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What do y'all do, and how does it work with SO's career?
What do y'all do, and how does it work with your SO being in the military? I'm trying to figure out how to finish school, and begin my career, and it's really frustrating. We're moving to AK in the fall and there aren't any programs there for me so I'd have to do it all online, and I have no idea how long we'll be there either. So I guess my question is what do y'all do, and how do/did y'all make it work?
Thank y'all
Re: What do y'all do, and how does it work with SO's career?
I work in a doctor's office and I'm starting nursing school soon (then hopefully plan to commission after).
I wasted a lot of years not going to school because of the "what if we move" and I'm sick of putting everything on hold. If we move while I'm in school then I'll suck it up and figure it out. If I didn't always say "I'll just do it at our next duty station" I could be graduating with my BSN and commissioning this year.
I also got denied a handful of jobs (including starbucks) because my H is military. They always used the excuse of they need someone more permanent so now I don't mention he's mil unless they specifically ask.
I am currently a MA level psychotherapist, and have moved twice. I was able to find jobs both places, with some relative ease (the first place was crazy fast, like within two weeks of moving, and the second was after about two and a half months of moving). The biggest pain is getting re-licensed in the new states, but nothing that was too crazy (my biggest issue here was a lack of organization on their part, if they would have had their crap together it would have been no big deal.) I could see this being a relatively OK option for the remainder of DH's career
However- I am going in the fall to get my Dr in psychology, and I am hoping to join the AF as a psychologist. That will make advancing in my career better, not having to start over every two-four years.
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I am currently working on my bachelor's for social work, with plans to go right into my master's after I graduate next summer, and then start the process to become licensed. I want to work for the VA as a therapist, so it will work well with H's career, as finding a VA hospital should be no trouble at all wherever we are. It's just a matter of hoping they have a position open!
Oh and getting re-licensed every few years will be a pain.
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Thank y'all! It's tempting to always put school off, but I'm sticking it out, especially since I just graduated high school and I haven't completely forgotten everything about math. lol! I was going to be a RN, because everyone tells you how it's such a flexible career for military wives etc. But after I started talking to a few RN's I decided it wasn't for me, so I'm trying to decide whether or not to go to Vet school, or become a Veterinary Technician. All the vet tech programs I'd be able to take would have to be completely online, have y'all ever done any programs online?
I'm a NICU nurse. I haven't worked since Dd was born because there were no jobs available when we first PCSd here. A few recently opened up but with DH deploying this month and being pg with #2 we decided I would do the SAHM thing for a little longer. <br><br>
I am 50% done with my masters but I am having a hard time deciding what Tract to take. I want to get into education but it looks very likely we will be PcSing OCONUS after this deployment and my degree will be useless there
. Hard to spend the money & energy for something I can't use for several years!
Thanks for the info!
I just started midwifery school. My program is self-paced and a combination of solo book work and online tests. After I finish the academic portion, I'll find a preceptor (experienced midwife) wherever we happened to be stationed and apprentice with her until I'm ready to get certified.
If there was ever a population constantly in need of maternity care, military families would be it. I don't expect to have trouble finding a job wherever we move, though I too will have to get re-certified in every state we move to.
I worked in an office using my Finance degree for a couple years before H joined the military. Thankfully, my employer offered me a remote position when we moved to our first station. So, if you have built up rapport somewhere, you may have this option.
ETA: I did not expect the WAH offer and would have worked retail finance (i.e. a bank) if necessary since there's banks everywhere and I worked at one through college too.
I have a friend interested in being a midwife, what school are you going to? She'd love that it's self-paced
I'm going to the national midwifery institute.
MEAC (midwives' education accreditation council) has a list of their accredited schools on their website.
At the moment I'm finishing my degree in Mathematics... It's pretty universal. I can go actuarial and work in a bank, but would rather work at Boeing, L3 Comm, or Microsoft... Unfortunately none of those are options where we are PCSing to next... So... bank it is? Not 100% sure as to what I will do when we move, but our next station is only 2 year orders so I'm not too concerned about rushing to find a career-worthy job.
H deploys soon and I will be done with the degree in about a month or so.. So I'm looking into getting certified with Yoga Alliance to instruct as well. If nothing else for personal growth and a fun deployment project.
Photo bomb, yeah!
I telecommute for a tech company. The upside - the pay is great, they let me work part time from home, and are OK with my frequent moves.
The downside - the job has 25-40% travel associated with it. This is one of the reasons it works so well for telecommuting (one airport is as good as another), but it really bites when you realize we can't have kids unless one of us quits our jobs - there's no one else to watch potential kids when we're both out of town for work (like this week - DH is away for training, and work has me in Europe... I'm still trying to figure out how dual military couples make this stuff work...).
I had this job before DH and I were married. It works because I've got the needed skills, and that skillset isn't something the company can easily replace, and I'm willing to deal with the crapiness of work travel.
I work for the Airmen and Family Readiness Center, technically as a individual contractor.
After several lengthy discussions with my H, family and professional mentors, I decided to temporarily leave the Law Enforcement career field. It's a shrinking field with the current economy, and local departments have been unwilling to hire me for the field with the potential of moving every few years. I was devastated at first but I've come to terms that it isn't going to work out right now, but that doesn't mean it will never work out.
I love my current gig and hopefully it will work out that I can stick with it where ever we go.
ETA: I should note that I am not using any of my degrees, but I have a high level of job satisfaction now.
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Lurker popping in (I mostly post on MB)! Firsttimer - I am in the actuarial field, so if you are considering it and have any questions, feel free to pm me. I'm graduating in a couple weeks, and have been working part time for a company in the field while finishing school. DH goes to his first duty station this summer, so I am hoping to find a new job near there so I can live with him. There seem to be a few prospects. So hopefully it meshes with the military!
I'm a Tax Auditor, with a dual masters in Taxation & Criminal Justice (cheezeus that sounded AW) I work for the state right now. I left a sweet position with the IRS when H left TBS and I joined him here in Florida, supposedly they would have transferred me but I would have had to wait for an open position which could have taken months or years even since the office here is so small. I got antsy and took a 60% pay cut, yikes!
It was hard for me to find a spot that wasn't entry level and wouldn't have been a complete career do-over, but I think that had more to do with the region and the small industry here. We are scheduled to PCS again this fall to an actual city so hopefully it will go better next time.
I was a teacher before H got orders for Georgia. I went from an area in high need for teachers to an area where they don't even need substitutes.
I'll try to sub again next year and if that doesn't work out, hopefully find a teaching job the year after next.
I actually finished college before I married my hubby. He was stationed in Hawai'i and I was still in California getting my BA. I also had been working several years at a Preschool so I had some knowledge and experience under my belt.
Once I moved, I did research of the area and looked to at the different preschool. Once I moved, I began to send out my resime right away. Took a while but I found a job. When we moved back to Cali it took me a year to find another job but I did. Then that school closed and we moved from Anaheim, CA to Oceanside, CA and I thankfully found another teaching job but I could only last for a year. It was a horrible preschool. Now i have my job and once I know where we will be moving to I will start my research and start sending out my resume with the intended moving date to that area.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Thank you for your kind offer! I really appreciate it
You may be receiving PMs from me in the future! We move in December so I get to be a bum until then and get some travel, organization/deep cleaning, renter finding, bon-bon eating, etc in before H gets back from deployment :P
We ultimately decided that there is no point in getting a job after I grad since we don't have much time here. (Boeing and Microsoft would be easy in's because they love hiring us mathy's right after grad, but I don't want to lie to them about only having a few months left, and I'm sure they wouldn't hire me once I tell them). I'll probably start studying for the actuarial exam this summer and take it in the fall. Our next station has jack for grad schools so that will have to be put off for a couple years. Oh well.
I know that actuaries find jobs easily (at least around here.. hopefully all over the US :P ) Do you enjoy your work? I like just sitting and crunching numbers.. *nerd*
I am also a math nerd, so I do enjoy my work! The job prospects for the field are pretty good. Thankfully, H got stationed somewhat near a big city, which is the most likely place that I will find a job. I was hoping it would be near another one of my current company's offices, but no such luck!
The exams are no picnic, but I enjoy studying the stuff on my own rather than being in a classroom. I think your plan of studying for an exam this summer is definitely a smart one. You'll be in good shape to find a job in December if that's the path you want to take! And I know the stereotype is that actuaries are super boring, but we're not all like that =P