Post by rupertpenny on Apr 17, 2019 17:53:51 GMT -5
I’m an archivist at a university.
I just started my current job 2.5 weeks ago and am still in the honeymoon stage but I love it. The hours are good, university benefits are great, I think my work is important but not important enough to be stressful, and I can’t take work home. These things were true at my last job too but the new place has more normal people and more collaboration.
I’m a store inventory merchandiser at a used bookstore with over 100 locations in the country. I have been at my store for almost 13 years. I love my job for the most part. I get to partially be my own boss, and partially be in charge of other people without the responsibility of being the boss. There are aspects of my job that I don’t like (difficult customsers, extremely physical job in terms of lifting and being on my feet for 7 hours a day), but for a retail position, I get paid well, tons of perks, and BENEFITS.
I’m an executive assistant to the dean of a medium size state university. I love my job. I will say that can change drastically depending on the Dean, but I love my Dean/boss. She is amazing and is a great leader.
I get to do so many different things and every day is different. I obviously support her, but also organize college wide events, produce publications, social media, and get to interact a lot with faculty and administration. I don’t see me ever changing careers. I have 8 years With the state and hope to stay till retirement. In the future I could see me appplying for promotions which would include being the executive assistant to the provost or chancellor. Right now it’s perfect with my crazy life, schedule and Dh with long hours bc my boss is super flexible and understanding.
I'm a school librarian (now, Career #2) and I LOVE IT! I was a MS world languages classroom teacher for 23 years (Career #1). I went back to school to get my MLIS in order to do this job--best $$ I ever spent. It's the best job in the whole school: I get to work with kids and books, I teach research and digital citizenship/literacy lessons direct to kids, I work with teachers planning lessons and units (and sometimes co-teaching said lessons/units), and I'm involved with a host of other programs in the school. I've said on this board before that there are not enough hours in the day to help all of the folks that seek me out. The library is the hub of the school, and I treat it as such. It was the best career decision I could have made--I could not have done 23 more years in the isolation of my own classroom. I also have an admin cert, but after seeing what exactly admin does in schools, I know it's not for me.
I've been an English teacher for the last 13 years (career #2 after working in lobbying for a few years out of college), and while I love what I do the pressure of high-stakes testing is slowly killing my passion for ELA. I've taught every grade from 7-12, AP Lang/Lit, and Dual Credit, and at the end of the day I decided to pursue my MLIS so I can become a school librarian. What notsopicky describes above is exactly what I want to do for the next 20+ years of my career because that's the stuff that keeps me energized in my own classroom right now.
I should graduate Fall 2020, which means that next year might be my last in the classroom. I'm not sure I'll be ready to make the switch then, but the degree is a good thing to have in my back pocket for when I decide I'm truly done.
I’m a nursing professional development specialist.... which is a super fancy way of saying that I’m at a nurse at a hospital, and I work in education. Specifically, I train nurses to work in labor and delivery, maternity, and NICU. I also dabble in a few other random things at the hospital, some of which are not really related to L&D, maternity, or NICU.
I love my job. I was burned out working bedside and it’s a great change of pace for me. When I started undergrad, I was initially an education major. I then changed majors to a health-related track and immediately enrolled in an accelerated nursing program after I graduated, so to me it feels like everything has just come back full circle.
I worked in accounting for about 15 years but after my divorce took a break. (partially because the company I worked for was run into the ground by the CEO, it took a huge tool on me.)
Three years ago I got a job at Target just working seasonal and had no plans on staying. After a couple months my store manager discovered my accounting background and recommended me to her boss at corporate. I now am a trainer at several stores in the area. I like it but I am also over working for a large corporation. I am ready to go back to accounting/finance for a small, private organization.
Post by dancingirl21 on Apr 17, 2019 18:31:32 GMT -5
I am currently a SAHM but prior was an HR Analyst, specifically for our Talent Acquisition team. I found it really rewarding work. I often presented reports to executives, implemented a new recruiting system and trained anyone from HR business partners and recruiters to business managers, created ad hoc reports as needed, etc. No two days were ever the same, which I enjoyed. And, when I was pulling data and creating reports, I could put in my earphones and not talk to a living soul, which was really good some days, too!
Prior to this HR career, I was in charge of on-boarding new employees, then recruiting. I felt drained by the vast amount of human contact and rah-rahing the company all the time with that. The analyst position was the best of both worlds.
I was a union rep for 12 years prior to retirement. THE.BEST.JOB.I.ever.had. There was hardly a dull moment when it came to contract negotiations or representing a member who may be losing their job or being unfairly treated by their boss. The pay and benefits was great and I got to travel in the state of Alaska where I may not have gone if it wasn't for the job. 99% of the people I represented were good, hard-working folks, and I loved them to death. Plus I had the most phenomenal co-workers a person could ask for. They believed in collective bargaining and served the members to the best of their ability. We helped each other out and there was no back-stabbing, etc. My job was not micro-managed by my boss. You were doing a good job if no one called to complain about you, and he always had my back when necessary. It was the only job I had where I could tell a crappy office manager/city manager/utility general manager to bite me and not be concerned about being fired. lol It was a challenging job, but very rewarding. If I had the choice, I'd happily do it all over again.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I'm a SAHM now and do enjoy it. I have help though so if it was just me I might not enjoy it as much. Previous to this I was sustainability consultant for food businesses - I loved that job but often had to work nights and weekends and it just wouldnt work with young kids and I was making nowhere near DH's salary. It's definitely something I will go back to once our kids are older.
I’m a professor but have been serving in an interim administrative role for the past two years which has been terrible. I’m counting down the days until I go back to faculty. I’ve been thinking about a career change to go into medical science liaison work or something similar to that but it’s tough to give up free tuition for my kids (among other things).
Post by somersault72 on Apr 17, 2019 19:22:36 GMT -5
I'm an ultrasound technologist and despite it being physically and mentally hard sometimes I love it. If I could quit working for 2 years I'd go to school to be a physician's assistant though.
I am the Director of Operations for an academic unit at a small university.
I love my job for a few reasons - my Deans are amazing and we make a great team, every day is different so I don't get bored very often, there is great flexibility and the compensation is good.
My dream job is history professor, but the jobs just aren't there.
I guess you would say I’m in HR. I handle compliance and contracts for a technology consulting company. I write policies, create processes for shared services, and do all things related to immigration sponsorship. Before my current role I was an HR Genralist handling legal compliance. Before my current employer, I was an HR coordinator at a private school that was really a generalist role.
I’m trying to figure out my next role. I think it’s a combo role with HR and Compliance, but I want an employer that appreciates the value of details. I don’t necessarily have that now.
Post by sproctopus on Apr 17, 2019 19:30:27 GMT -5
I'm an academic research scientist with a focus in embryonic stem cell and neurobiology. My current project is focused on developing genetic tools for treating patients with Down Syndrome.
I am also an adjunct professor at a state university.
I absolutely am head over heels for my job/career. I feel very lucky to love what I do so much.
I’m an attorney in a niche transactional practice area. I like the nature of my work, but I hate the politics of the field and private practice. I’ve done this for 12 years, I’m hoping to make it until I’m 40 which would give me 15 years in this area, and then reevaluate my life options. Ideally, I’ll be able to take some time off and also have enough saved to take a less demanding, lower paying job.
Marketing coordinator and social media manager for a design firm. I love it. I write a lot and also work with prospective and new clients, and I really enjoy everyone's stories and hearing about their lives.
I was the Director of Finance and Purchasing for Facilities in a medium sized state university. I loved what I did, utilizing process improvement to streamline things and save money, and analyzing data to assist other directors in decision making. I loved taking raw data and turning it into information. Our exec director was not well liked (putting it mildly) and a year ago they reorged. Now I do budgets for all of administration and I hate it. Leadership is a joke and day to day is not at all challenging. My degree is in Human Services, I fell into numbers on accident and did well at it but not having a degree in accounting or something similar is limiting.
I’m have no clue where I’ll be in a year but it won’t be where I am now.
I freeze and cut human skin to make pathology slides, specifically skin cancer. I super duper love my job! Before this I did autopsies- I worked for the medical examiner for criminal cases and also worked with a hospital in the surgical path department. I really loved the autopsy job but the county only hires part time, and that didn't work for me, so I had to find full time permanent work elsewhere and I've been working in skin cancer/derm for just over 12 years.
Would you mind telling me about the education requirements? I have a BS in Biology and after next year I plan on looking for a new career. I am 100% lost and have no idea what I want to do. I would obviously prefer to not go back to school and would love to find something with just my bachelors. I’m worried I’ll get a masters and still not know what to do. I’m worried I will waste all my time and money because I got my masters in an area that won’t benefit me much.
I'm a nurse in a procedural area in a hospital and it's slowly but surely sucking my soul away lol. But seriously it is. I work with some of the most wonderful nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons I've ever worked with, while also working with probably the worst ones I've encountered as well. Some of the biggest jerks you've ever even imagined work in my department. And not just the doctors!! So some days I leave thinking wow what a great place and others I leave in tears. I'm pretty much done with nursing in general at this point, it's been 17 years, but I also feel too old to go back to school. And definitely too tired lol. And I have no idea what else to do. So winning the lottery would be extremely helpful.
Software developer. I like it! It can be stressful at times and I am constantly plagued by “imposter syndrome” (I don’t belong in this career, what am I doing, how come I don’t understand this, any moment now everyone is going to realize I’m a fraud..) but overall I find the work to be generally interesting and challenging in a good way.
Also I like that I can make decent money to just sit all day and I rarely need to talk to people
I find this post fascinating. Like 80% of the jobs in here are things I would never even think that there is someone out there that has to do this job for this company or industry to function. So interesting. Also, we sure are a smart and talented bunch of ladies!
I find this post fascinating. Like 80% of the jobs in here are things I would never even think that there is someone out there that has to do this job for this company or industry to function. So interesting. Also, we sure are a smart and talented bunch of ladies!
I always love hearing about jobs that I never knew existed. As my two kids enter college it is also comforting to realize that there are SO MANY ways to make a nice, productive living.
I find this post fascinating. Like 80% of the jobs in here are things I would never even think that there is someone out there that has to do this job for this company or industry to function. So interesting. Also, we sure are a smart and talented bunch of ladies!
I always love hearing about jobs that I never knew existed. As my two kids enter college it is also comforting to realize that there are SO MANY ways to make a nice, productive living.
I’ve had a very unconventional career path and I grapple a lot with the What Comes Next question. But I have to remind myself that my current job didn’t even exist when I went to college and my next job might not exist at the moment either.
Post by killercupcake on Apr 17, 2019 20:39:42 GMT -5
I’m a school counselor at the high school level.
Most days, I love my job. I love my students, I love my team, I love my admin. This year has seemed harder than most, though. The kids are in crisis more often and with a caseload of around 350 kids, it’s tough sometimes to stay afloat. Each year seems to get harder though. Liking my job definitely helps.
Post by UMaineTeach on Apr 17, 2019 20:42:03 GMT -5
Special education teacher, like the teaching part but like everyone says the paperwork is a killer. I spend the entire school day teaching groups back to back and then from like 3-7p scheduling meetings, organizing and prioritizing case files, and writing written notices and IEPs. 12 hour days and the work is never done.
I don’t see myself doing something else, but sometimes I dream of going back to being an Ed tech. Teach, go home. But I don’t know as I can afford to, don’t know if I could get a teaching job back if I wanted to, and I have no idea how retirement would be effected.
Post by dangerousduo on Apr 17, 2019 20:42:59 GMT -5
My title is Volunteer and Community Engagement Coordinator. I work for a large affiliate of a National Not for Profit that provides services to children and adults with disabilities. I recruit train and manage volunteers for daily volunteering as well as the 8 special events that we do. I also speak at local clubs and organizations to share what we do and how we help those in the community. I report to the VP of Development. I really love my job... even though I have two major events within a week of each other.