Topic : Career Goals

I THINK THE DEAD-END JOB PART IS DEFINTLY TRUE, I HAVE BEEN THINKING AND I THINK MY MAIN THING IS I DONT REALLY HAVE GOALS, I'VE BEEN SO BUSY WITH LIFE ,I MEAN GRADUATE,THEM MARRIAGE THEN A CHILD I JUST HAVENT STEPED BACK AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURE.BUT I HAVE BEEN THINKING HARD ON WHAT I WANT FOR A CHANGE INSTEAD OF WHAT I CAN DO FOR OTHERS,AND THATS A BIG STEP FOR ME AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

i wish you all the good luck in the world to get what you want and to be able to set the right plan for your life. my case is pretty much the same with slight differences. i am 25 years old. i am an orphan. i have 24 and 22 years old brothers.the house plans and the budget - and so much more- are my responsibility. i have been working for 4 years now ( right after my graduation).i am a KG teacher. my study was basically about English literature and this is why i donot find myself in my work. i love kids and all but... it is not the right job for me. i am engaged now and i have a very stupid idea and that is to leave my work and prepare for my marriage which could take months to be held. i hope i can plan for my career then. but i have been working since my graduation and i dont believe deep inside of me it is a good idea to leave work, but at the same time i can't go on with teaching. i am really confused. i wish i could find my way too. i guess it's "Good Luck" for the two of us. bye.

I  too have been busy . I  haven't been on this site for a while, but I am back. Thanks again for the input. I will consider the info for my future plans and will keep you posted! Thanks again!

Muddy3

I am 21 year mother of an almost 2 year old. I have been singing ever since Ive been alittle girl. Ive been trying to become a singer and I want so badly to have Dr.Phil help me out because hes such a nice guy and he helps alot me people out on alot of things. With anger problems, money problems and etc. I just need alot of help on this one. Ive been to a recording studio twice. I know how to do things in studios but Im just stuck on how to be big in the singing buisness. I want to be heard and be noticed and thats what I want help from him for. And plus I want to meet his wife and get some fashion sense from her .lol..because I like her sense of style. Anyways, anywhere out there with some advice?

Make sure you have a voice and not just something that sounds pleasing.  You have to know who you are, have attitude, ego, drive, determination, passion, AND be willing to take rejection!!!

 

The one thing I pickep up from Simon Cowell of 'American Idol' is that when you sing you must 'own that song' and it as if it's YOURS with feeling!!!.

I need some advice!  A lot has happened in my life, but my greatest joy has been my two little boys.  I must admit, though, children were never a part of my goals in life.  I wanted to graduate from high school and join the Navy, and then the ranks of law enforcement officers, but that never happened. I quit school on the first day of the second semester of my 12th grade year, moved out of my home state, found a good man, got pregnant and got married.  All of these things took place in that order!  The day we married, which also happens to be my birthday, we moved from Florida to North Carolina, overnight!  Three years after the birth of our first son, we were, again, surprised with a second son.  On September 20, 2001 my life and body was changed forever.  My husband, oldest son, and I was hit head on by a drunk driver.  My family, thank GOD, made it out of that car alive and well.  I wasn't as well as my son and husband, but I was alive.  The motor of our car actually crushed two bones in my right foot.  I belive that it is unfixable, and I have developed advanced osteoaurthritis.  My foot is not reliable, and I fear that my passion for law and law enforcement will be extinguished because of the actions of someone that drove while entoxicated.  I need facts and words of encouragement.  Please help, if you can.

I'm a big beleiver in the saying that if you believe in something, it will come true. I am a mechanic by trade and the most amazing thing I've ever seen is a fellow mechanic (not one I've had the good fortune of working with) confined to a wheel chair. His story is that at somepoint in his life time, he lost both legs from the knees down to some freak accident (i'm not sure of all the details) but still was a sucessful mechanic whipping around a shop in his wheel chair. He was my inspiration in continuing in the trade when I was ready to bail. I am  a woman in a male dominated field and have had to put up with some pretty pig headed people. But i thought, if this guy can do it from a wheel chair, why can't I? I can't possibly imagine how hard it was for him to adapt to his career. I find it difficult to do standing on my own two feet at times. I feel deeply sorry for your terrible accident. I hope you continue to invistigate ways to pursue your passions. I'm not familiar with law and law enforcement and all it entails but I'm hoping you can find your place in that world, even with your foot. If i learned anything from my wheel chair bound hero, its that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. I truely hope this has help lend some inspiration to you.

I graduated from College with an associates degree in Legal Assisting and I cannot find a job everywhere I go people want someone with experience.Why didn't my school inform me that it would be hard to find a job as a Legal Assistant because I have no experience?

I'm in a seriously bad position looking for work. I can't understand it and neither can my dad, who is a prominent businessman (and runs several departments in a multi-billion dollar company). 

I graduated 2 years ago with a degree in Psychology.

All the jobs here in Ontario, well actually, most in Canada, rarely hire anyone with a Psych degree unless its a masters or a phd.  My grades were good but you need top marks to get into grad school.  Even so, I was halfway through my 4th year when i realized how much i DIDN'T want to be a psychologist (thanks to a troubled room mate of mine).

So I've been looking and looking for work.

Even most lower paying jobs such as retail won't hire me because I'm "too qualified". I can't lie and keep my BA off my resume because I have heard of someone around here getting sued for that (probably a way for the company to make some money).  So I don't want to risk it.

I did get a job last year and moved from the big Metro to my home town for that. To save money I moved in with my parents.

Then, not even three months into that job, the business went out of business.

I could have screamed.

It was around Christmas time too and because of that no one was hiring in our city for a full month and a half.

 

And here I am, still looking.  I've done things every now and then but it doesn't seem to help.  Volunteering occasionally, dog and house sitting to make some cash, and I've started a few personal projects such as trying to enter an art exhibit.

Last week i had an interview for a job and it sounded really promising, like i might get it. Then i go back today for a second interview and find out that EVERYONE got a second interview.  Not only that, I was misled and the job wasn't what they said it would be.  Well, I didn't get it because they wanted all the high school graduates instead. 

 

All i could think was I'm too old? I couldn't believe it.  But as it turns out taht job was 100% commission, 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.  So i'm kind of glad i didn't get it...but still i would like a job.

 

THis city has tons of job openings in areas i have no hope of getting. Construction or IT.  There's so many people looking for work here that it's ridiculous.  It makes me wonder how many people are really unemployed because the statistics seem low.

 

I have my resume in many different personnel agencies but no one's interested. They told me an interesting fact though. That for every 1 part time/temporary job, there's several hundred people competing for it. 

I've enrolled in a night class at the college to work more on my computer skills (which are already good) and I'm trying to volunteer more.  If that doesn't work I don't know what will.

 

All I know is that I thank god I don't live in Nova Scotia. According to my friend who used to live there, people with Masters degrees are the majority of the staff at McDonald's.

 

How, with 4 years of 'higher' education can so many people be out of work? And who are the people getting work?

 

AAAhhh!

 

Any suggestions?

Is there a way to  get in somewhere at entry level or an ad in the paper that says they will train you.

I am not saying to set your sights lower but just dont have such high expectations right now. Can your dad help you? What about temp. I think you are doing a wonderful job at living life and you are def. not lazy. Just keep doing what you are doing and follow through and pray. If you keep doing this a door will open for you. Have you tried getting a job in a school; teacher; teacher aid. Change your focus some and look into other fields and areas. Trust in yourself and you will find something.YOu sound smart and positive. Those traits will land you a job. You might have to take that position at McDonalds but maybe as a manager. What would be wrong with that. you can use the psychology degree with all thos crazy hungry people.You will do fine. Trust in yourself a little more.