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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Health Care |
I have an Associate鈥檚 degree that is useless. Why is it so hard to find a job in the career I want to be in??? |
I have an Associate's degree in HealthCare Office Management. I can do nothing with it. I currently work in retail and sales positions are all I am getting calls for. I can't afford to go back to school so I guess I am just stuck. I know it's frustrating...but keep your head up. Remember, that degree is only half the equation. In other words, if the education was the only thing that really mattered, employers would simply ask people for their transcripts; but they don't. They want the whole resume. Now that you have that degree though, get a job in healthcare--anything, just get in a hospital somehow. Tough through it for a few months at a minimum. Then start shopping; now you have a resume that has the degree & "healthcare"-related employment. It's not gold, yet, but it'll be a start. Hang in there; trust me it can be done. I was the opposite. I had skills, but never finished the degree (still working on it). I took a job as an A/R clerk (10-key check processing-ugh). But I had to. Then they saw skills, got a promotion. Then a second, in three months. Head up now, keep marching. You give up and it's all over. Dereck I think that the mistake that people often make is that they have to start at the top. Get in at the ground floor in an office and work your way up. I worked for at least 6 years until I made it to management. Just get in the door and prove yourself. Go work in a doctor's office and get some experience. That speaks volumes. Move up every chance you get. No you have to go back to your school and seek job help... there are counselors that are being paid to help you... Use them... Call the school you graduated from and see if the placement office can help. I can't believe that you cannot find work in Health Care Office, maybe not management but get your foot in the door at $10-$12 an hour and work your way up. With an associates degree, thats appropriate starting pay (around NW Ohio anyway). Check your local Job & Family services, hospitals have recently went online too with their choices of hiring, temp agency's aren't all that bad if your looking for office work and you can always just become a "walk-in". Do networking too. Careerbuilder.com hotjobs.com (your local newspapers online-just look them in yahoo/google) monster.com scoti.com -may not be right for your state but I am sure there is a job store in your state. |
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