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  • in reply to: Should I go back to school? #283103
    Carrie
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    Hi Flove,

    I’m so sorry to hear that you have such a negative experience at work! It’s awful when employees feel that their workplace brings a ton of negative emotions to their lives. I work in HR, so would suggest speaking privately with the HR Department in your current company to address some of those issues.

    On the topic of going back to school. Getting further education is always a tempting solution, but there are no guarantees that it will resolve the problems you are experiencing. Also, further education comes with its own risks and associated costs. Business and management degrees always attract a lot of interest, however, what to do with them after we graduate is the bigger question. I don’t know where you are from, but for example, here in the UK, around 120,000 people graduate with business and management degrees each year. It’s a very competitive field and also, many of the jobs are in big corporations where navigating the political landscape, dealing with gossiping and working long hours (sometimes on boring and administrative tasks) are all quite common. Also, please keep in mind that some employees might perceive you as overqualified for some jobs after having multiple degrees. The ideal balance is to hire someone who has a really strong potential for the job but still has some space for development. This means they would find the job optimally challenging, rather than boring, and will get valuable skills and knowledge from it.

    I would suggest trying to find another job in a company, where the culture is your main objective. At the end of the day, offering fair pay, being supportive, providing development opportunities (like further education), and a good work-life balance all come from the right culture. Even if you have to do a sideways move, consider looking for companies that take really good care of their employees.

    Please take all of the advice you receive with a grain of salt. We don’t have full details of your circumstances and would never be able to make the decision for you. Still, it’s great that you are open to hearing advice and ideas from others, hope we have helped a little!

    Wishing you luck,

    Carrie

    in reply to: If you need career advice #283097
    Carrie
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    Hi tartansky,

    Apologies for the late reply! I would be happy to help 🙂 How would that work best for you?

    in reply to: If you need career advice #276601
    Carrie
    Participant

    Hi Sarah,

    Absolutely! Would love to help you with anything I can!

    Are you comfortable sharing things here? I would be happy to reply and maybe those answers will be helpful to others as well?

    For more sensitive things – I think there isn’t an option to send a direct message to someone on here, but maybe I can share my email or create a new email for these? In any case, I would suggest only sharing anonymised information. For example, I can help you optimise the description of your last role (for your CV), but to do that I won’t need any details about the company, your location or anything like that. Just the general description of responsibilities.

    I’m open to suggestions in case you think of any other options. 🙂

    Best wishes,

    Carrie

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