Please, I need job advice...?

Question

Hello,

So, a little background on me is that I am a student, supporting myself, majoring in Dental Hygiene. I still have a few years until I will be done with the program and started with me career. My dillemma comes in with what sort of job I want to have in the meantime. I am having a really hard time with this. I have been on my own since I was 16, and have had pretty much every kind of job you could imagine (well, almost), - mostly service industry, waiting tables, retail and such, with some minor office experience. I feel so stuck at this point, because I am TOTALLY BURNT OUT with all of these menial jobs that will allow me to work just 20 or so hours a week to allow me to focus on school. There are NO jobs in my field for which I can begin now, since in the medical industry you have to have certain qualifications in order to even maintain a position other than a receptionist (but even as a receptionist you have to have formal training and certification in some instances). And extra training on the side is not something that I have time for, and it would detour me from my overall goal in Dental Hygiene.---I am rambling, but I think that you can see where my frusteration comes in.

Okay so, a friend of mine has one semester left to be an Electrical Engineer, and he has had two successful positions within his field over the last 3 years! without yet finishing! So, you see, my chosen profession comes with it's obstacles, and I am left with just seeking random employment in the meantime just to pay the bills to get through school.

This is where I am having problems coping- I can no longer wait tables because I did it for a few years, and just CAN'T hack it anymore- it seems so trivial. And I have been in offices before, usually with just clerical tasks, though I have had some advances experience in payroll. But, most payroll positions are only full time, and that is not at all feasable for me right now. I WISH I could just work at some dumb job for the next few years until I have my credentials and certifications, but- I am having a really hard time doing 'mindless' work that I am not in some way personally vested in.

I really don't know what I am asking of you all, but I just really needed to get it all out in words and throw this out into the universe in hopes that someone out there can relate and make me feel even a little less neurotic.

I just feel like- I don't know- I can't even trust myself at this point that I even know what I want or need to do. WHY CAN'T I JUST GO TO WORK AS A MEANS TO AN END FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND NOT LOOK ANY FURHTER INTO IT??? WHAT SORT OF SATISFACTION SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR ???

I don't know- if you can relate, or have any words of advice- please share. Thank you, I value all of your input and will choose best answer to most thoughtful person. Thank you.

Answer 1

first you check urself.. wat skill v have? can we survey if job gets?

first make urself skilled

Answer 2

if you are having good skill so you can also join the bpo industry.

Answer 3

I know exactly what you mean. I work in retail and showing up for work is like pulling teeth. It just feels meaningless.

But really when it gets down to it, I think you just have to grin and bare it. Just remember that it won't last forever. I think you also have to try and put meaning into your job. You say you don't feel personally vested in your work, but maybe you have to GET vested in it. You usually get the most satisfaction from the things you work for the hardest. Going through years of hard jobs you didn't want to have to do will make it that much more satisfying when you can finally start your career.

I don't know if that's at all helpful, but that's all I got. :)

Good luck.