Need help choosing a career?

Question

Ok, I'm almost 20 years old and I'm unemployed. I need a job, but I'd like to pick something I want to do for the rest of my life. I graduated high school in 2009, and haven't gone to college. I have many interests, but my experience is being a non-certified pharmacy technician for about three years. A few months ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia after approximately 6-7 years of suffering, so a job that requires me to be on my feet for hours on end is out of the question. I can do it for a part time job for now, but not the rest of my life. So I do not want to hear about pharmacy school.

I have considered some things I would like to study, if I ever got any kind of money to go to college. Psychology is a major thing I'd like to study, mostly because I'd like to study criminals and how their minds work and I thought about maybe being a criminal profiler? But, I think for that I would have to be a cop first, which I absolutely do not want due to the physical nature of the job. Plus I'll admit I'm a little old fashioned and since I'm a girl I wouldn't feel right doing what is typically a man's job. Please do not give me any comments about that, it's just how I feel for myself not other people.

I'm also interested in the medical field, but I lack the people skills to be a nurse or doctor. I considered studying to be a medical secretary or work in medical billing and coding. Other interests of mine that I'd like to study are photography, cosmetology, modeling, and of course pharmacy. However, I lack the skills to be a pharmacist even if fibromyalgia was not an issue. Even though I love math, science just isn't my thing. I love to be at a job where I can organize things and solve problems, I also enjoy filing. I like to have direct supervision, but only to a point. Once I have learned a job, I like to be on my own doing it and have freedom within the job, but I also like to have a boss/supervisor that I can go to for help or that can give me specific tasks. I'm a very organized person at work but I mind my own business. For example in the pharmacy I liked my workstation to be extremely neat and in order, set up a certain way to be efficient to me, but didn't ask or expect co-workers to keep theirs the same way.

So, I'm kind of looking for suggestions on a career that will be easy on my fibro, use what skills I do have, is interesting to me, and of course, pays the bills. Whether such a job is realistic or just a dream, I don't know... that's why I'm asking for ideas :)

Answer 1

I think you should try for medical billing. Its easy and the school is not long at all! Sorry for diagnosis! I have blounts disease and it won't stop me from working or going to school! Dnt give up! Keep ur faith!

Answer 2

It appears that you are interested in the medical field. You should go for this as if you do not then you will probably regret it later on in life when you are stuck in a career you don't like.



First make a list of all the possible jobs you could do, then research each of them and note down the qualifications required and expected salary. Then spend a few days going through each of the roles and writing down their advantages and disadvantages.



After this stage spend a few more days choosing the career you would like, set a deadline to come to a conclusion. Always consider the salary you could expect to earn, it is a very important point in all of this. Final stage is after making a decision then set a plan of action to getting the required qualifications etc.



If you are considering going for a medical secretary then look at the professionally designed CV template below. It can give you a lot of ideas on how to write a interview winning medical CV:



http://www.dayjob.com/content/medical-secretary-cv-sample-362.htm

Answer 3

Hi,



If you're trying to figure out what job or career you want, or if you don't like your current one and want a new one, you might be trying to find the "ideal" job or career by asking yourself "what do I want to DO?"



But that question may do more harm than good because you may not be able to come up with an answer that really helps you, and that's if you can think of one at all.



This may be because you don't know what you want to do, or because there are just too many things you want to do, or because it's a loaded question: it implies that there must be one answer, which you just can't decide on.



So maybe, if you're struggling with knowing what you want to do career-wise, it's time for another question: what do you want to LEARN?



Well, here's an exercise to help you determine what your next career move should be (whether it's choosing or starting a new career, or somehow modifying your current one).



Find some paper or load up Notepad on your computer, and make a list of all the career or job-related knowledge and skills you want to develop. Once you've done this, assign a priority to each item.



Finally, consider what careers or jobs will probably teach you what you want to know in the priority that you want to know it.



Just keep in mind that you may not be able to learn everything from one career, job or company, and what you want to learn may change too, but at least now, you know what you want to learn, and which jobs or careers will allow you to learn it.



So, you should stop trying to find an answer to the question of what you want to do. Go through the fun exercise above and let your answers as to what you want to learn guide you towards the right job(s) and/or career(s) for you =)



Good luck!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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