i am currently an assistant head teller and the bank i work for has me working long hours and we are working with very few tellers. i think i am ready to move out of the banking industry and start a new career but i'm not sure where i can go with these skills and no college degree.
2006-10-29 05:33:11 · 7 answers · asked by bribabe156 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I was an assistant head teller many years ago and the best move I made was to become an accounting clerk in the International Department. The work was much more interesting and I eventually became a document examiner. They trained us completely on letters of credit, which is a very good skill to have, especially if you live in the NY area.
I should let you know my bank was very prejudiced against people without college degrees. If I'd had a degree, I could've started in the International Department with a much better title and salary.
But I could've (and should've) taken whatever college courses I wanted through the bank and could've gotten my degree through them, fully paid for, as many people did. I forget the name of the institution but it was only for banking but really, all you need is that degree to get beyond the no-degree stigma. I suggest you take advantage of any tuition reimbursement or education benefits they offer, even if you stay in the teller job. As for major, how about accounting? There's never a shortage of jobs for accountants.
If your bank doesn't have an international department, try ANY other department, including the "platform." If you're good, you can get into being a loan officer or investment counselor. That involves a lot of selling usually, and may or may not be your cup of tea, but keep in mind sales is one career area where results count WAY more than degrees.
If you're determined to leave banking right now and get a job with your skills, as I said there's accounting clerk jobs, there's jobs in the cash offices of department stores, casinos, grocery stores, security companies like Wells Fargo, and the like, where you'll be doing much the same job: counting large sums of money.
Always do a fantastic job, learn management skills and you can advance no matter what industry you're in. But you'll do it more slowly without a degree and you will occasionally run up against "degree snobs" who don't think non-college types belong in their department.
Good luck!
2006-10-29 05:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by punstress 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im studying Computer Engineering, so there are some of us that still go for that. Yes, there are a ton of foreigners, but there are still a good amount of Americans that go into it, but not enough. Yes it's really hard to study, but a liberal arts degree is still alot of coursework as well...if you compare the gains in employment opportunities to how much more harder an engineering is than lib arts..it's really a small price to pay and makes engineering a great bargain in the long run and lib arts not so much. I have a lib arts degree as well so I'm not baggin' on anybody, I know both sides.
2016-03-19 01:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accounting clerk - most companies of any reasonable size have these positions.
Good luck.
2006-10-29 05:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can go anywhere with lots of financial transactions or go in a different direction all together - find a passion and have fun
2006-10-29 05:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-10-29 05:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by onnie 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i would try working online. I use Felix Fortuna and I love it.
2006-10-29 05:36:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lukas V 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
be a bookie.
2006-10-29 05:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by smilelifeisanadventure 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋