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I was wondering if someone could help give me some career advice. I’m a 28 year old female, who has a bachelors in a business administration. I have been told my strengths are: attention to detail, organization, and planning.
For the past year and a half I have been working as an office manager for a group of 20 people. Although this is my title, I don’t actually manage this team, but more so manage the office, but that’s my official title. I order snacks, cater lunches, any office expenses I do, ordering supplies for the team, opening PO’s, and basically any issues with the office or assistance with admin type things I help my team with.
I like the people, but I already feel quite bored in the role, and there’s nowhere to be promoted to, unless I perhaps changed departments, but I have been considering moving states lately, so if I were to do so I would leave this job.
Can anyone give me advice on good career paths I could go into or maybe break into from this role? I love helping people and I love organizing and planning things, and sorting things out (problem solving). I’m not at all mathematical minded and was always better with writing and English.
One thing I dislike about this job is the lack of job growth, and it can feel very samey. I also find people incredibly ungrateful, even when I bend over backwards to help people.
Any suggestions? I currently make 60k, but I’d really like to make closer to 80k, and I’d hope once I leave this job, the experience I have would allow me to get there.
Sounds like you'd enjoy working in Human Resources. HR managers earn well over $80,000. Do some research and see what it takes to get there..
how did you come up with this? No one will hire an office manager who has no HR experience as a HR manager and pay her $80k. There are thousands of HR educated and experienced people who apply to those jobs.
OP, why not stay an office manager but different company? With your experience you may be able to go up in pay.
how did you come up with this? No one will hire an office manager who has no HR experience as a HR manager and pay her $80k. There are thousands of HR educated and experienced people who apply to those jobs.
OP, why not stay an office manager but different company? With your experience you may be able to go up in pay.
Apparently you stopped reading before getting you to the part where I said.....
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Do some research and see what it takes to get there...
I am not implying that she can get an HR manager job straight away. Just that I think she would enjoy that type of work.
She can do some research, see what type of work experience and education she needs to get there and start working on it, if feasible.
I was wondering if someone could help give me some career advice. I’m a 28 year old female, who has a bachelors in a business administration. I have been told my strengths are: attention to detail, organization, and planning.
For the past year and a half I have been working as an office manager for a group of 20 people. Although this is my title, I don’t actually manage this team, but more so manage the office, but that’s my official title. I order snacks, cater lunches, any office expenses I do, ordering supplies for the team, opening PO’s, and basically any issues with the office or assistance with admin type things I help my team with.
I like the people, but I already feel quite bored in the role, and there’s nowhere to be promoted to, unless I perhaps changed departments, but I have been considering moving states lately, so if I were to do so I would leave this job.
Can anyone give me advice on good career paths I could go into or maybe break into from this role? I love helping people and I love organizing and planning things, and sorting things out (problem solving). I’m not at all mathematical minded and was always better with writing and English.
One thing I dislike about this job is the lack of job growth, and it can feel very samey. I also find people incredibly ungrateful, even when I bend over backwards to help people.
Any suggestions? I currently make 60k, but I’d really like to make closer to 80k, and I’d hope once I leave this job, the experience I have would allow me to get there.
Sounds to me like a pretty easy gig for what you are paid.
Don't take that for granted.
That said, if you want to do something else, here's my advice...
Think of a job that...
1) You would do if you won the lottery.
2) Where you'd have stories to tell your friends and families about what you did that day.
3) Where you believe in at least the daily mission (e.g. curing cancer) if not the daily tasks that you perform.
4) That has the right amount of corporate culture that you desire (less or more).
And I currently work in HR now.. I agree that it could be a good field for you to get into but you will definitely have to start from the bottom and work your way up. I don't think you will enjoy general HR (benefits, comp, payroll) etc. but I think you should look into Learning & Development. The organizational aspect, working with people, and problem solving are all important traits for that role.
You very likely may need to take a step back to move forward. If you want a change to something else, even if it is related, you may have to begin in a lesser role and be at a lesser level of income. If you are good with that (and many are) then you can try to build your way into a Practice Manager position in healthcare. Your administrative background is one aspect that would be valuable. You'd have to learn a good deal about how to fit that into the healthcare world, which is very different from any other world.
Sounds to me like a pretty easy gig for what you are paid.
Don't take that for granted.
That said, if you want to do something else, here's my advice...
Think of a job that...
1) You would do if you won the lottery.
2) Where you'd have stories to tell your friends and families about what you did that day.
3) Where you believe in at least the daily mission (e.g. curing cancer) if not the daily tasks that you perform.
4) That has the right amount of corporate culture that you desire (less or more).
That's a start.
I must admit it’s good pay for what I do, although it’s by no means easy. We have a lot of events and I have to plan everything for them...on saying that, the job has reached a point where it’s not a challenge.
And I currently work in HR now.. I agree that it could be a good field for you to get into but you will definitely have to start from the bottom and work your way up. I don't think you will enjoy general HR (benefits, comp, payroll) etc. but I think you should look into Learning & Development. The organizational aspect, working with people, and problem solving are all important traits for that role.
Would you say even entry level would require a degree in HR or at least a cert?
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