When the job hunt gets bleak..do you...Hope this doesn't sound too negative. Seriously consider changing fields altogether to a more "practical" field....a field where there will ALWAYS be a demand for workers? For example....we have Marine Biologist graduates....from what I found out while on a research vessel out in the keys (man that was an awesome "semester at sea" experience) I talked to people on the boat...and they were like, "I have to tell you, it's not that high paying of a field, and it's hard to find a job in it". I was kind of shocked, but never the less...from what I found typically those "fun jobs" are the ones not too much in demand. It's great to go swim in the ocean with the animals, look at them and study them closely, but thing is, EVERYONE wants to do that (when I say EVERYONE, I mean alot of people, young kids, etc). Kind of like wanting to become an actress or an actor.....saw an article with a man with his arms folded, wearing an apron leaning up against a big metallic sink....apparently he was an aspiring actor, that wasn't to happy with living in Orlando for a couple of years, without having gotten what he was looking for). So is it time to find something practical? From what I gather, a big example is definately the healthcare field...but.....if you can't see yourself doing the healthcare field....a job you probably wont like, will there be a conflict? Pays great, they'll always need someone, you can quit and go elsewhere and whever you go, there will be a need for them. I wonder if people said, "Man, Im not finding anything in this, something bound to give, perhaps it's a time to change careers just so I can pay the bills?" I had always wanted to be a Marine Biologist or an Architect. I had my heart set on it but when I found out Marine Biologists do not make a good living, I decided to get an AA degree in Architecture. I loved Jacque Cousteau's Undersea World shows. I still love the ocean and support any cause to protect the ocean and the animals that call it home. I had to switch majors from biology (because I wasn't good in chemistry) to business administration and architecture. I was a pre-med student when a college professor told me my chemistry grades were terrible. I have friends who are in jobs that is recession proof. One is a mortician (formerly an ER doctor) and works part time as a county pathologist at the Coroners Office. He takes in a salary in the high $160k range. Another friend is a cosmetologist with a production studio in Hollywood making up celebrities for day time soap operas and movies. Her salary is great too. Everyone needs their hair and nails done. Plus she can also work for a mortuary too! LOL....funny...not to sound too geeky, but when I watched "Star Trek: The Voyage Home" Where Kirk and them go back in time to save "Gracie and ...the other whale" Humpback whales...well he encountered the Doctor, then when she was driving to the Marine center...did you SEE the kind of vehicle she was driving? A POS Old 80's Chevy Silverado (Blue). LOL. And she's a Doctor? Not sure if the writers discovered that by accident or they actually were trying to predict a poverty stricken Doctor who was a sucker for hard luck cases. Yeah, unfortuatnely EVERYONE loves those Jacque Costeque commercials....I even got my fix with "Seaquest" with Roy Scheider came out...the Abyss...etc. Yep, same here with Chemistries.....I was doing fine in the Gen Chem 1 and 2...bu twhen Organic ..I was getting 20's and 30's on tests..NEVER in my life I'd gotten such LOW grades than I did in Organic CHem, so I switched to Environmental STudies (the university changed the name from ERMP (Environ. Resource Mgt and Planning)..... The Environmental job compeition isn't so bad....it's "okay", but still there's competition...becuase it's similar to some kind of science. I was working part time jobs working in ferneries helping Biologists, and worked as a Mosquito spray truck operator (no big deal), but it didn't pay much. Then I heard all about those new "MCSE, Network+, A+" certs coming out in the late 90's.....I t hink it was a craze like the Atkins diet, and everyone and their sister was wanting to jump on that bandwagon....even automechanics. I even went to college for a 2 year degree in computers. At first I thought it was a marketing thing by Microsoft, pay thousands of dollars for a course you can only 5 days at a learning center (not to mention the "scams" where people showed up and no one was there, or they didn't get what they paid for) or they found an empty classroom/building. So , I was working at small computer shops and IT call centers at around 8 bucks an hour. Later on, I had a friend tell me "Hey you got that Environmental Degree, right?" and I said, "Yes I do" then he said, "Well, I know someone ahead of the dept, they are looking for someone..I applied, got the job....so I fell back into the Enviromental field that way. I think in FL the Env field is more in demand because of some serious Enviornmental issues, plus the whole water shortage thing....esp with the St Johns Water Mgt district and the like hiring people (but they seem to be hiring interns thus far). Wow, that was a mouthful. Earth Sciences fascinates me. I would love to be a researcher of the Florida Everglades, the Grand Canyon and other ecological areas of the world. Especially now that global warming is taking place. I would love to study the effects of the 'Green House Effects' and what it means to life in general on Earth. I was never fascinated with space or space exploration because most of what goes on in space is pure conjecture like is there life on Mars or Pluto? And does time and space exist in a Black Hole? How could any scientist know WITHOUT ever being there? Here we know that one thing affects another and it trickles down to us humans if we do not watch out. Like, I was amazed to know the rain forests in the Amazon controls much of our weather patterns across the globe and now that deforestation is occurring, we are seeing the effects of man destroying what nature placed here to provide for us. I still want to know how the Pyramids were built. How did they move those huge boulders into place? And how did they get the dead Pharaohs into the chambers when the walkway to the chambers was so steep?
Yes, I have considered this. Make a change to the law enforcement field, or the transportation industry. "I would love to be a researcher of the Florida Everglades" Ack! Been there done that....almost died from Lovebug suffucation and extreme heat expsore. LOL. Other than that it wasn't so bad otherwise. | |
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