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bettybcafe Posted: Feb 01, 2008 07:24 PM

Are you happy with your job?

Just curious..how many of you ladies are happy with ur jobs? Do you feel you could of done better? or is this exactly what youve dreamed of?

I guess Ill answer my own question. Im a little disappointed....I am going to start a new job working as a veterinary receptionist which I have 3 yrs experience of however, its not what I want. I went to school to become a speech therapist and I am just finding it harder and harder to accomplish...and I just feel like Im going to be in mediorcore jobs for the rest of my life

PreshusSmurf Posted: Feb 01, 2008 07:29 PM

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I have my own business, so I better be happy

Sorry to hear you are having trouble breaking into the field you want to be in though, I can imagine that being very frustrating!

HelenZ Posted: Feb 01, 2008 07:30 PM

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Millie you're still young! don't worry if you settle into something for now, just keep looking for positions related to speech therapy if you would find that more satisfying. I've been working full time for 9 years and I would have never imagined where I am now back then, things just fell into place, sometimes things happen for a reason, you'll get into the profession you want, just give it some time! it's ok to take a job that's not really related to your field while you try to find something.

bettybcafe Posted: Feb 01, 2008 07:51 PM

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Posted by HelenZ

Millie you're still young! don't worry if you settle into something for now, just keep looking for positions related to speech therapy if you would find that more satisfying. I've been working full time for 9 years and I would have never imagined where I am now back then, things just fell into place, sometimes things happen for a reason, you'll get into the profession you want, just give it some time! it's ok to take a job that's not really related to your field while you try to find something.

Thank you Helen, that really put a smile to my face. You are absolutely right! Things will fall into place..I guess I just wanted everything to work out exactly how I pictured it in my head...but that doesn talways happen. Thank you for the words of encourgement

hayleyandsteve Posted: Feb 01, 2008 08:17 PM

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Millie!!!!

Hi

I didn't even know you were back... I've been kinda MIA.

What's going on with speech????

bettybcafe Posted: Feb 01, 2008 08:50 PM

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Posted by hayleyandsteve

Millie!!!!

Hi

I didn't even know you were back... I've been kinda MIA.

What's going on with speech????

HAYLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive missed you girl!

Hows life as a married woman?? Hows work? Its so great to see you here again...

I have finally returned to high speed, thats why I am back on :) I feel soooo much better now..I was going through LIW withdrawl haha.

Well,I am just a little disappointed because I am finding it so hard to get just a little close to becoming a speech teacher. Im missing about 6 education courses to even get my license and the masters..well thats another story...its just so hard. I am working at Petsmart now but will be quitting soon and starting a job at an animal hospital which is better pay and benefits but still not what I want. But I will just have to keep trying. Enough of my babbling..whats up with you?

drpepper318 Posted: Feb 01, 2008 11:03 PM

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No but I do love the perks that come along with it (like lots of vacation time and good health benefits)

hayleyandsteve Posted: Feb 02, 2008 10:41 AM

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Posted by bettybcafe

Posted by hayleyandsteve

Millie!!!!

Hi

I didn't even know you were back... I've been kinda MIA.

What's going on with speech????

HAYLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive missed you girl!

Hows life as a married woman?? Hows work? Its so great to see you here again...

I have finally returned to high speed, thats why I am back on :) I feel soooo much better now..I was going through LIW withdrawl haha.

Well,I am just a little disappointed because I am finding it so hard to get just a little close to becoming a speech teacher. Im missing about 6 education courses to even get my license and the masters..well thats another story...its just so hard. I am working at Petsmart now but will be quitting soon and starting a job at an an
imal hospital which is better pay and benefits but still not what I want. But I will just have to keep trying. Enough of my babbling..whats up with you?

Aww Millie I'm so sorry that it's been so difficult for you! Basically I just did my undergrad and grad degrees in speech, and then since I moved to CA... they have different requirements to work in a school here, and I just had to apply and it took about 4 months but now I have my Clear credential to work in schools here as an SLP and it's good for 12 years. The schools here are great and the pay is really good compared to NY schools. Come out to California!!

Married life is FANTASTIC. I seriously could not have imagined how great it could be.

How is everything going for you???

Mich0621 Posted: Feb 02, 2008 10:43 AM

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Although it can be trying at times, because reasoning with a 16 year old sociopath is harder than waiting for money to fall out of the sky, yes. I am very happy with my job.

MushesGirl Posted: Feb 02, 2008 10:47 AM

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I'm a physical therapist and there are times i love it and times i dont. It's definitely not what I thought it was going to be. There's so much pressure in healthcare to make it a busine$$ that sometimes you just can't enjoy it.

there are bright spots though, when you really help someone and they are so thankful

Summer07Bride Posted: Feb 02, 2008 11:27 AM

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I love teaching and my students are so much better this year than last year. My co-workers on the other leave much to be desired. They gossip and talk badly about others. It makes the work environment awful. I wish I coudl go somewhere else to do work, but unfortunately I do not have my own classroom and there is a space problem in the building so I am forced into the faculty room.

PegaLega Posted: Feb 02, 2008 11:38 AM

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My job is staying home...and keeping the friggin house clean...so NO I hate my job

Dont worry Millie, you will get to where you want to get to, it takes time and once you are in you will be in!!! Good Luck honey-I know it will happen for you

portjeffbride Posted: Feb 02, 2008 01:50 PM

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Posted by bettybcafe

Just curious..how many of you ladies are happy with ur jobs? Do you feel you could of done better? or is this exactly what youve dreamed of?

I guess Ill answer my own question. Im a little disappointed....I am going to start a new job working as a veterinary receptionist which I have 3 yrs experience of however, its not what I want. I went to school to become a speech therapist and I am just finding it harder and harder to accomplish...and I just feel like Im going to be in mediorcore jobs for the rest of my life

heh.... my field is the model of difficulty in entering and rising to the top I'm a neuropharmocologist in the realm of acadamia / gov't funded research. the climb up the tree SHOULD go like this: undergrad, techie job, grad, post-doc at a good institution, jr faculty position, finally tenure track faculty position at a major university. All these jobs are vastly underpaid considering what it takes to get there.

I actually almost got derailed all the way in the beginning... I couldn't even find a lab technician job after undergrad! It took 2 YEARS to find a fulltime job scraping crud from glassware for 16k a year ..... and I had a double major and good grades!

There IS a light at the end of the tunnel.... despite it seeming there isn't. I DID get that crappy job, used it to get me into grad school, and then I was a freight train plowing through one postdoc and getting independent funding/jf faculty position.

I won't lie, most of my grad school classmates are stuck doing 3 post-docs in a row, and may quit the field before ever getting their own lab. It's rough.... but perserverence is the only way to get ahead.

keep trying to break into the field. take a severely underpaid job or an aprrenticeship. anything to get some good stuff on your CV. grab for every opportunity as if it is your only chance. you will eventually get there

kns11 Posted: Feb 02, 2008 09:51 PM

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Posted by Summer07Bride
I love teaching and my students are so much better this year than last year. My co-workers on the other leave much to be desired. They gossip and talk badly about others. It makes the work environment awful. I wish I coudl go somewhere else to do work, but unfortunately I do not have my own classroom and there is a space problem in the building so I am forced into the faculty room.

A tiz the nature of teaching.
I find it amazing teachers can be so kind and caring with their students but so ruthless, nasty, and fake with one another.

We do not have a faculty room but a lot of nastiness and gossiping happens all over the building. I learned my lesson when I overheard talk about me in one of my co-workers classrooms. It was amazingly rude, cruel, yet extremely cowardly. I should have know I would not be exempt from the bashing/trash talking. I have a great life outside of work so I got over it.

Do you have a computer room? Can you do work there? This is where I spend time before the students come in and when the students have their specials. HTH

bettybcafe Posted: Feb 02, 2008 09:55 PM

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Posted by hayleyandsteve

Posted by bettybcafe

Posted by hayleyandsteve

Millie!!!!

Hi

I didn't even know you were back... I've been kinda MIA.

What's going on with speech????

HAYLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive missed you girl!

Hows life as a married woman?? Hows work? Its so great to see you here again...

I have finally returned to high speed, thats why I am back on :) I feel soooo much better now..I was going through LIW withdrawl haha.

Well,I am just a little disappointed because I am finding it so hard to get just a little close to becoming a speech teacher. Im missing about 6 education courses to even get my license and the masters..well thats another story...its just so hard. I am working at Petsmart now but will be quitting soon and starting a job at an an
imal hospital which is better pay and benefits but still not what I want. But I will just have to keep trying. Enough of my babbling..whats up with you?

Aww Millie I'm so sorry that it's been so difficult for you! Basically I just did my undergrad and grad degrees in speech, and then since I moved to CA... they have different requirements to work in a school here, and I just had to apply and it took about 4 months but now I have my Clear credential to work in schools here as an SLP and it's good for 12 years. The schools here are great and the pay is really good compared to NY schools. Come out to California!!

Married life is FANTASTIC. I seriously could not have imagined how great it could be.

How is everything going for you???