Job vs. Career vs. fulltime student... big dilema and need a little advice!?
So I was recently offered a career in Life annuity and Insurance sales, at a pretty prominent company in my area, It goes along with my business major. I'm 20, and I'm in college, bored out of my mind with it, tired of being broke, and tired of being dependent so much on my parents, because no regular job seems to pay enough and give enough hours to allow me to do this. I can easily graduate in 2009 with no real work experience, hopefully making 35,000 a year. My parents are against me having a career right now because they think i'm really into school, but i'm not! I loathe it, and only continue to go so that they will support me until I can support myself, they just want me to work a regular job at the mall or something which I DON'T WANT! any real advice? Oh and I don't have the best grades, the are very mediocre!
2007-03-21 08:30:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
DON'T QUIT SCHOOL!! You need a degree. If you can take this job and still stay in school, however, that would be great. All you really need to do is graduate with a 3.0 GPA and that shouldn't be a problem for anyone. The odds are that the Life Annuity people will understand your situation (and they would probably like someone with a college degree working with them) so they will probably be flexible enough to help you balance work and school. Try to maintain your full time student status. You probably only need to take 12 credits to do that, which will mean you shouldn't have much homework and you won't be in class much. That's the best advice I can offer. Just DON'T drop out. You need to have a degree to fall back on in case you quit your job or are fired.
2007-03-21 08:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Follow your heart... If you think this job will be better for you, you'll get more enjoyment out of it, why not take it?
You obviously are considering it as you're talking about here and it goes with your major.... If you think it will work out to your advantage and get you what you want in life and make you happy then by all means, I say go for it!
Good luck.
Sorry, this is one area when nobody can really help you much...it has to be what you want to do. I've been through school, took a course based on what others told me to do and I hated it and have not found a job, am broke, and have a huge student loan to repay!
2007-03-21 08:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by jessicadiamond_4einc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, I would advise to take a deep breath and relax. If the job is serious, I'd take it and continue to go to school in the evening. That's not going to give you much free time, but college won't be forever. Second, change your attitude about life. YOU are in control of yourself. Go to the video store and rent "The Secret," it really will change the way you look at things (you don't have to take it for Gospel, but it is very uplifting). Good luck with your future!
2007-03-21 08:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by MI Lighthouse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Really look into the company before you join it. Most of those jobs are heavily commision based postions and you have to find all of your clientel on your own. With school you should probably at least be able to get a decent job when you graduate.
2007-03-21 08:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My advice, just finish school, you might ahte it now but you'll regret it later. So many people I tutor were in a situation like yours 10, 20 years ago and they dropped out. now they regret it because they studying right now is 10 times as hard.
Just finish school.
2007-03-21 08:40:14 · answer #5 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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