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How to stop job dissatisfaction from interfereing with life/marriage
I am having trouble adjusting to my current situation. I went to school to become a dietitian, and completed a year long internship in March. Since then I have been searching for a job to no avail. In the mean time I am a server at two different restaurants, which is what I did all through college. I don't hate the job(s) but I really get no personal satisfaction out of them. The money is pretty good, and the scheduling is fairly flexible but I want to be doing what I just spent 6 years working towards!
I am considering going back to school in January to get my RN, which would take 2 years. I feel fairly confident I could get a job if I did that. However, that puts back any plans to start a family for 3-4 more years. I am 26, which wouldn't make me that old, however I am getting so frusturated with just spinning my wheels.
Due to my schedule my husband and I aren't often home at the same time, which I am used to but I really hoped that would improve after I graduated.
Anyway mainly just venting, but any input would be appreciated.
Re: How to stop job dissatisfaction from interfereing with life/marriage
That's the way of the new economy: jobs that are dead in the water. Sorry for your troubles.
They are not hiring nurses in our area; we have hospitals that are closing or in horrific financial troble where the facilities are hanging on by a financial thread.
All of this is due to underinsured and non insured patients -- there is no longer a paying clientele in our area.
Blame unemployment, the growing class of "working class poor" and the vast influx of illegals into our area.
There are too many people in the system and the system was not built to handle so many numbers of people who do not have adequate health insurance.
Before you consider an RN job, research: who is hiring, are they hiring full timers and on what shifts are the RNs being hired.
And do the same for RN jobs for brand new inexperienced nurses --- you will get either per diem offers or third shift. That's how it works; those with the least experience don't exactly get the top picks.
Server jobs often as not are part time jobs -- and server jobs are bare minimum wage jobs.
What kind of viable talent have you got? I strongly urge you to start some type of a side business utilizing that talent.
You are right, I need to seriously look into the nursing jobs avaliable. Part of my rush is that I have been on the wait list as a back-up plan for close to two years; and a spot is avaliable for me in January. In my area to nursing programs are all so backed up there are not even accepting people on the waitlists at the community colleges anymore, and acceptance rates to other programs are very low. I do realize my shifts may not improve with nursing, however I would have benefits, and payed time off etc.
My serving jobs are minimum serving wage, which is 4.30/ hr, however I make between 80-120 in tips/shift, which is tax free and generally for working between 4-6 hours. Currently I am working about 30 hours per week.
I have considered starting some kind of side business, such as on-line nutrition couseling, or menu planning and grocery shopping. In our area, Boulder Co, people are extremely health consicious and it may be something people would by into. I just don't really know where to get started.
What I also suggest if you are interested in an alllied health job:
Volunteer on a very busy med-surg floor at a teaching hospital and do it for a good long while. Make sure you cover all 3 shifts.
You'll get a spot on idea what being a nurse is like. You'll find out if it is for you.
Remember too you will be dealing with smells, blood (in copious amounts), vomit, urine, stool (in all sizes, shapes and forms), other bodily fluids, discharges and visual images of all types. You'll be dealing with dementia, the fallout from patient pain and old folks who are impaired in just about every single one of their senses.
The economy is shot to hell.
I remember when nursing was more or less a dead major; women found out that there were other fields they could go into...
Now everybody is trying to jump on the bandwagon because the economy is dead and there are no jobs.
Same with teaching: there are so many people flooding the gates trying to get a job via the alternative route...again because there are no jobs...and also because you are unfirable in New Jersey once you get your tenure. What a hop in the ass that is, eh?
Consider that you will have a hell of a student loan to repay...and if you do not get a job, what then?
Hospitals also love to import nurses. They are here on a visa and it's time to send every single guest worker back to where they belong; I daresay we will slay unemployment in one fell swoop if we do.
Be a nutritionist that specializes in gluten free diets.
I'll bet you you could come up with a heck of a lucrative business.;)