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Originally Posted by StarlaJane
I would like some advice about changing careers.
I’ve been teaching for 15 years. I’ve enjoyed some of it but it has been a lot of work for a low-paying career that really doesn’t care about or appreciate me. Even with 2 bachelors degrees and a Masters, I have been unable to find a permanent, full-time position, which I need, as I am approaching 50 and have no benefits, pension or retirement from working 
I have applied several times to non-teaching jobs in education for which I would still be using my degrees/skills, without luck and am at my wits end. |
I'm in a pretty similar spot as I've been trying to use my degree (engineering) to parlay into a tangential field. Many of the companies I'm applying to also employ people doing what I do now. That's how tangential it is.
Still no luck.
I'd also say everything is relative as teaching is one of the things I've been considering switching to.
Basically I think the options are...
1) Keep doing what you're doing and applying to tangential jobs.
2) Go back and retrain. Pretty risky. But at the very least, I'd brainstorm and come up with 3 things you could see yourself doing to finish your career out.
3) Just take a non-degreed job(s) and ride out your career that way and keep applying.
And I don't think #3 is as bad of an option as you might think. I'll be honest, nobody really cares about your degrees. Think about who you know that might be able to get you a job.
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