Help choosing a career path?

Question

My ideal career would be one in which I'm constantly learning and one in which I'm not doing the same thing every day. The obvious choice would be medicine but I don't know if I could handle that, however I'm still considering it. My other choices would be something in science or possibly radiography. Does anyone have any thoughts on this or other suggestions? Everything is appreciated!

Answer 1

circus acrobat

Answer 2

do accounting, it's fun fun fun

Answer 3

Radiography /radiology is still towards medicine side

Engineering is another option for you if u wannabee a constant learner(and arent afraid of maths!!) branch suitable for this will be electrical/electronics/computer

Answer 4

i belive that medicine would be fun.  

Answer 5

I suggest for you to study as a sergeon assistant. Since it seems like you want to keep learning, look into become a plastic sergeon. It very rewarding at the end of your education.

Answer 6

Nursing! The medical fields are growing rapidly and the money is great. You could learn something new and would have to take con. ed classes yearly but you could work in so many fields, office, er, hosp, long term care, pediatrics, there are soooo many!

Answer 7

A few things you might consider:

Physical Therapist

Occupational Therapist

Audiologist

Physician Assistant

Nurse (or the X-Ray technician nurse)

Optometry

Opthamologist

Environmentalist

Biologist / Researcher or Environmental

Waste Water Treatment Specialist

etc. The list goes on and on - look in the occupational outlook handbook that the federal goverment maintains - it should have a tons of information to assist you.

Answer 8

become a tattoo artist...lots of money..respect...fame...everything...bel... me...but its hard work in the beginning.....

Answer 9

I was an x-ray tech or radiographer for 20 years and loved every minute of it. I especially liked trauma cases and spent a few years working in the hospital emergency room. I also worked for an Occupational Health clinic where we did job related trauma and physical exams for jobs. Since I was the only person that liked trauma I got to do all the trauma cases. There is never a dull moment when working in an environment such as that.

Towards the end of my medical career I worked in family practice and was the only back office staff besides the MD, this allowed me to draw blood, run simple blood tests and other nursing duties. My last job was with an orthopaedic surgeon, once again I was the only back office staff and I also assisted him in surgery.

Depending upon where you live and who you work for there are many opportunities to do other things and not just x-ray.

Before I picked a career I took a career placement test which showed some areas that I would be good at based on personality and other conditions.

About 14 years ago I decided to change careers and got my BS degree in order to go to law school but life had other things in mind and I never made it to law school.

I now have my dream job as an antique dealer and am a month away from opening my own antique shop. This was just a hobby for 25 years and I have made a career of it.

I would suggest the placement test and then think about hobbies that you have and follow your heart.

Good luck.

Answer 10

my dog has  the same name as you

Answer 11

nursing :D

Answer 12

To me, one obvious choice would be to be a college professor, in any subject you like. Professors don't teach full time, they also do research in their fields and publish it. You can try this out by doing research assistant work as a college student.

You can also be a research scientist without being a professor. You could work on finding a cure for a disease or on creating new products for a company (a better hair dryer, a fat-free chocolate bar that tastes good), for example. But this isn't as vaied a job as professor.

In the social sciences, you can be a social worker, where you're at a computer doing writeups some of the time and interviewing, visiting and arranging help for people some of the time. You'd be learning about the people and you'd have to keep up on new laws, new social services and so on.

Or you could work in social policy, where you might lobby the government, research the issues of, say, a medical group looking for a change in laws, etc.

Take a wide range of classes when you first start college. Once you decide what interests you the most, you can plan more from there.

Answer 13

Try being a science teacher it ticks all your boxes you want to do the same thing every day and its something to do with science, and being a teacher really isn't that challenging so you would be able to handle it

Answer 14

zoology ud be outside working with animals and its science related and not boring

Answer 15

Medicine would be great. Im interested in being a vet because of learnin g new things everday, you could alos be like a medical researcher, curing diseases, working in the lab or pharmacist could be quiet good ?

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Answer 16

Milly, if you have high grades and are motivated you might want to consider a career in dentistry.  You get to use your brain, your hands, and your compassion in helping others.  It is a good career choice for women, especially when you think of having a family in the future (good hours compared to medicine).  Hour for hour dentists make more money than physicians - but how much money do you really need?

I suggest job "shadowing" a couple of different kinds of dentists and see if you like how they spend their days.  You might be pleasantly surprised.