I would like to change my career from library assistant work. Any thoughts?

Question

I have worked in a library for nearly six years now and am wondering about transferring my skills - I'm definitely a people person and thought about training as a counsellor, or trying for work in museums and galleries (would need extra training for that too). Just going stircrazy at the moment.

Answer 1

Pursue your choices if those are your real dreams./

Answer 2

A library assistant is a great basis of experience for many jobs.  You know the community and how to deal with difficult people more than, say, the receptionist at a doctor's office.  Working at a museum would use that experience, but so would selling real estate, working for a non-profit foundation, or a school district's human resources department.  

Every good job is going to take a little more training. The trick is learning to sell yourself to your new employer so they will either pay for the training, or hire you while you are going after that added training.

I've met lots of LA's that suffer from a lack of confidence when they talk about their strengths.  I'd think they were just "fishing for compliments from their boss the librarian" but it's pretty much universal that they sell themselves short.

I should talk you into staying though.  It's hard to get and keep good people at a library, and I don't want to make it harder on your boss.