Assess me

[innerslytherin]

Help me out, friends list.

I need a new job. I hate getting up every day and going to work. I don't trust my company, I don't trust my supervisor. I feel like I'm spinning my wheels.

Plus my job is scheduled to go away in a little over a year. So I'm going to have to look for a new job at some point soon.

Currently I work in accounting. I hate it. Unfortunately I have about 6 years of experience in accounting work, which means I'm qualified for this sort of work.

I've done library work. I enjoyed some of it, but didn't finish my degree.

Further schooling isn't an option.

What do you guys think I'm good at? Keeping in mind that I would like to publish my original writing, that IS my ultimate goal, and I'm working on that.

I don't want to teach. I hate working in sales. I like computers and horses and enjoy physical labor but don't tolerate heat or cold well. I'm not averse to relocating. I have a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in history and creative writing, with a minor in medieval studies. I enjoy research. I get bored easily. I would love to travel, especially domestic air travel. I'm not opposed to overseas travel, but I don't have any real skills that I can think of which would translate to overseas travel.

I type 90 wpm. I enjoy alphabetizing and filing things. I hate talking on the phone. I love the internet.

Does anyone have job suggestions? Fields I might not have thought of? At this point I'm about ready to run away to San Diego and live on the beach, but I burn easily and don't eat fish, so that wouldn't be an ideal lifestyle choice. ;)

I'm at my wits' end. There has to be something obvious I'm overlooking. Help me.

Comments

[the_rainbow_jen]

Well, I work in higher ed, which has a lot of different subfields that apply to the corporate world as well. Some jobs that use your particular skills might be corporate buyer (spending someone else's money?); also consider looking at something in the non-profit sector? If you feel physically up to it, you could try Peace Corps :)

I understand, though, about having skills in an area you don't want to work in. I've been trying to get out from under the bubble of having a job title that puts me at the low end of the totem pole, but my responsibilities range a lot higher. I do like higher ed, and think there's a lot of opportunity there if people can find it. Give higheredjobs.com a look, see if anything jumps out at you. It's a good search engine for admin work at a university, but specific university websites also have more.

Best of luck! The job market is a scary place to find yourself, even if you chose to be there. I'm looking because I'm going to try and relocate to Texas this summer.

[innerslytherin]

I wish I were brave enough for the Peace Corps. But between my dietary issues, my ridiculously crazy fear of unhygienic stuff, and the amount of debt I still have to pay off, I am too scared. :/ However, I do like the idea of nonprofit work in general, and there are a couple of good universities in the area that I can look at. Thanks for the website! :)

(What part of Texas? Austin is on my short list of places I want to live. *G* )

[the_rainbow_jen]

if you check out copperbadge's tags, he's got stuff about working non-profit that might be useful.

And Austin is my short list, heh. It's where I'd land since my male bff lives there and is offering me free room (and if not him, his mom, lol).

[olizashihar.livejournal.com]

If the debt is school related the Peace Corp pays off half of school debt. Just as an FYI, if that changes how you feel about it.