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I have a bachelor's degree in psychology with no interest in pursuing psychology any further. I was going to school for accounting but I do not have the money to complete the degree so I've decided to just find a career. The problem is that I don't know what career to go with. I was thinking sales but that is too risky but I am willing to give it a try since I am financially motivated. I am afraid to do sales since I do not have an outgoing personality, nor am I extremely aggressive. Next, I thought about trying an administrative assistant but I see no room for advancement in this role. I could try for executive admin eventually. I also thought about hr, but that is so hard to get into. Another career was retail management since I could probably try moving up and eventually land a district management position. I have 5 years of retail management experience (small specialty store), but I am getting no responses to my resume and I've been applying to all jobs. Is it the economy? Any thoughts or suggestions on a career path? Good observation and point, Mr. Pickle. I do have a 'reason' for everything. I would love to be a psychologist, but that is not financially possible for me. I should've thought about that before I decided to major in psychology. I just want to live comfortably, and be happy. I don't really have a love for any career but I like office work and some aspects of business.

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1. I suggest becoming an administrative assistant. You'll never be happy until you do what you would truly like to do, so, you should pool money from your job as an administrative assistant or take out a student loan and complete your degree in accounting. Work hard and follow your dream. You'll be successful. (And not to mention, when you're successful, you could pay off student loans! :D)
2. It looks to me you tend to give up on everything. You gave up on pursuing psychology for a "reason", accounting for a "reason", sales for a "reason", administration for a "reason" and have not received responses back from your resumes for a "reason". I would suggest you reopen your psychology books again, for a reason. You may discover what may be missing for you to take a stand for yourself. I don't think you have experienced your own greatness for this world.
3. Here's a change in the other direction. You have to be quick witted and have a very good memory while in school. The attrition rate is nearlly but the reward is amazing. How do I know I did it for 20+ years and was well into 6 figures within 10 years. Air Traffic Control. go to Faa website and follow the links. If that's not to your liking because of "stress" (?) Try Flight ops and dispatch. Another good carreer. The school is about 6 weeks and most graduates have a job BEFORE the graduate. Either of those would be a good choice. People are always going to fly no matter what the economy is doing. http://www.airlinedispatcher.com/ http://www.faa.gov/jobs/job_opportunities/airtraffic_controllers/
4. Perhaps instead of looking for suggestions for a career path, you might want to try an inside-out approach. Work out your inner motivation, values and life purpose. What are your gifts and strengths? What kind of work environment and tasks attract you? You can take an online career test to uncover these answers and then use the answers as a working guide to finding your best career choice. See http://www.career-change-confidence.com/career-tests.html and http://www.career-change-confidence.com/career-builders.html for resources that can help with your research. All the best.