Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Job ideas...and sort of just a vent
DH is very frustrated in his job. He's a retail manager and has tried to branch out to other, more "professional" careers (9-5, weekday types) but hasn't had luck. He has a bachelor's in Business Administration and has always (since hs) held a mgmt/supervisory type role so I would think he'd be a good prospect for employers. However, he's applied many places in various fields and has no luck. I realize many people are having very similar experiences and I thank God that at least he still has a job and isn't searching out of necessity. I feel like I really don't know much about the "job market." Does this seem like what most people are experiencing? (A situation in which it seems someone would be a great candidate but no call back.)
Here's what I originally came to ask. What are some jobs that you would think might be good for a person who does not want to interact a huge amount with customers? BUT the person isn't very knowledgeable about technology? AND the person might some day have a family to help support?
I know that's a long shot but I figured that if there's anywhere to ask this question this might be the place. I tried to make this short and there's much more than I'm putting down but any comments/ideas/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Re: Job ideas...and sort of just a vent
Project Management. Its the bomb-diggity if you get one in a good place. I've been a PM for the last three or four years, and have been fortunate enough to experience highs and lows - and really do enjoy it either way.
That skillset is VERY versatile and you can apply just about any experience to it. For example - I majored in Russian, but used my technical experience to get in the door. I don't do anything language OR tech related, but do a lot of things with cost savings and lean methodology. For me, its good to do things with a start, middle and end rather than something operational that goes on and on and on - especially if he's good at getting results.:)
How about working for a retail property management company? I worked for a company called Westfield in S CA - they owned most of the malls in S CA and a lot throughout the US. They loved hiring people with degrees and experience in retail. Most of the malls here are owned by Simon properties... here is a list to their job site: http://www.simon.com/about_simon/hr/.
TTC #1 since February 2011
BFP #1 1/14/12 EDD 9/24/12 m/c at 8w4d on 2/20/12
March 2012- Dx with PCOS, started metformin
July 2012- SA completely normal