Career disappointment
I always used to be really determined to have a good career. I'm an accountant and started working when I was 16 so I have been doing this for 8 years!! I'm qualified as an accounting technician and working towards being a management accountant. However since having lo I cannot stand my job or even the industry I work in. I feel like all I do is put numbers in a computer. I want to do something worthwhile and rewarding. I have no intention to get much higher as those people never go home. I went for an interview yesterday for an internal job and he told me they often work til midnight (from 7.30).
I really want to do something like teaching or social work. I'm not naive and know that people in those industries work hard too and it can be tough. I just want to feel like I actually make a difference. Does anyone else feel like me? Or has anyone made the leap and changed career? I'm considering stopping my accountancy study and doing a night or OU course which would help me get on to a social work degree.
I really want to do something like teaching or social work. I'm not naive and know that people in those industries work hard too and it can be tough. I just want to feel like I actually make a difference. Does anyone else feel like me? Or has anyone made the leap and changed career? I'm considering stopping my accountancy study and doing a night or OU course which would help me get on to a social work degree.
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i totally feel the same as u i left school and trained to be a nursery nurse then qualified and became a nanny and then had ds so went to work in tesco in the cash office ..i also feel like all i do is count money and tap numbers into a computer alllll day :roll: and i would really love to train to be a midwife but its impossible and not only that i cant afford to go to uni now due to the rent on our house being mahhooosive!! xx
And Lil Betty Boop, I've done part of an OU degree. It's really tough because you've only got yuorself to keep you motivated but the resources they send you are really good and the field trips are excellent. I can only speak from the courses I've done but they seem excellent value for money. Sitting exams again is still as horrible as it ever was though!!
Good luck in whatever you plan to do. I wish I had the motivation to change jobs but, even though I don't particularly like my job anymore (it isn't the same as it was 6 years ago), the hours and pay are good.
I did start a degree in English and Creative Writing (was a great writer in my teens; used to write all sorts of poetry and fiction, and it was good, the whole of the 6th form liked it anyway) but when I fell pregnant at the start of my 2nd year, my motivation (little as it was) just...went.
I've no plans to return but I've always wanted to train to be a nurse...But I can't afford more university fees.
It would be great if the NHS funded the diploma but I wouldn't do it now until Gabe had started school and I have that bit more time & by then OH will hopefully have progressed to supervisor & be earning more.
But need to decide what I do want to do and facefacts that i won't earn as much but simply don't want the stress and hours that go with old career!
PCT is Primary Care Trust - the bit of the NHS that covers your area.
Sorry to hear it's been a bit treacle-tready. I half thought about midwifery when I finished my degree but never got further than just looking into it. Now I've been through it I'm not sure I'd have the confidence in myself to make some of the decisions they have to!
Good luck getting back on your feet. Does that happen again?!
Shocking!
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