<p>I got a low gpa (2.7) in a mass comm degree, and want to pursue something in media, animal, legal, research, or physical science. I like writing, but writing is a terrible job market right now. I want to go back for something more useful. I'm very introverted, so I can network, but it just takes a lot more effort. I need breaks from it. I thought about trade school, but not sure off the types of degrees I'm looking, (I don't have much interest in being a nurse, mechanic, or wielder). I have thought about accounting, but just sure I would like, math wasn't my favorite class. Vet Tech doesn't have very good salary (29,000 to help put pets done occasionally). I really hated being there when my pets were put down. My gpa below the minimum for grad schools, and I made the fatal mistake of not getting internships. I have a job that I want to leave, but the only other jobs I get are not in the fields or lead to any areas that I'm looking for. I know you can work you way up jobs, just not up to the types of jobs I'm looking for. I'm also worried about finances.</p>
<p>no you should not</p>
<p>You don’t need a 2nd bachelor’s degree, thats another 4 years (or less if your credits transfer) and thousands of dollars in fees. Mass Comm is great field and there is a lot you can do with it. Look at this list of occupations that you can pursue with your degree <a href=“http://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/home.htm”>http://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/home.htm</a>
I’m assuming that you are working in mass comm? Stick around with your job, even if it pays alright. Get work experience, you’ll be able to compensate for your low undergrad gpa with work experience when you apply for grad schools.
If its just work fatigue and you want to get out of it all, simply take a break, go somewhere you like and relax. You’ll come back with a fresh attitude.
Good luck!</p>
<p>After 4 years of college you still don’t have an idea of what you want to do; what you’ve talked about is all over the map. Nobody needs to make ironclad never-change decisions at 22, but until you have a goal and are willing to commit to work towards it then you are wasting time with more schooling. Your time to tool around and figure out what you want to start off doing was in college. </p>
<p>Kathleen, no I’m not, I’m working in fast food. I don’t know where you got the idea that mass comm has a great job market, it doesn’t and the jobs are better suited for people who like to network. Mike, I guess I should have clarified I havent picked one, but looking for advice for ones I can choose.</p>
<p>Im leaning towards either geography, accounting, english or biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>What have you done to find a full time, career job so far? Did you exhaust all options? When looking for jobs, did you apply to ones that requested 1-3 years of experience? If you did, then give them another look - many postings will list experience levels but look at people regardless of experience.</p>
<p>The answer is almost certainly not more schooling (yet); that said, I do know people who graduated with bachelor’s degrees and then went back to get professional certificates, which cost a couple thousand dollars but only took a few months instead of four years and tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.</p>
<p>Not the right experience. Im not looking to working at anymore food places or convenient stores.</p>
<p>Much better to find a place to volunteer that could lead to a career path. More school and more debt is likley not the answer. </p>
<p>Can’t find the right ones. Mostly ones just for watching kids , construction, and social work. Not looking fot that.</p>
<p>Same goes with sales, tried sales, hated it.</p>
<p>Maybe I was unclear. A company may say that it wants people with 1-3 years of experience, but that is often not actually a requirement. My company was looking for 1-3 years of experience, but I was fresh out of college, so I obviously had zero years of experience under my belt; got the job and have been with it for three years. Don’t self-select yourself out of job opportunities… let companies reject you.</p>
<p>How many jobs have you applied for? What industries have you applied in?</p>
<p>None lately. Got tired out of it, because almost was certain scbooling (another bachelor’s or associate’s) or bottom level jobs in fields like fast food, marketing, construction, and sales which not are ones I’m trying avoid.</p>
Sorry that was the best answer I could give. Unfortunately, I didn’t college as serious as I should.
You want to be at point B and you’re at point A. The fact that you’ve missed some chance in the past to get to point B does not mean you should not endeavor to get to point B now!
(An analogy: You or your family ran out of something critical, so it was necessary for you to go to the store for it. Unfortunately, you misunderstood what was needed and at the store bought the wrong thing. When you arrive home you realize your mistake. The sensible thing at this point is to evaluate the wisdom of going again to get what you need. The way to make ANY decision is to weigh cost AT THAT TIME against the prospective benefit to be obtained going forward. Will you be better off going again or saving the cost of going again and doing without the item?)
The best scenario financially (of any real likelihood) for you if you do not remake yourself educationally would be getting into management of a food or retail business. You are unlikely now to make a career in media with (just) your (aged) degree. Degrees get overshadowed by long subsequent work experience in another field. And mass media I can well believe is a poor area for employment. (In the field of media, only audio and video equipment technicians, technical writers and translators - by the way, are you fluent in another language? - are portrayed as having good prospects at http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_102.htm.) But…
It is apparent from your post that you have strong feelings for animals. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts good job growth for animal trainers and caretakers (77,000 job openings) and for veterinary technologists and technicians (33,000 job openings) in the years 2012 to 2022.
You might become an animal care worker with no additional education (http://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/animal-care-and-service-workers.htm#tab-4). However, the pay is very low, which you won’t be happy about.
So I think you should get education that enables you to go higher than the bottom rung at something you do like. You understand now the cost of not working hard at school; you are not likely to again not take it seriously. Achieving a really good educational performance after the mediocre one will give you much satisfaction.
That’s my problem, I don’t want a career in retail, customer service, or food management. That’s what stresses me out. Not really interested in being a veterinary technician, the pay sucks and you don’t really get any promotions. Also the job is not as science-based, it’s more just animal care work.
If I did become a vet tech, it would just be to pay for further education, but don’t think that would be a wise decision since the education to become cost money.
Was working in animal care, but got laid off recently.
I think the dilemma you are facing is that you are wanting to improve your situation without risk and/or consequences which is impossible (ignoring rare/lucky situations).
Going back to what other people have said, mass communications doesn’t have the “best” job market but it’s definitely not bad. My honest opinion is that you are being picky about which jobs you apply for and you probably have a very “weak” resume. Do volunteer work, apply for internships (non-traditional candidate but still possible), try and get promoted at work. Furthermore, you need to apply non-stop! Make a schedule if you have to! Do like 5 applications a day.
Literally what we know about you is;
- 2.6 GPA on a Bachelor’s of Mass Communications
- Few years of experience as a fast food worker and animal care worker
To an employer, they have to consider whether it’s worth their time (money) to interview you so tell us some of your brag-worthy qualities. Then maybe, we can try and advise you into how to better sell yourself.
But above all else, figure out what you really enjoy. I mean actually do some research and narrow down them. Your interests are all over the place and I’m not saying people can’t like multiple things but usually they have a preference to one or two.
I’m just worried if I apply to jobs I don’t want a career in, I will likely get stuck in. I’m already back working at my old job, so I just don’t think I should leave it for any job.