What should I do?

Question

I work in a fish market cleaning up after the fishermen. My dream is to one day to work in a bank and the bank is always looking for tellers but I need 6 months experience working behind a cash register. The grocery store is looking for cashiers. Should I quit my job and put in a application at the grocery and quit after 6 to 8 months and apply for the bank or just let things be for awhile. I like my job and my bosses but my hours are 8 hours and the pay is $60 and it is not enough to make a living with. My son will start school next year and the school I want to send him to is very expensive. So I am wondering if I should do this or give things time. I just turned 20, 5 days ago. My baby's daddy got deported. I was young and stupid and didn't know he was illegal. I live home with my family. I don't know how to drive. My parents won't let me get welfare. I have no work experience except for what I have been doing now 2 months. And I have a GED since July 2005.

I can't afford college and I might not have little enough for Fasfa because I have $10,000 in a CD from my grandfather. My brother's friend's wife started as a teller and now is a exeutive and she told me that she will help me get into the business and move up if I want.

Answer 1

If you would like to go to work for the bank, the grocery store might be a help. BUT you want to go about this responsibly so you don't get stuck not having a job at all. I would apply to the grocery store, but keep your current job. If you get called to an interview, explain that you are currently working and need to put in a 2 week notice so that you can use your current job as a future GOOD reference. When you confront the current employer with the notice that you are leaving, tell them how you have enjoyed working with them and you want to leave on a good note. So when you do leave your current job, if the new job doesn't work out for some reason, then they will be willing to rehire you. It is a safety net so that you won't be without work. As far as your son and school, you might have to opt for public school until you can get yourself more financially set or look into scholarships that the school/community might have avalible for lower income families. I wish you the best of luck. I have been in your place as a single mother trying to make ends meet, and I have pulled through. It is a hard and bumpy road, but it will all work out in the end. And you going to school yourself can never hurt, remember "Knowledge is Power".

Answer 2

Talk to the welfare people anyway. They don't just give out money. Now days they concentrate on helping people get jobs to support themselves.
Don't quit until you have a new job. And when you get one, tell your boss you need to move on to make a better life. If you're a good employee, he might just surprise you with an offer.
The GED is great. I doubt if half the high school graduates could pass that test.

Answer 3

Go to college and work nights so that you can get a good job. A suggestion would be to become a financial advisor they make a lot of money and you could get a BA degree in about 3 years if you work hard and study through out the school year.

Answer 4

tellers don't get paid that much. check the job market in your area and choose something in demand. if u can get a baby sitter go back to school and an associates or bachelor's degree it will be a pain n the *** the whole way but in the end it will be worth being able to support yourself and your child by yourself.

Answer 5

do NOT quit your job until you already have another one. not only does it look bad to have a lapse in employment, you probably can't afford to be without a job for long.