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Originally Posted by rechu
Pretty much any job in psychology, education and similar will definitely require at minimum a 4-year degree, often more. As you say, a teacher's aide or maybe day care position wouldn't, but there aren't going to be advancement opportunities. I did work as an aide in a program for autistic kids for several summers during college and they only seemed to care that I had a high school diploma. I have a few friends that studied psychology, but they all needed to get a Master's or do some other specialized training to find work in the area. For example, one friend is a psychologist in the family courts and she had to take several post-graduate certifications.
I did a bit of searching online and if you want to do an associate's program, with the experience you have maybe one in an area like business or bookkeeping would be an option. It sounds like you could go into positions like an office manager, marketing assistant, certain jobs in banks, etc.
Are there any career counseling services in your community you could talk to - possibly where you studied the credits that you currently have?
Good luck!
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Thank you for the suggestions! Yes, I believe they do have career counseling services, I plan on checking it out just need to set out at least an idea of what I want to do because my mind is quite scattered right now, I don't know at all what type of degree to seek. I know I would like something short, but not sure from there on. So, I'm here with 24 approved creds in general studies and trying to think hard because I no longer qualify for financial aid (checking out scholarships though before I look into loans, especially since I don't know what to study yet).
What you suggested is a good idea though, I do feel that with the experience I currently have I can seek a position in those areas. I was actually offered..well, sort of offered someone mentioned if I would like to try out a job as a leasing consultant that they may be able to help me out with that, sounds like a great way to start and can even lead to something like property management. I don't have people skills though, need to work on that. Oh, and I just don't want to let go of my current job just yet because it's going well for me, flexible and I am able to study.