scooby-philly Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hi everyone, Open to any insights or pintpoint, laser-beam analysis...lol. And more to the point, more practical stories or advice from people who've done things or seen it. To make a long story short. I received a BA in poly sci. I loved research, writing, arguing, etc. I became a hs teacher. History, English, other liberal arts subjects. But, I always ahd a fascination with numbers, I'm more left-brained....i like learning excel formulas and want to learn how to code. I stopped teaching 6 years ago. I plugged around for 6 months making money, landed a jack-of-all trades job doing office work, sales, etc. and then landed in corporate hr/training 4 years ago. The first corporate hq i worked was a hell for two years. crazy, back-stabbing vp leader who didn't even get what we did. Literally - emails at 2am....weekends...left without a job lined up. Scored two contracts 5-6 months each before landing at my now full-time job for 13-14 months now. It's a nice place. Good people, relaxed atmosphere. But it's still hq. large, large, large company. So there's plenty of opportunities to get thrown under bus - even if by yourself. I really find myself getting burned out now. We slice everything up so I bascially don't get a lot of time to learn anything, i don't see the results nor do we really analyze them, before I need to crank out training like it's a car door coming down the assembly line. onboarding and our own training is a joke. No one really communicates and leadership in our functional area is not progressive and not communicative. It's a "he's the guy/girl who does this" and I'm falling behing from my lack of motivation so if i can't deliver on x....then y may happen. I was given responsibility for 4 months for leading up a project - and while I was supposed to have part of my real "duties" still there, it was cut down, more to the point - i really enjoyed the project work, PM. I'm much more left-brained - i'm not good in areas where there's lots of grey or lots of ambiguity as to who's supposed to do what, who's job is it to do a,b,c,. I'd like to learn to be better. And again it's a great place to work. But I just feel stuck and burned out. I've thought about finance/accounting. My background would be good in that i've proven i can work with people - of all types - i have great work experience, a lot of references, and a lot of connections. I can teach people and also learn pretty easily. And I know technology very well and I can manager complex moving parts. I'm not a job flopper. I want to make a contribution. However I've grown out of my parents/grand-parents mind set of working for someone. basically - what do people think about the finance/accounting world these days. given what i've said about myself - would the skills fit? Link to post Share on other sites
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