Career - How did you know?
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Topic: Career - How did you know?
Posted By: EthansMummy
Subject: Career - How did you know?
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 1:17pm
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Hi girls,
Well as baby No2 is on the way I have started thinking about what I wanted to do with the rest of my life (I'm 22). Sadly, I do have to return to work and my job is perfect for where I am in my life now but wonder what I want to do as a Career - I am nearly a qualified Legal Executive. So basically I just wanted to know: How did you know/decide what you wanted to be doing for the rest of your life? ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 1:24pm
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plenty of work out there for legal execs! finish your course so you will always have that as a back up
I knew what i wanted to do since i was about five...oh yeah this profession and being miss new zealand for about five years from age six! LOL!!! I did play around with anthropology / archaeology after my degree and had i not gotten into next uni course i was off to usa to do masters in arch/ anthro. |
Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:05pm
| I'm really, really struggling with this at the moment. It's driving me crazy! I know what I want to do, but I have to go back to study to get there and I've missed out on enrolling in it by one week (darn that overseas holiday!!!) so I'll probably have to wait until next March, which means putting off the baby plans. Why are life's decisions so hard to make?! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:34pm
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I have always known I wanted to do something in medicine or animal medicine and then when I was about 15 or 16 I decided midwifery was for me and 7 years later its still what I want so thats next years plan.
I have thought about doing other things but I always come back to midwifery and think if I don't at least try I'll always wish I had. Kirsten ring them up they may allow for late enrolments. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:39pm
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I wanna be a rock star, always have. Not too sure what my chances are now, though. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:39pm
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seriously! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:58pm
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I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
The only thing that appeals to me is being a rich fulltime mum who organises awesome parties and charity events. Unfortunately I was born into the wrong family, married for love instead of money and haven't won lotto yet 
I'm being paid well now and good at my job, I'll stay here until after number 2 or 3 unless something better comes along then I might re-evaluate. I figure that I'm still young and have plenty of time. At 22 you don't need to decide that this is your career for the rest of your life. You've got about 40 working years to go (  scary thought) and can make as many career changes as you want. My parents both went to university and got degrees in their 50s to enable them to make a career change.
p.s. Jacobsmama you should totally become a Rock Star, I've always wanted to learn to play drums (maybe we should team up and once I win lotto I'll buy us our own private touring plane  )
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 3:07pm
Er, umm.. still don't know here 
I'm a year older than you. Have never really had a dream job in mind! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 3:30pm
When I learn how I'll play guitar as I think I could be good at that too ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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The_Stuarts wrote:Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 3:55pm
| I've just turned 30 and am in my first year of teaching. i changed my mind every two minutes- and, if you look back, was freaking out on the day before I started too. |
Posted By: Rowena
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 4:11pm
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I'm 38 and expecting my second child and I still don't know what I want to do with my life so I wouldn't stress about it too much.
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 5:08pm
I'm 38 too!!, and I've been in the same job for 20 years  I've had it too good there to worry about a "career" but they are closing down in th next few years so now I need to seriously think about what I would like to do as I don't really want to carry on in the same line of work.
Wish I'd though about it at 22 maybe I would have done some sort of study....maybe I still will. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 5:27pm
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i used to get frustrated when people told me i had plenty of time(no offense ) :) and although they are right i see your point... i was like you and in the end i got into teaching and nursing..chose teaching and hated the primary part of it ..loved the kids but not the job and ended up ECE..as i love babies and helping and that sort of team approach...so i just sortof guessed what i might want to do..now though i think i want to be a social worker..so do i follow my heart and study more? or stay with what i have done..it's a lot of years to do a job if i'd rather be doing something else..
so yeah i guess for me at different stages of my life I've thought i knew what i wanted and it changed:) ! for me 'what i want to do' should include making me feel alive, important and valued. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 6:41pm
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Took me until now to figure it out!! One day I just thought that police would be a cool job and after going on a ride along with the Newmarket police on a Friday I was pumped!
I never really got it out of my system hence why I'm preparing to go for it now...I often get nervous that I will suck at the job and if that happens then I'm out of ideas!!! But I'm pretty darn determined to get there so very little is going to stand in my way! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 6:55pm
I still don't know. I always wanted to be a vet, all through primary and high school. Did all my schooling around sciences. Got into vet school and did 2 years and then discovered my drive wasn't strong for it and that it really wasn't for me. Now I'm stuck not knowing where I want to go career wise. I'd love to build my business in the mean time 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 7:01pm
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Kawww, I would really investigate that option before persuing it, it is nothing like what you expect it is going to be. I know so many who have left social work soon after getting into it. You know how you feel bad about the kids whose lives you can't change that you teach? Well it is even worse when they are the only ones you are working with. It is such a tough system to work in.
But if you are sure, well go for it! -------------  
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 8:28pm
Just saw your ticker meow congrats 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 8:34pm
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SOcial work doesnt have to be about sad kiddies tho - I have worked with heaps of SWers in the hospital system (placing elderly in care facilities, counselling type stuff...)
Anyway, I decided when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a physio and did all the right subjects at school, went to physio school for 4 years - and now I really dont enjoy it! Have only worked about 18 months full time and it just doesnt do it for me. This has been such a huge dilemna for me over the past couple of years and I still have no answer... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:15pm
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Well from the perspective of someone trained in Human Resources and Career Development...Lifetime vocations are less and less common now. Nowadays people change jobs and re-train more often.
Gone are the days when staying in one job for 15 years is the best thing, although it is great for some. I'd say go with what your happy with / what works now, stay open to the options and various paths may open up as you go along. Most employers no longer look for people who stay in jobs for 15 years. People who have had several roles and have been proactive in upskilling and finding what suits them are just as attractive. It's definately great to have plans and ambitions though :) ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:32pm
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Ive always wanted to be a midwife since I saw my first natural birth. I think it was a mixture of the Dr's enthusaism(sp?) in showing me and teaching me how everything worked that got me interested. From then on I was hooked. I got into MW school but saw a career adviser and they suggested nursing as MW is very full on and with a young child (only had one then) very hard on them with being on call etc. FEllinto nursing and havent looked back. I plann on going to do my midwifery when my youngest is in college. Goodluck with your decision. Still plenty of time to decide ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:22pm
I'm an "unqualified legal exec"  I haven't had any formal training but I did have 6yrs experience before having kiddies and have recently gone back. Actually I never wanted a career, I just wanted to be a full-time mum and host of... dunno! LOL! But anyway it's how it has worked out for us atm.
With legal sec stuff, the thing is that it will always be around so that's a good thing. If you have any experience under your belt but not sure about continuing, maybe you need to think in a different direction - diff types of law for example, or even into some other form of secretary (accountant, medical, etc) -------------  |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 4:30am
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i was going to be a mw too but then realised the crazy hours and stuff:) but awesome for anyone who can do it!:)
miss- yes I know..with my job(other job and ece job) had a lot to do with some of them..some great..some really crap...and I think I'd be good at it:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 8:04am
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I fell into law at 17 and stuck with it for 7 years. I'm a qualified legal exec (have been for 4 years now) and done part of my law degree as well. I love law, I love working in it, and yeah. Especially property/commercial law. When I moved back to the Naki, there were no legal jobs around, so I'm working in insurance now, and am being trained to be an underwriter. I enjoy insurance, because I'm dealing with property, and it's the ins and outs of property that I enjoy. But in saying that I still love law...
I'm only 24 BTW. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 12:12pm
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I've always known what I wanted to do since I was a very little kid. I never wanted to do anything except write, and romantic as it is, being a starving writer doesn't pay the bills so journalism is a good compromise. I did lose the plot for a while, dropped out of school at 15, went back at 17, dropped out of uni the first time and didn't really get serious about my degree til I realised I'd never get a job without it. Finished my degree at 22 with a one year old and kind of fell into my job here at OHbaby! when Maya was about 18 months and here I am still.
I've found that since working here, and having my kids, I've become fascinated with pregnancy and birth and would love to do some sort of post grad qualification coz I hope to stay in this particular field of journalism long term. ETA: I mean a postgrad in something pregnancy/birth/baby related, I already have a POstgrad Dip in Journalism. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
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Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 3:27pm
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This is so interesting....
I have 3 years legal secretary experience and 1 year as the office junior so 4 years in a law office and i really do love it and want to go back but places like that just aren't flexible enough so is not an option for me at the moment. Where I am (mortgage brokers) as an office administrator there are 4 of us in the office and 3 have little kids (including the boss) so she is really flexiable with sick kids, doctors appts etc, etc. So I think until both kids (so bout 5/6 years away!!!) I will just stick to easy going and no brainer jobs!!!! ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 3:58pm
Same here all I wanted was to be a midwife but got talked into nursing by a careers advisor and hated it. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 6:01pm
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I don't know exactly what I want to do, but do know the area I want to work in.
Since the start of uni when I started doing politics I knew I wanted to go into something to do with developing countries, which led me to International Development work. I am now working at an International Development agency, but basically as admin. It's not the job I want, but it's my 'apprenticeship' of sorts. I always wonder if I should go and do something that would be of use in developing countries, such as social work, nursing, or midwifery... and I still might, but in the mean time I am just going to see how things work out. Who knows what I might end up doing!! |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 6:57pm
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I'm 27 at the moment and even though I am a qualified primary teacher (I went straight to T-col/Uni after High School), sometimes I still don't know if its what I want to do or not with my life (long hours, stressful schools, low pay for the amount of stress and stuff you have to put up with)
There are a number of things I would still like to try but the thought of having to go back to study at the moment doesn't really appeal.... Remember these days most people have a few 'careers' not just the one, so don't stress if you haven't found what you're quite looking for! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:09pm
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I think I actually figured mine out from my Mum, she was an RTLB (resource teacher of learning and behaviour) and that, I think, led my into psychology. I've been working in mental health for about 7 years now, and I absolutley love it. I don't know why, but there's something about mental illness, working with people, that just clicks with me. I still don't know, however, exactly what in mental health I want to do, and I got the wrong qualifications now that I look back. I'm re-training as a therapist, which I LOVE, so I'm hoping to be able to work in that role. ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 9:23pm
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I was never career driven and still not although I am in a professional job and been asked on many occasions to step up to a higher job. BUT I am happy in what I am doing and have my work life balance at the moment. My job has little stress - as I work part time. But then i think its cause I know the job so well that its got little stress.
I wanted to be an air hostess (cabin attendent as it is now referred as) and 'back then' you use to have to be 22.. so I waited - well blah I had josh and then let go of my dream to be one. Although i am sure I could do it now I know its not practical with a family and so will stick with what I have now. content
ETA: i never saw myself as a mother of 3 and that was not in my plan for my 20's(except of cause when i was 8 saying I wanted 3 kids). But life is funny and doesn't always turn out the way we 'planned' ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 10:02pm
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I always wanted to be an animator for Disney...ah well. I'm in my second career now and I think I may change again after I finish having kids.
My dad is 74 and still doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up. -------------  
 
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