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What career is right for me?!? (please only answer if you have something serious to say, thanks!)?

I was going to school for social work I currently work as a admin/personal assistant all my experience is in personal assisting and child care. I am currently on a two semester break form school, I have to go back in january. The only problem is what do I major in. so here are a list of jobs I kinda think sound like something I would enjoy. If you have any unique jobs you want to share please feel free. Maybe a career assessment test. Or if you have any info on the jobs listed bellow. I just need help!!!! thanks!! party, wedding, event planner publicist lawyer photographer writer Im in AZ just some info that may be important.

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1. Get a career in something that you can make a living in. Social work is nice but it doesn't pay much. Try accounting, business, nursing, health cares like medical doctor, programming, graphic design/web design. Going into law is good.
2. With Obama in the white house you should seriously think about continuing your studies on through and becoming a tax lawyer. Especially for corporations, due to the tax increases that are coming. The tax code will be so complex and companies will be looking to pay big $$ to keep from paying those taxes.
3. Sandy, I have a similar problem. I think it sounds like you may enjoy the office work and working around children . I would look into maybe office work in a school or maybe in The office of a daycare center. Maybe a socail worker in a school , there are many possibilities there. I hear in your letter that you enjoy the office and also enjoy working around children. Maybe a school teacher! That would be cool. Good job choice I think. I hope this helped you out. Boopsie
4. Without more info its hard to get detail on you but I can suggest seriously that you consider the area of Project Management. I was an IT Project Manager working for corporates maintaining and developing software suites and found it to be a well paid, flexible, educated modern working environment. Not without its difficulties- long hours-often overnight, oncall, out of hours, travel, hotels, meetings away etc. But good training, pension, bonus, great staff, recruit your own teams. Plenty of promotion structure, no dead ends. Its a tough competitive world and still quite dominated by men but if you can hold your own in a meeting, don't mind making decisions even if their unpopular, like controlling schedules, working to deadlines budgets, resources planning, controlling, making plans, getting the best out of people even under pressure (especially under pressure), directing and ensuring that your plans go to plan then its the job for you and you'd do well. If you don't like being up front or the spokesperson then maybe a few lessons in team leading /building may help you or practice public speaking. If you enjoy admin/filing and getting the job done and onto the next then its a job for life. It can be a tough job -long unsocial hours, unpaid work at home, doing professional qualifications at home in your 'spare' time, being away we/ends on team building courses(absailing off mountains !) Constant pressure, paperwork neverending, mailbox never empty. Upside- ££££££'s , great staff, great memories, all the criseses and laughs, all the weddings, birthdays, mad days out, fabulous holidays, Great projects- mentally stimulating and difficult to do. All medium to large companies employ Project Managers on a permanent in-house or sub-contract basis. GOOD LUCK
5. Everyone of those positions can lead to your own practice or consulting gig someday. They will all require that you know someone in the particular industry to get your feet in the door. And out of all of them, law school will cost you the most in money and time. How much investment are you willing to put up before you're on your feet making a living?
6. I just took the Meyer Briggs personality test. This helps you understand what kind of person you are. Then it tells what careers would be good for your personality type. If you are in the wrong career you can come home exhausted from the day. Are you exhausted at what you currently do? Think about another career If you are not exhausted then you are in the right career area.