Poe Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Hey all, sorry if this turns out kind of long, but I'm in a real dilemma... I'm working on going to graduate school, and I am trying to find a new job. Right now I have a decent job but I really hate being there, and have hated it for some time now, I was just waiting for a good position to come along... But a good position isn't, and I've been having a REALLY hard time finding a similar position in the field. I'm only 25, should I start a different career path at the entry level? Or should I take whatever I can get until I get into graduate school? The job I have now is lousy on pay but good on experience, I could try to stay long but it'll probably take me at least another year to make practical use of my experience. And I SERIOUSLY doubt I can stick it out that long, considering I swore to myself that I would be gone by last january, and here we are a year later. I'm really temped to just quit and find a job bartending or bagging groceries until something better comes up. I really dread going to work, it eats the life out of me, consumes too much of my time and my energies for little to no reward. I am SO miserable there. Any advice? I really don't know what I should do from there?
rocio Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 which graduate degree are you planning on doing?
Poe Posted December 11, 2007 Author Posted December 11, 2007 which graduate degree are you planning on doing? dual law degree & MBA
annie24 Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 the first thing to do is consider why you want those degrees. what is you would like to do afterwards? will having those degrees help advance your career goals? or can you make do with only one of those? i don't recommend getting a degree just because it sounds cool or because the job makes a lot of money - do something you really enjoy. that said, if you really want to be in something where both those degrees are necessary, then contact admissions offices where those degrees are offered and ask what are they looking for. talk to friends who have done that program, see what they say. find out what is the best way to get into that program. I know some people who started grad school to get a phd in science, only to get farther in, to realize that the job they really want, a PhD would make them overqualified for (because then the company would have to pay a PhD salary to a person working in a BS or MS level job). so, they left grad school. you don't want to overqualify yourself either. that won't help you get a job.
rocio Posted December 11, 2007 Posted December 11, 2007 Do you have enough relevant work experience to be accepted to the MBA? You need at least 3 years or something, don't you?
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