Need some career advice. Just finishing my Bachelor's and don't know what to do. Any ideas, given my skills and interests?
I never really knew what to do and after highschool I ended up studiying what I was interested in at that time, a double bachelor's in adult education/education psychology and philosophy. Some time ago it struck me that at some point I will have my degree and I have to acually choose how to go on. Now I have a hard time deciding, and i'd like to get some input.
- the bachelor's degree gave me some insight into research methods, statistics and data analysis, basic knowledge of psychology and the vocational education system of my country. Also good analytical and wirting skills.
- although without any formal training, i'm fairly computer literate and can program in various languages and contexts. Being a bit of a nerd I had that as a hobby during highschool years and took some small programming jobs during uni.
- while at uni I had a job at it's research management department, organizing and editing an internal magazine reporting about research projects and findings.
Currently I'm a research intern at the Department of Education of an Australian university for the rest of the year (I'm from Europe), after that I'll have to finish my bachelor's thesis and after that there's nothing but a big black hole. I have the urge to do someting meaningful and finally be motivated to work hard for a goal. I'm posting this in a desperate attempt to get some random advice and ideas which may inspire or motivate me. I'm now 24 and i feel that if I want to achieve anything meaningful in my life, the time for deciding for a direction is running out. Acutally I'm constantly fighting the thought that it may be too late...
Posted Dec 2, 2011, 4:18 AM UTC