So what do you do for employment?
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IT and psych. any intersection in the fields? Or do you wish to make a full switch? I'm assuming you have some kind of tech degree/cert. at the moment?
I work for a small export company. Half my time is spent in a management position. The other half is spent working from home doing administration and compliance. I also run a lot of errands. My job description is pretty flexible, actually. Mostly I just go where I'm most needed - filling in the gaps. Time away from the office is what I enjoy best. The management side of things stresses me out.
My background in IT has helped me to develop really strong active listening and problem solving skills; coupled with a unique perspective, I think I will be able to really advance the field of clinical psychology into more efficient and effective methods of diagnosing and treating people. It will ultimately be a full switch. For now, I will continue to ride my IT career at the university, which also allows me to take advantage of taking some classes during work hours and free tuition.
I have an IT related college certificate, A+, MCSA, and ITIL cert.
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I have a lot of "used to's". I used to work in IT. I used to work in Customer Service. I used to work in Animal Welfare. I currently work with senior citizens. Of all the jobs though, I miss the animals the most. If I may pat myself on the back for a moment... I was damn good at that job - I could handle nearly all of them, understood their behavior and gave lectures and tours people openly admitted to enjoying, even years later.
I suppose I could also say I'm a writer. One novel down so far, and working on another. Nothing published yet... which is the catch, isn't it?
I suppose I could also say I'm a writer. One novel down so far, and working on another. Nothing published yet... which is the catch, isn't it?
It's not something that's easy to avoid in life...
I wasn't going to say, but I currently teach English at a middle school in South Korea. I've been doing EFL for a looooong time now-- too long… so long I'm probably only very marginally employable back home… it's not really a field with a lot of mobility.
I do genuinely enjoy the job, though. The kids are cool and even though middle schoolers can be moody and difficult, I think I've found my groove with them and they seem to like me . I have a lot of freedom when it comes to what I teach and I get to do a lot of really fun stuff… I basically get paid to talk to young adults and try to help them feel confident and share their opinions in English…
I'm probably socially retarded at this point and I kind of had a mini-meltdown last time I tried to re-enter English-speaking society-- so I'm not completely sure if I'll ever go back… I will leave Korea though.
I am jealous. That sounds amazing.
I used to do a lot of things. These day I scrounge for anything I can get and I have the odd childcare job. I don't particularly like it, so I can only hope that something else will come along. The upside is that kids seem to really like me. I'm the one out of my colleagues that can get the difficult kids to stick around and the one the kids want to cuddle when they are sad. I don't mind. Cuddling babies/toddlers is probably one of the only enjoyable aspects of what I do. I like making people feel better.
I send resumes out and visit employers on a daily schedule in order to one day have a job.
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"a respectable amount of screaming"
I get paid to grade. It's a privilege in the grand scheme of things. I'm looking for a second job, though. Otherwise, I will simply be perfecting the art of sinking further into debt.
I'm also a full time student and involved in both hands' fingers' worth of non-academic commitments. Who knew I'd love being so busy?!
I'm also a full time student and involved in both hands' fingers' worth of non-academic commitments. Who knew I'd love being so busy?!
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Store manager for a very large corporate retailer. Not glamorous, but the benefits are awesome. Plus, I'm really good at what I do. I'm simultaneously making a person, so I feel like I'm working my ass off, but it doesn't really seem to ever go away. :/ Hmph.
I find it hard to believe that the way I described it made it sound amazing, but thanks!
There are definitely a lot of good things about it… but there's also a reason that not too many people last as long as I have in this industry.