Switching Careers
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- ali0
Why not first volunteer at a Special Needs Centre/School to see if you are cut out for it?
After a 2 day photo shoot this week at a Respite and an Aged/Dementia Care Centre I realised it takes a very compassionate, positive, empathetic, patient, creative and supportive person to last at this type of job. The staff there had my utmost respect by the end of the shoot.
- melq0
Back when "Dear Abby" was Abigail Van Buren, a writer asked (paraphrased):
"I'd like to go to medical school. But I'm 40, it'll take me 10 years to complete the studies and by the time I'd graduate I'd be 50."
Abby responded, "And how old will you be in 10 years if you don't go to medical school."
- chrisRG0
sometimes i wish i could just be a coconut seller in a nice beach... for real!
- BusterBoy0
My wife has just started full time study to become a teacher...after years of working corporate.
Me...I wannabe a film maker and activist and take my cause to social media...I hear you can make a real good living.
- you should go to africa. I hear there are a lot of bad guys.cannonball1978
- i heard there's a black leprecon called Kony in Uganda.pango
- cannonball19780
Find something you really do want to do before leaving something you don't want to do.
- monkeyshine0
I have a few friends in social work and the pay is pretty terrible. Hope you're ready for a simple life.
- Hombre_Lobo0
My gf does this kind thing and in the uk you'll be wanting and needing to do placements at any schools that specialise in caring for autistic or special needs children. No one will employ you without experience.
Its very hard work to get as so many people want to do it and rhere are very few jobs going. But if you want it bad enough you'll find work.
- UKV0
What moldero said. Take your existing skill set, and find a new market. You'll have a faster transition, a better shot at maintaining current wage, and you will do work that aligns with your passions.
- teh0
- vaxorcist0
I have a friend who left a $75,000 ad job for grad school in social work. she graduated with TONS of debt and finds the jobs in her new field paying about 1/3rd to half of what she used to make. She also hates big institutions with lots of regulations and rules and paperwork... so I think it's fair to examine exactly what your future career will entail on a daily basis if you go that route....
Otherwise, you can do a hell of a lot for people without fixating on a degree or certification.... sometimes those things railroad you into a life you may not want....
- moldero0
why dont you just do what you do now but apply it to special needs individuals?
- omg0
- fooler0
I want to be an architect when I grow up
- or a used car salesmanfooler
- I wanted to be an architect and went to school for that, but changed to Advertising.mg33
- I have a minor in architecture though, for whatever that's worth! :Dmg33
- I've been saying I wanted to go back to school for architecture for 10 years.fooler
- but my friend is one and he draws Targets all day long and says it's boring as hell... I guess not everyone can work for SkyLabfooler
- ...skylabfooler
- All of my close friends (4) are architects. Two of them want to be graphic designers. It's a tough field, often pays less then GD,and has more client difficulties it seemsJosev
- than GD,and has more client difficulties it seemsJosev
- Yep. I'm glad I went into Advertising and majored in that. Don't do that now, but work in interactive stuff.mg33
- payless then GD. like we have sooooo high salaries. dang.akrok
- k_temp0
I dont know if you are into studying again, but i saw this Masters at SVA.
http://dsi.sva.edu/
- mg330
I'm not trying to throw ridiculousness into this thread, but just once I'd like someone to post about giving up on graphic design to become a champion pole vaulter. Or a long distance swimmer.
- zoozoo0
ah yes it is easier if you just search individual schools.
thanks anyways.
- bjladams0
my wife has a degree and works in early child education - she says that due to malpractice lawsuits/insurance, applicants for those types of jobs are not even considered without a minimum of a bachelors degree, and a lot of places are even looking for masters degrees now...
- 20020
At NYU there is Social Work degree.
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/You can take general education route or more specific.
Regardless, you need education.
- zoozoo0
no respect i tells ya