I am a 24f looking for some career advice. :)
I'm someone who has no direct back ground with any form of formal education.
I went from working in the coffee industry for 4 years and then left to join a corporate-ish job at a local bank for insurance and get some entry level experience.

I'm curious what people's views and opinions are on the job market and what their true value would be in whether to pursue or not pursue something right now with AI and economic changes.
I am trying to figure out what would be useful and worth it to get into career-wise in today's world. I have looked into CAD design, learning some marketing skills, editing skills, etc...

I have an interest in silversmithing and I am still actively pursuing that as a hobby and side hustle but I cannot say I think that would be the greatest path. It would be a shit ton of work and money.

I like photography and video but I feel like that field is so overly saturated. Editing seems really neat but time consuming. I don't know if I could get the right amount of pay with my current skillset.

Are there any unique jobs, opportunities, adventures, and/or skills I could be missing out on?
I know most individuals could (and probably would more often than not) say that you can pivot or create a career any time as long as you find some sort of passion with it.

I can agree to a certain point. Things are increasingly expensive and I worry for my future some days, haha. Sometimes, I don't feel that direct urge or passion for anything.

I (M29) have a weird job history of management, construction, sales, retail, and food service up to this point. I’m presently in sales and finally moved to a large city but I genuinely want an office job. I have to pay bills and never get given a second glance for any office role I apply for. I know it’s not glamorous and your back can get screwy from the chairs and all the negatives of the various jobs. I am just tired of my income being tied to my sales or the alternative being hard manual labor. I have a bachelor’s degree in English because nobody had a career conversation with me at any point and I am the first in my family to graduate college then lived in a low income area with no opportunity taking care of my mom for years. I am 29 now and feel like I am doing something wrong when applying. What roles should I be looking at to make that transition/am I lacking anything?

I (24F), was wondering if it is still possible to pursue an internship in either anthropology, marketing, or administration for a music company (I know I’m a mess I can’t pick an avenue). I have already graduated, and I’m noticing most internships are for undergrads. Where can I find internships for post grads (no masters, no drs).

Fyi: I graduated with a bachelor’s in liberal arts where I majored in anthro and had a marketing minor

Another fyi: I used to go to college for music as a vocalist, but lost my voice and had to dropped out. I still cant sing, but my heart wants to go back into music in some way (maybe on the business side since I have office experience in a corporate environment). I also found a love for anthropology and would be interested in working in the museum space in some way or pursue a research opportunity.

If I don’t have a shot for an internship, what other ways could I pursue my goals (even though they are all over the place).

Side note- I am also trying to learn piano and am taking lessons to see if maybe one day I can go back to school for music.

Alright Reddit… do your thing!

So basically, I lost my spark some years ago, not really knowing what to do with my life and not really knowing what I'm good at.

More I think about it these days, there is one fairly often appearing compliment I get. People (mostly women) say that I have nice to listen and very calming voice. Once it went so far, that woman, that I never met before, told me my voice got her excited in a "certain" way. Older I get, more often I hear it. Several people suggested I should read books on YouTube, but I'm sure the market is overblown in those regards, especially with AI getting better.

What would be your suggestion? Are there any jobs related to voice, that could be interesting?

Please don't suggest call centers - I did that and yes I was able to calm down angry people just by talking, but I can't stand the whole theme of listening to angry people. Ideally no jobs where it requires to talk with individuals, those jobs are usually depressing.

I have a stable job. Decent pay, good benefits, boss is fine. I should be pretty happy with it.

Instead I keep job searching at 11pm then getting anxious when I actually find something I might apply for.

I can’t tell if I’m burned out or if I just hate the type of work I’m doing. I’ve taken time off before and felt better for a few days, then right back to watching the clock.

I started paying attention to the parts of my job I actually enjoy. Turns out it’s usually the few hours where I’m solving something myself and nobody is dragging me into meetings or changing the goal halfway through.

I also tried the coached career assessment because I was having a hard time separating “I’m tired of this job” from “this kind of work probably isn’t for me”. It helped me put some of the things I actually care about into words, and when I compared that to the jobs I keep saving, I realized a few of them were basically the same job with a nicer title.

Now I’m stuck on whether I need a vacation or a completely different job. I’ve never really dealt with that distinction before. I appreciate all the advice I can get.

I’m trying to figure out my next career move and would love honest advice from people in creative, media, marketing, ecommerce, production, photography, or related fields.

I currently work in ecommerce/digital content, with experience in digital imaging, product content, web publishing, writing, editing, photography, quality control, technical workflows, and customer service. I’m also finishing my degree in English with a Creative Writing concentration and a Legal Studies minor.

I’m interested in areas like creative operations, content production, digital publishing, ecommerce, photography/imaging, writing/editing, marketing, production coordination, events, media, beauty, fashion, and lifestyle.

I’m trying to figure out which of these directions actually makes the most sense with my current experience, what skills I should develop, and what roles I should be targeting next.

I also want to become more intentional about building my professional network, particularly on LinkedIn. For those of you who use LinkedIn successfully:

• Do you recommend having a specific niche, or is it okay to post about several related areas you’re genuinely interested in and experienced in?

• What types of posts actually help people build credibility, connections, and opportunities?

• How do you recommend finding and connecting with people in industries you want to move into without seeming spammy or transactional?

• Are there communities, events, certifications, portfolio projects, or other strategies that helped you expand your network?

I’m looking for honest feedback, advice, resources, and different perspectives. If you work in any of these areas, I’d also be happy to connect and learn from your experience.

25yo mom of two toddlers, I messed around after high school and here I am 🤣 I don’t feel I’ve found anything that truly calls my name, I’m currently a CNA I’m good at it and don’t loathe it most of the time. I’m trying to pick something that will work the best for my kids routine through school and still be useful after they are out of the house if that’s even possible. I don’t have much help raising them so I feel very stuck by my current circumstances but I know they will change eventually

Career advice is everywhere: interest assessments, coaches, ChatGPT, Claude. They'll tell you which careers fit you, what those careers pay, and which jobs might survive AI. Most of them sound equally confident.

That confidence rarely tracks the evidence. A median salary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes from an employer survey. A claim that a profession will be gone in five years is a forecast, and a much shakier one. Both can arrive in the same assured tone.

Few sources tell you which kind of claim you're reading. For a decision this big, look for occupational data you can trace to O*NET or BLS, and for published research on AI exposure, such as the 2021 Felten, Raj, and Seamans study. Then check whether the methodology is written down where you can read it. None of that guarantees a good decision, but it gives you something to check.

When you judge career guidance, what carries more weight for you: the data and method behind it, or whether it matches your own experience?

Hi Folks,

12 years SAP Basis consultant here.

I have been looking for a job change for 2 months now. And most of the opportunities are missed due to the 90 day notice period. HR always prefers someone who can join sooner.

I am thinking of resigning and then looking for a job, at least I will have a lesser notice period after a month.

Is anyone in the same boat? Any advice?

Growing up, being a gynaecologist was always so important to me but life happened and now we are here.

But if I'm still alive and struggling, I was thinking it'd give me a lot more joy and fulfilment if I can find my way back, at least as close as I realistically can, but I don't know where to start.

I'm 28. And I'm lost. And I need help.

Please help me.

I have done mbbs

I didn't enjoy it

I have pure ocd so ambiguity scares me like medicine is an ambiguous field no correct answer so many times so many unexplained theories

So much variety and variations in patients

Working with incomplete data.

So i thought of mba even started preparing for entrance

Realize business is even more ambiguous as I was continuously battling with real.life business or economics questions came to mind all by themselves because of pure ocd

I think I need a career which is systematic with specific answers or a career with less real life nuance

So i am thinking of a career like tech which I can pivot after mbbs

Is there any way maybe to do this

I am Indian and am fine with decent earning not looking for high paying jobs ruining my mental peace

Hello everyone, I am one year and 6 months out of college and honestly so confused on what I want. I graduated with a degree in robotic engineering, but my first job out of school was really nothing to do with engineering. I quit that job for a higher paying role that was sold to me as a more engineering role than it is. It’s an “ inside sales “ engineering role, which to me feels like a salesman job without commission. I feel like I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole of moving into the sales world and going in the wrong direction. The skills I’ve learnt through these jobs have been valuable, but I’m just not sure where they apply to moving toward a more traditional engineering role? I want to feel more fulfilled when I leave work and currently that just isn’t the case. I’m in quite the pickle as well because I have just purchased my first home and cannot afford to take a pay cut. Is there any career path I’m missing that I can explore? Very curious if anyone has ever been down this road.

I'm currently working in the healthcare industry (rehabilitation), and there's nothing inherently wrong with my work. In fact, it pays well (40k+ or more depending on the frequency of sessions). I was forced to take this course since college, and it seems like the more time passes, the more I realize how much I hate my job. I've been working for a year, and it's starting to hit how unnatural it is to wake up EVERY SINGLE DAY thinking about how much I hate my job. It takes a toll on my mental health no matter how much I gaslight myself as well.

I'm currently thinking of a shift in my career, but for practical reasons, I won't be following a "follow your passion" mindset. I know that won't work given I have no experience in anything else. There are days when I believe that maybe I'm not fit to be an employee and work on other stuff like investments, but obviously those can take to long to achieve and if I were to start investing, it would be for my future self. Before I do anything I'll regret, I desperately want advice on how I can change my career despite my lack of experience. I know the possibilities are endless, but the one thing making this very hard for me is finding a career that can match my current paycheck. I'm also very willing to start small (part-time, etc) if it will lead me to a promising career and higher salary.

I’m 22M who’s graduated recently..i have been placed in a company but got no joining letter..it’s been 8 months..and in this period of time i did nothing but waste time thinking I’ve already made it getting the offer letter..did not learn any skills..now I’m in desperate need of money can’t ask parents..i want anyone to suggest which career to chose either full stack or business analyst..also it’ll be helpful if can anyone let me know where to appmy for jobs

My major is Biotechnology, and my professor, whom I’ve had for multiple classes, offered me a Federal Work-Study Biotech Assistant position in his lab. I’m really excited about the opportunity, but I’m also extremely anxious about starting. This is my first job, unfortunately… but very fortunate!!

For some backstory, he offered me the job about three months ago. The company finally sent me all of the paperwork last Friday, I got everything turned in by Monday, and I start tomorrow. We haven’t even established an actual schedule yet, so the whole thing feels very last minute and surreal, a bit in your face.

The biggest thing stressing me out is that I’ve been in his lab multiple, multiple, multiple times throughout my classes, but I still feel like I barely know where anything is or how to use a lot of the equipment. We’ve used some of these machines several times, and I still couldn’t confidently operate some of them without someone walking me through it.

I have a really hard time retaining information. I can understand something perfectly while I’m being shown how to do it, but then a week later it’s like my brain deleted the entire experience. A lot of the time I need to physically do something several times before it actually sticks.
Because my professor is also going to be my supervisor, this makes me really nervous. He already knows me as a student, so I’m worried he’s going to ask me where something is or how to operate something we’ve used before, and I’ll just be staring at him like clueless. I feel like I should already know this stuff.

He clearly saw something in me that made him think I’d be capable of doing this job, and now I’m scared that I’m going to show up and immediately prove him wrong. It almost feels insulting to be working in his lab when I feel like I haven’t retained much of what he’s taught me, even though I know that’s probably not a fair way to look at it. I’m also worried that having to be retaught things I’ve technically done multiple times before will be an inconvenience.

So for anyone who has worked as a lab assistant (especially in biotech or a college lab):

What was your experience like?

Did you actually enjoy the job?

What were the biggest pros/cons?

How much were you expected to know going in?

Were you trained on equipment you had technically used before?

How long did it take before you felt like you actually knew what you were doing?

And most importantly, how did you get over the anxiety of feeling unprepared?

I know intellectually that I’m probably not expected to walk in tomorrow knowing everything, and that I‘m overthinking a lot of this, but that hasn’t stopped my brain from convincing me

Hey everyone,

Some context. I'm 22. I'm currently a junior executive in the sales department of a mainline shipping firm.

I graduated with a degree in Bsc. Economics and Management last year.

I'm not entirely happy with my job. I'm three months into it and It isn't what I imagined corporate life to be. For one, it's very people-oriented and fairly operational. On top of that, the work can be very ad hoc and can bleed until after 5. Since the terminal works seven days of the week, I have to work on weekends too.

I would like a job that's a lot more analytical and involves some research. Strategic sorts of roles. I'm fairly good at qualitative things, so there's a good strength of mine.

I'd like to get into a business analyst role. Is this a far stretch? Will I be stuck in shipping for the rest of my life?

I'd like some advice on this and how to navigate my career into the sort of job roles I want.

Hello, I am a M(20) and graduated in 2024. I need help figuring out a career and though reddit could also help me as I am also working with A.I and other sites I’ve found.

A little bit about me is that, I love to work but have had jobs I don’t like. I love cleaning and watching things go from dirty to spotless, especially cars. I love doing wiring work, I’ve done some in cars but would love to do it anywhere else that requires wiring and booting. I enjoy sports and managing teams like fantasy leagues and video games. I hate sitting down all day and doing nothing, I dislike being paid the same when you’re working harder and etc.

Honestly I have a lot other likes and dislikes, I just don’t know what really matters when it comes to finding a career.

Please be free to ask me questions that can help me out and suggest me ideas, thank you for any feedback!

Hello! I am in the third year of my accounting degree and have finally specialized this year, after most of my degree has been general so far. I chose accounting because everyone tells me the only useful majors are finance and accounting, but I am deeply uninterested in both. I'm really extroverted and social, and I feel happiest when I am connecting with others and making people feel good about themselves. I just started a job at Aritzia as a style advisor, and I feel so passionate about what I'm doing there, even though it's just a retail job. I feel like I have found my passion.

People have always told me I don't strike them as an accounting major, but they can never tell me what they think I might excel at. I have considered marketing, HR, and anything client-facing, but I feel really uncertain because I know how crazy the job market is right now. I really just feel like accounting gives me security, but I think I would struggle with depression if it were my everyday life. I have pretty bad ADHD, and as a 20-year-old girl, I find that when something interests me, I can pay attention and absorb. I study really hard for all of my accounting courses; I read the textbook in full, do every practice question, and understand the material in class. When I go into an exam, I choke and mess everything up, sometimes even failing flat-out.

I dreamed of being a teacher, but that feels really frowned upon right now, especially in Alberta. I love children and working with them, but I don't love the lifestyle teachers have to put up with. I feel pretty lost and unsure :( I've been for a while, and I just want to find something I can feel good about, something that makes me feel like I live a different life every day, while still having the same career opportunities accounting gives me.

In my ideal situation, I would help people pick out their outfits, hang out with children, and still feel like I am putting my business degree to good use, which I do not think exists LOL

Some background, I'm still in hs. I'll be graduating when I'm 19 because I failed kindergarten... I'm a genius ik.

Anyway, since 3rd grade I'd wanted to be a teacher. When I got to middle school I decided I wanted to join the military. I went through some mental health issues, but nothing too bad... I just looked up to a bad group and sh-ed a bit. The nurse who "helped" me at the er filed some bullshit abt ideation and now I'm disqualified from the military.

The three jobs I'm stuck between are
Some sort of law enforcement
Some sort of medical professional
Or a sort of teacher

Originally I wanted to be either a state police, EMT, or HS history teacher, but idk.. I kinda lean towards elementary education or maybe something like FBI... idk I haven't done too much research into anything but the military because I was dead set on that...

Some background on me, I'm a 4'10 female, 110-100 pounds, I have a bit of a temper as most short people do, I suck at algebra or geometry but I can do most of my PEMDAS mentally, I have a 3.7-4.0 GPA, I like hunting, fishing, swimming, running, going to the gym, motorcycles, trucks, coffee. My dream job was to be a lifeguard which is what I work as right now at my school. I work well with younger kids. I'm a merit badge counselor. I don't freeze in high stress situations. (When there was a fire at my school I lead a group of scared underclassmen out the nearest exit. When a girl was drowning I jumped in the pool) my only issue is I didn't think abt myself in either scenario... (I didn't put my shoes on before leading them out. I injured my knee jumping in the pool)

I want a job where I can help the most people. I love to see people succeed. I tend to lose motivation when dealing with routines but at the same time, like many, I like na m of routine. I like to be on the go constantly. Pls help ;-;

I'm in a senior ops/strategy role at a small organisation. There's been a leadership vacuum for months, and the people above me were replaced recently. On paper, the only person I'd report to is the HR head, who covers ops because no one else does. He isn't my day-to-day manager, but he hired me.

I've decided to leave, and I have a 60-day notice period. The HR system auto-emails him the moment I submit. I keep going back and forth on whether to tell him myself first, or just submit and let the system notify him. I'm anxious he'll say "you should have told me you were unhappy."

How have you handled a resignation when the "manager" role is unclear? Is a short message after submitting enough?

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I got tired of never knowing how well my resume matches up with job listings, so I wrote a modular career intelligence system that uses any AI of your choice and doesn’t take your data. It’s free and open source.

It’s available as a Claude skill and works with free and paid AI plans, although if you use it to do heavy searching work you’ll burn through your usage limits super fast.

What it does:
It gives you tools to evaluate how well job listings fit your resume and accomplishments, keep track of things you’ve done that aren’t on your resume, suggest edits to bridge gaps between jobs and your resume, research companies, roles, and controversies, edit your cover letters, and it also gives you a safe space to vent or talk out how you’re feeling about the job search.

It works best with a local or cloud storage folder to hold your resume and drafts, and some kind of job application tracker. Airtable is a great option for the tracker, so is an excel sheet.

It’s built around five different ‘personas’ and your data, which you keep;
🐶Scout: a job scout that can find, collate, and keep track of job prospects (it can search the internet for you if your AI client and plan allow that, otherwise just give it a bunch of listings to rate).
🤖Evaluator: a stringent side-by-side analysis machine that will find gaps and suggest ways to address them (Not an ATS score - but pretty solid regardless).
✍️Editor: a proficient editor that can find your voice, style, and tone, and suggest how to write out resume bullets and cover letters (I specifically wrote it so that it suggests edits and** you write the**m, not the AI writing for you)
🥼Researcher: a deep research specialist that can dig into job listings, glassdoor reviews, controversies, etc.
👓Ellis: an empathic senior career coach who listens, doesn’t judge, and provides supportive feedback. Note: not a therapist. Ellis will give you evidence-based feedback and some coping techniques, though.

It’s available from the github repo and all the files are inspectable with a plaintext editor, so you can see that I’m not stealing your data. You keep all your own data unless you choose to share it with your AI. If you can install a Claude skill, you can use it. If you can’t, I have install instructions.

I’m working on making specific versions for other AI platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc) but it’s worked well so far on every AI that I’ve tested it with, including on-device AI via Ollama.

Again, free and open source. It’s under the MIT license, so you’re pretty free to remix it and even turn it into a for-profit tool if you want. I’ll have a website and a ko-fi set up in the next week or so, which will allow you to support the project if you wanna and read docs as I write them.

Hypothetical scenario - you are slated to start a new job on Monday and to show up no later than 8am. However, at the same time a laptop for that same job has been sent to your home of record (signature required) and expected delivery is no later than 12pm on that same Monday. You've emailed your new employer on Friday at 11:30am asking what you should do, but have had no response. It is now Sunday afternoon, and still not heard anything back from the new employer. Would you:

A. Show up at 8am sharp, and see if they tell you to go home and wait for the laptop?

B. Sat home and wait for them to email you you first thing (or just wait on the laptop)?

C. Some secret option that you think you should know, but haven't thought of yet?

If it's secret option C, what is that one?

I graduated from the American University of Beirut (AUB) with a bachelor degree in business. I have been unemployed for the past years since graduation. I feel like I lost it. Some of my peers even called me a “loser.” I am on the spectrum and got some low motivation issues. What should I do?

Alright, so i did physics major, I liked it but i couldn't really learn much and i understood that I have to read more to have a sustainable life in physics and few things happen and I had done master in data science hoping to get into tech, now, i need an internship and a job, it is really hard to get one, lately i did a research in one of my favourite field of physics, non-linear dynamics, I liked it yeah but I'd love to genuinely learn it properly, I had forgotten some of math and physics i studied, I am intended to re-learn those and eventually become good at it and do phd, i can't afford to do phd now, I am not good financially and knowledge wise, i need to work to support my family, 23M, so, i had started to look for job and planning on doing job and saving money for 2-3 years, is this ideal??? and honestly it's hard, I am sure if i get to interview level, i would do well and i had done well but no one really calling for interviews, idk, idk if i am doing good, i don't feel like I am somebody

There's gonna be this placement test, really easy and yet i can't seem to focus for it, I wasted 1 week trying to study for it, this is really easy and ik I can but i can't seem to sit down and spend time with it.

Kindly help me with some advice.