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Finish the last class and get the degree, even if it's in underwater basket weaving. Doesn't matter. You've done too much to walk away now with nothing. It will help you sometime in your life. If you are thinking no big deal, I can finish any time, you are wrong. Check on this for yourself. If X years pass, you will be left with nothing and have to start over. And requirements for graduation change consistently, you may go back and find some of your classes no longer count and there are a bunch of new ones you have to take. You have made a big investment in higher education to get this close. Finish.
How can you not financially afford to take the remaining class to finish you BA but you can affrod to start an entirely different education program that takes two years?
IfI assure you that being able to put on a resume that you've completed a bachelor's degree is worthy--even if you start something entirely new.
Good paying careers that take two years of schooling:
Nursing
Ultrasound Tech.
Respiratory Therapy
Police Officer
Paramedic
And what's up with having a husband who won't let you go into a trade? I've never understood marriages where a spouses dictate like that.
Again with the nursing This field is way way way flooded, new grads can't get jobs:
Are colleges oversupplying nurses? | MinnEcon | Minnesota Public Radio
There is tons of other data, just do a search on my name in the CD forum and nursing - I'm just tired of reposting all of it, or better yet go to the allnurses forum and read all about real nurses and how they can't get jobs.
Yes, I have work experience. I'm in my mid 30s. As I said I'm just looking for ideas and information, not trying to post my resume.
What is your work experience background? Nothing extensive; just the type of work experience you have and the industry. There's perhaps a nugget of information that help us steer you in the right direction or avoid a direction entirely.
As someone who had been trying to get a job as a police officer for the last two years, I will also say that that field is oversaturated and hardly hiring at all to boot. Thanks to state, county, and municipal governments being completely bankrupt, the agencies (if they're hiring at all) have maybe 1 or 2 positions open, and have hundreds of people applying for them. Please, for the love of God, find a different career to go into before this one.
The reason she is all over the place is she is looking for something that pays a living wage. She does not care what it is. We have 15 to 25 million underemployed in the US. She whats to make 15 an hour. This means she makes less then that. Her field is flooded paralegal jobs are hard to find. Tons of out of work lawyers now take those. Look under college guy I talk about nursing alot it is flooded wait lists one to 2 years. Respiratory therapy and ultrasound tech is becoming flooded as well. Soilworker 1986 makes points about being a cops. We had 2 openings in my city 1000 people showed up. God only knows how many were in the hiring pool already. There will be millions of layoffs of city workers fireman cops teachers and state workers. IT is out long hours need BS in CS many entry level jobs are gone to India. The mid level are now being sent as well. That ship has sailed for the most part. I know you what something short so you do not run up much debt. I feel your pain I too have a run of the mill BA and some grad school. I do not what anymore debt just a living wage and some benefits. I do not care what it is. But my options are even fewer handicapped so trades and navy are out. The options for living wage jobs in the future will be much less good luck.
Thanks, collegeguy at least you get where I'm coming from. I've seen no openings for a fulltime paralegal in my area. I applied to the one part-time one on craigslist. And, administrative work pays less than I made in my 20s, heck, less than I made in my teens waiting tables and babysitting. I was a litigation paralegal for seven years. When that started sinking I became a self-employed investigator and process server for a few years. I've been self-employed providing transcription, research and writing the last several years. I've been trying to find a fulltime "employee" position for months. I had an onsite contractor position recently, that was supposed to be a great opportunity for an eventual job. They were having cashflow issues though and that position has been nixed for now. And, my clients have been having slow times as well lately, so hardly any work on that front.
I appreciate the concern that I won't finish my last class - it's just an exam, trust me I'll get it done :-) I have an excellent GPA and GRE scores, so it's not a lack of intellect or work ethic.
I had looked at sonography as well, but didn't see good news on the jobs front with that one. I don't think all of IT is toast. I've seen lots of openings for analysts and DBAs, but it probably would take more schooling than I have time or money for at present.
I'm trying to keep an open mind to see what options I might have overlooked.
I was a litigation paralegal for seven years. When that started sinking I became a self-employed investigator and process server for a few years. I've been self-employed providing transcription, research and writing the last several years.
Have you looked into technical writing? It's IT related but there's more of a need to have excellent writing skills than computer skills. I've got someone I know on the East Coast that is self employed and works from home doing manuals for software and such.
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This field is way way way flooded, new grads can't get jobs:
