|
Jan 22, 2017, 10:43 PM
|
 |
|
|
Member Since: Apr 2014
Location: Home
Posts: 8,406
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ladytiger
I have been thinking about my current position at work. I have been thinking about going back to school for grants. I am paying my student loan for Uni. of Phx, but haven't spoken to them about the current BS I was going for. I know I have been told I need to advance my Associates to a BS, I have nothing against learning or anything.
I feel and also seen in college how theories are taught and doesn't help with job experience or landing a job. I did read an article that someone wrote about schools need to teach skills that is going to help not only land jobs but to provide relevant experience when applying which I agree.
I am looking at taking free or open ended courses through MIT or something similar. The community college where I graduated from really doesn't provide me what I really want. I do want to advance myself, but I am torn between either finishing my BS or not. I feel if I finish the BS degree and coming out of college again then be told you have no experience or you are overqualified for the job. I was told that when I got my AAS in 2010! it took forever to land a job even min wage jobs didn't want to hire me with a degree.
I also want to go back to my language studies and be fluent in a few languages. I keep hearing go back to school yet it's more money and debt, I am not sure what to do. My job is a start up company they don't have a tuition program. I used to work for a comm. college for 2 yrs and saw a lot of things from the admin. side of things and saw they were screwing a lot of students over.
Any advice?
|
Just in my experience, employers are looking for that BA or BS degrees, not an Associates. So I think to advance you may need to move up to a Bachelors level degree. However, lots of students come out of school and think they are qualified for higher level or higher paying positions when they don't have the requisite experience. I see that A LOT with Masters students, who have spent 7 years in school but have no real world experience.
I think getting your Bachelors is a good idea, but what would also help is looking into getting an internship in your field of interest. That will provide you real world experience and help you land a job in your field after you graduate.
Good luck,
seesaw
__________________
What if I fall? Oh, my dear, but what if you fly?
Primary Dx: C-PTSD and Severe Chronic Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Secondary Dx: Generalized Anxiety Disorder with mild Agoraphobia.
Meds I've tried: Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Effexor, Remeron, Elavil, Wellbutrin, Risperidone, Abilify, Prazosin, Paxil, Trazadone, Tramadol, Topomax, Xanax, Propranolol, Valium, Visteril, Vraylar, Selinor, Clonopin, Ambien
Treatments I've done: CBT, DBT, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Talk therapy, psychotherapy, exercise, diet, sleeping more, sleeping less...
|