My conundrum: I have 2 careers: I teach at a college, and I'm a technical writer in insurance.
My teaching job is emotionally satisfying. The hours rule. I walk away feeling happy. But a full-time teaching job is nearly impossible to get where I live (and I'm not willing to move). Even if I teach 8 classes a term, I'm still considered part-time. There are no benefits. I'm not guaranteed work every semester. The pay sucks, and I don't have an office (I can't work at home).
My technical writer job has a great salary, steady hours, and decent benefits. I have my own cube. And there is room for advancement. But I don't like working in insurance, and I walk away feeling drained. I dread going there.
I left teaching because, in order to pay my bills, I had to teach a ridiculous amount of classes. I got burnt out in just 3 years.
I want to go back to teaching, but I'm afraid of burning out again. I hate my insurance job, but it's a steady paycheck with benefits.
What would you do?
2007-01-11 11:18:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Insurance companies can have a lot of turnover in some of their offices. This can create the demand for a lot of on the job training. Talk to your HR department and tell them of your interest AND experience in teaching. May be you can teach and have great benefits plus good pay by teaching for your present employer. Good Luck
2007-01-11 11:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey girl, it is wonderful that you have 2 choices. One is satisfying, the other comfortable. I would stay with the one that pay my bills until I can find somewhere that would be even better to live & close to a school where I could teach. Probably in the future you'll get a better brake at what you like doing best. Cheer up girl. Life is beautiful.
2007-01-11 19:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by Mirts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep the good paying job. Those can be hard to come by. Can you teach on weekends or at night (college, Adult Basic Ed.), or at an alternative school? Maybe you can volunteer as a teacher. That way you get the rush and someone gets an education they normally wouldn't have access to.
2007-01-11 19:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by patrick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you considered teaching in a different environment, perhaps the private sector, where you might attain the job satisfaction you've experienced in teaching, but with greater monetary rewards. It's a tough situation. Good luck.
2007-01-11 19:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by Sels 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go get your teaching credentials and teach public schools.
Great hours, great benefits, and pensions for life.
2007-01-11 19:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by Gem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how about keeping the insurance job and tutoring part time?
2007-01-11 19:28:46 · answer #6 · answered by catwoman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋