions, Thankyou.

I'm considering leaving the Medical Laboratory Science career, or healthcare in general. I have a bachelor's degree in Medical Lab Science. It would be nice to bring my previous knowledge of biology and healthcare to whatever field I move to next, but it is not essential.

Any bright ideas on a job I could change too with limited extra education, normal 9-5 hours, and no/few weekends, that wouldn't give me too large of a pay cut? (currently around 70k)

I'm not the best coder, though I could always try again. I'm not really one for public speaking or customer service -- I'm a bit shy. I wouldn't mind a tiny creative streak as well, but I'm open to any interesting options that pay the bills while putting me in a lower stress environment with hours that would match my friends and family.