Many people don't find a good job, or "dream" job until they're well into their middle-age. But how long did it take you to find your niche? Your comfortable job i mean. How many different careers and industries have you been through to get there? I'm currently at my first post-college job in the electrical engineering field. I don't see myself staying there for much longer. It's boring, uninteresting work. It's lazy and slow and I don't feel like I'm working but more waiting out days. I want something more fast paced but with good benefits and good pay. EE also pays crap. I want to feel busy and come home fairly tired.
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not long like three weeks
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I am 36 and this is my eighth year teaching.  The first 1-3 years are tricky because you have to figure out how to NOT spend 2-3 hours after the fact grading papers.  It took me about 2 years to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.  I spend a lot of time around positive people who love their jobs and who are willing to share and receive new ideas.  I keep a binder of ideas, good and terrible, to help me keep from making mistakes over and over.  As far as the pay goes...yeah, I'm underpaid.  But you know what?  I work 180 days a year from 7:30-3:30.  I am out of school when my child is out of school.  I do something everyone of those 180 days a year that really matters.  Talk to people who love their jobs and see if they say things that sound appealing to you.  Truth is...nobody ever decided to be a teacher because the pay is awesome or because it is easy as pie.  Folks who love teaching either feel called to do it, love kids, enjoy the opportunity to do something different in the summer (I got my real estate license and sell at my will), etc.  If you have a deep feeling that it isn't the right thing for you, move on.  There are children who deserve a teacher who wants to be there and who feel good about their work.
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i just recently changed careers and i had a degree in the career i left it is a difficult change and it takes a lot of research the main thing is money.  it is difficult to find a job to pay what you need.  i saved a lot of money (at least 3 months of pay) then found what i wanted to do and switched to it but make it gradual and i would try to go to school part time so you can get back to the level you were at except in a different career.
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My first job was working at one of the fast food places in the mall's food court.  I was 15 and I loved it.  I worked at lot of places in the mall.  Two food places in the food court and then at a department store.    The best job for me was when I was a waitress.  You went home with cash every time you worked.  And you got to meet alot of people.  It was tough sometimes, but I always had fun.  And the money was good.  Kept me in great shape too.
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Wow! Bet it took you some time to write all that.  I enjoyed reading it.  You really need to find a job that you enjoy doing.
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Hey. Man yof my friends do/have at some stage worked at McDonalds. They all liked it pretty much, but they didnt like how their shifts were so different every week. The pay and conditions here were also better than many other jobs. If your not liking it, just try and hang on there for a while longer, because you can obtain so many skills there that will be beneficial to you later on in your career. Good luck!
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Not sure what you are looking for here.  Although if you are trying to figure out what Career you should be in or what you need to get into a specific career.  I found that the local College resource center is excellent.  You can make an appointment with a Career councilor or you can look through their books.  The book I found interesting was a list of all the programs available and the average starting salary and how many graduates got a job after graduating.  This helped me to decide what to go into.  It was important to me to get into a field that was hiring and had a good starting salary.  I also found my own little niche where my personality and skills I enjoyed would fit into it as a career.\nI found going to a career councilor helped a lot because she was experienced in dealing with people and knew all the various careers available (some I hadn't even thought of).  Some places even have a test they do that tells you what Career would best suit you.  \nThe Employment Insurance website has some Career development sections as well.\nHope this helps and good - luck
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From personal experience you MUST find a job that you enjoy.  No matter how much money you make, it is not enough to make a job tolerable...well atleast not for me.  Maybe the bank job is fun, but you could do better, sounds like you have experience in the banking area, find a job that is similar and pays more.  Maybe your best career path is not A-the bank or B-the old company, but rather C-something that is similar but better.
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You actually never really know if you are in the right career.  You just make the best choices at the time.  And in today's world someone just starting out in the world of work can expect to change careers a few times.  My daughter who is 30, is going through her second career change now.  Another daughter who is 28 is about to enter her second career.  And two daughters who are in their 30's are well into second and third careers.\n\nAnd do you know something else?  I am retired, a grandma, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up!!  So don't worry about it too much and just get on with what feels right for now.
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Like a lot of jobs, the pros and cons of being a computer programmer vary depending on what company you work for, the type of projects you work on, and your own personality and work habits.  The programming field tends to attract a lot of introverted analytical types (ie: nerds - this is a compliment, not an insult :) ) who enjoy the sense of creativity (there is something very cool about seeing a program come together), like the very analytical side to it and enjoy the fact that - relative to many professional jobs - you get to work on your own and don't "have to deal with people".  :)\n\nEntry pay (assuming you have a degree and decent grades) varies quite a bit depending on company, location, and type of work, but 50s to 60s is probably typical.  Many programming jobs offer good oppurtunities to move up (including into management) or move out and do consulting on your own.  The nature of the work makes it fairly easy to work from home (if your company culture allows).\n\nThe bad side?  Well, one of the biggest now is the large scale outsourcing of programming jobs overseas.  This has reduced the number of programming jobs and underminded the security on those that remain.  Hours can often be erratic.  Software projects are among the hardest to estimate and so there is often frantic 60-70 hour weeks leading up to major deadlines (referred to as a 'Death March').  \n\nLastly, technology changes so fast that you are constantly learning and taking classes to stay competitive.  Half of what you learn will probably be obsolete in less than two years.  This is kinda good, in that things don't get boring and you always have this sense of moving forward and being on the 'leading edge', but on the downside as soon as you really develop your expertise with a given tool, language or system, along comes a new version and you have to start all over like an intern that just walked in the door.
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Make a list of the pros and cons.  Could you find a similar flexibility with another job?  It never hurts to look for a job, but I wouldn't quit until you have a better situation lined up.
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I've been in my career for over 20 years, and I really enjoy working in the field that I do...\n\nThat said, --- I would quit my job so fast it would make their heads spin!...\n\nI have so many other interests and hobbies that  boredom would never be a problem...\n\nTo keep a job under such circumstances is something that I can only see as bordering on utter lunacy!
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It will take a while to find a job so get started now. They don't know how to do a resume and they don't know how to job hunt. I have seen a lot of resumes from college grads that say that they want a challenging job with personal growth. No employer wants to see that, it shows the person had no idea what he or she wants to do-it goes in the garbage. The other one is paragraphs about how they are team players. The employer got 100 with the same wording yesterday. Into the garbage. Better is To obtain a position as a sales trainee where I can use my strong interpersonal skills. That resume gets kicked over to the sales dept. I saw one resume that said his hobby was skydiving and then he wondered why the mortgage companies never called him.\n\nThen they think that all the jobs are in the want ads and on Monster.com. Only 10% of all jobs are advertised. Advertising costs money and hopefully a position will be filled before they have to run an ad. 70% of all jobs are filled because someone knows someone.  You have to tell everyone you know including your mother's cousin that you are looking for work. The college grad should get out the yellow pages and look up companies in his field, call and ask if he can fax his resume over and to who's attention. Fax it over and if you don't get a call back in a week, call the person you faxed it over to. Don't forget there are state, federal adn local civil service jobs, too.
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You can't spel;l worth a crap either, but than neither can I so what the hell:).\nEngineering is a good job but you usually have to do several things to make a good living in it.\n\n!-First you need to know that it is what you are interested in.\n2-You need to know if you are best and interesting in the actual engineering design or the business side.(the business side is always where the money is.\n3-You need ot know the location.  Location is all important in making money. Do you want to live in a small town area where there is good living conditiond or liv ein soem large twon with good pay which living conditions eat up every month.\n4-You need another degree besides engineering to back you up.  The engineers with a Business degree also are the ones into the money. management makes the money, engineers do the work.\n5- Consider if you would stay an employee or move into self employment.\n6-Be ready to move every few years or sooner/ Very few enginers will stay with one company. Companies simply will not pay them. For example if you make 60 grand a year, and been employed with them for 10 years a company will usually let yuo go and hire someone else for 80 grand a year before they will pay you a dime more.  They might later hire you back say a coupla of  years down the road for 100 gand a year. But that is how companies think, and act.\n7-Be aggressive. Ass   holes make the money, good guys get left by the wayside. That;s another factor of company life.  YOu can be nice to the  people under you butin dealing  with companies  they respect aggressive behavior.\n8-Keep a record of every inch of education you have ever been inviolved in from day one.  All of those little placs you get wiht your name on thenm for acheivement awards, and certificates ect., Use them to your fullest advantage. Get a coupla of online degress, NIO one checks or very few times and often a useless degree wil get you a job where you have soenmone else dong the work.\n9-Keep a record and running diary of your accomplishments and don't be afraid to make changes when you do get a job. It's expected. If you can doone thing to get you infront of the company's news letter than you accomplished more  than a raise, \n10-Always be on the looout on way sto save the company money. Money talks everythng else walks. It's the conmon bond between companies. They all understand money.\nKeep a record of your accomplioshmenst which save money. Always look out for new methods to reduce cost, increase production, and reduce labour or increase customers.\nSome engineers are pencil pushers and soem re engineering businessmen. The business men make the money.\nIf you are not serious and willing to go for a good education than forget it.\nIf you wish to make or are happy with 40 to 60 grand a year start putting in applications in counties, states, and cities giovernments. Those are the only place ot get a decent start in computers networking and repair.  Just repair alone will starve you to death. These vocation shops are turning out computer repair students by the thousands every year with no place to, Who is going to pay you 300 bucks to repair a compute rthey can buy new for 600.\n\nGood luck
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The number of electrical engineer jobs are plentiful depending on location.  From 2001-2004, there was a decrease in job availabilities for everyone.  Engineering companies were one of the hardest hit because of the dot-com bust.  \n\nPower engineering - also called power systems engineering, mostly handle designing and building power plants and power distribution.  Engineering consulting firms that build power generation plants hire power engineers.  Also designing power wiring for buildings.  EEs in this field are required to have their professional engineering liscense to be able to sign off before to be able approved to build anything by the state.  Power plants also hire power engineers to handle logistics and power distribution.\n\nElectronics engineer - designing and test electronics\n\nOptics engineer - designing and test IR, laser, radar, etc.\n\nRobotics - self explanatory\n\nBioengineering - a new branch of EE, designing and test medical devices.  I.e. artificial heart, lasers used for surgeries, different types of meters\n\nThe new rage: quantum dots, nanotechnology and biotech engineering\n\nPros: \n1 - It is a lot of fun and interesting.  \n2 - I get to tinker and explore something different everyday.\n3 - The pay is excellent.  Starting pay in my area varies from 57K-65K for BS in EE, 62K-75K for MS with less than 2 years experience.\n4 - The benefits are great.  Companies value their engineers a lot.  They will do anything to keep you from leaving, including giving 6 digit bonuses and days off.  \n\nCons:\n1 - Very stressful field.  When trying to meet a deadline, it is not uncommon to work 12-16 hours a day without overtime. (I even worked 28+ hours straight once)\n2 - Getting that degree took a lot of hard work and sacrifices.\n3 - Encounter useless arrogant MIT PhD graduate blowhards\n4 - Encounter sexist angry 70 year old engineers - one calls me "Hey you, girl, whatever your name is, come here!"
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As with anyone post your resume.  I am 54 and considering entering the job market again.  I personally don't think it's feasable right now.  Monster.com is an excellent place to check hot jobs.  Good luck and may God Bless.
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Well my dad always said "if you find a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life".  So I asked myself what can I picture myself reasonably doing, that I would enjoy?  At the time I was working for a dentist and loving it - I am now a pre-dental bio-chem major.  My best advice is to get into a field you love.  If you have a job that pays tons of money, but you hate it, you will be miserable.  Better to make less money and be truly happy.