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

[faithharkness.livejournal.com]

If you like library work, you may want to look into that even if you didn't finish a library degree. I worked at a University library in college and then for another branch of the U library after college and my Bachelor's was not in library sciences. A library is great for a writer because there's so much freaking research at your fingertips. When I worked at the library, I loved working in searches & fines. You got to go look in the stacks for books that weren't where they were supposed to be, so you had to figure out "how could this have been misfiled?" and in fines, you got to go look and see if someone had returned it, but it hadn't been checked in. Not a lot of interaction with people other than co-workers doing the same type of thing.

[innerslytherin]

I do think I would enjoy some of that sort of thing. There's actually very few aspects of the library jobs that I didn't enjoy, and it's possible there are some technician-level jobs that I could do and not have to care about finishing the MLS. Thanks!

[faithharkness.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome. I remember when I was at the University library, there were very few people who had their MLS degree; and not just the students working there. Despite not finishing it, even having coursework done toward it would probably give you a leg up. Good luck!

[olizashihar.livejournal.com]

Wow, I know about a lot of these... weird...

Anyway, I know that there are many college level assistant librarian jobs that don't need an MLS, so you could probably do one of those, especially if you like the job. Also, there are a lot of MLS programs that are online, and you can work on your MLS online while working at a college library, and because you work at a library at a university, the majority of your tuition will be paid for by your university, possibly 100% if it's in a similar field, getting an MLS while working at a library definitely counts for this.

As you made a comment about debt earlier, this may be a good idea, and there' a lot of room for upwards movement, and a lot of free time in libraries. I work in a university library, and truly there's a lot of free time and still a lot of room for upwards mobility.

Finally, you can usually take classes at the college that you work at with little cost, if you go somewhere with an MLS program (if Kentucky isn't out of your range there's some pretty good programs there, and make sure to check the ALA website for certified programs) you can take courses and work at the same time, which might be nice.