Redditors, I have recently graduated from college and need direction from people who enjoy their jobs.
I just graduated from a small college with a BS in Public Relation and Advertisement and I'm about to start looking for a career path. I didn't do an internship so I have little experience (all of which comes from trying to work for my father) and my grades in school were average even though I have a high aptitude and knowledge of business. I don't even have a portfolio of my work I did in school. My father is well off and I could work for him, but all of my life I've rode his coat tails and I want to blaze my own path. I know quiet a bit about options trading and have done very well (with mock accounts) but it takes a significant amount of money to be able to live trade. I want to have a lot of flexibility in my work and perhaps even travel (as long as I'm home often. I'm getting married soon). I'm a great communicator and I'm very persuasive but I hate sales. I don't think it would be so bad if I were selling a product that was an easy sale but I hate cold calling and continuously being rejected. It's demoralizing and counter productive to me. I'm above average in computer skills but not nearly qualified to be in IT. I've considered civilian contracting for the military through a company like Halliburton or KBR but I don't even know where to start. The pay is great in civilian contracting but with most positions they require experience (and I run back into the problem that I don't know what I want to do). I'm not set on getting a position in marketing/advertising and I'm open to most fields. My biggest fear in life is that I'll get stuck in a cubicle, 9-5, 5 days a week. I'm afraid that I'll go into work, sit at the same desk and do the same thing for 40 years. I fear that I won't make enough money to comfortably support my family but I'll make enough to not be able to leave. I fear that I'll resent myself and my family will resent me. Think Office Space. Does anyone have any suggestions of a career path or general advice at all on starting my job hunt? I need to find work soon so I can pay for my wedding and get my life started rather than "living of daddy". I would be much obliged.
TL;DR I just graduated from college with a BS in Public Relations and Advertisement. I need help exploring career paths and figuring out what I want to do.
Posted Jul 10, 2012, 7:35 AM UTC