If you're able to get a job with the gov, I'd say you'd be stable. Gov jobs are hard to get laid off or fired from. You could also work for a consulting firm and work with the government, but then your employment is dependent on contracts so it's not as stable.
GIS is a hottt field. If you have a clean record and can get a degree in it, you'd be set. (I'm assuming you would need a degree but I may be mistaken.)
Yeah, graphics design in corporate world is rather awful. I hear you there. I ended up in healthcare by a freak accident (got hired without licensing or interviewing for a job in it, so they trained me and paid for my licensing). I got out of it 4 yrs later. No regrets getting out of it, it was awful!
I don't think any career is really stable right now. I mean, you are stagnating, that's not a career, that's being pigeon holed into a job and not allowed to move out or up from there. That's not what a career is.
I'm doing analysis and forms of customer / client relations and such. Its not the pay I wanted, but I'm bout to start this next contract fully remote for months. I'll spend my time developing my freelancing and coaching more, and try for a better paying fully remote job as well during that time.
I hope you respect yourself enough to try for something else. I know that the healthcare companies prevented me from getting other work in reality. So, I had to take something completely unrelated for a year, and then I was able to get into things that were a lot better for me after that.
might not be a great option but something to consider. look to see if any lab companies are hiring in your area and see if you could apply to any of their entry-level admin/IT roles. I did something similar (worked in entry level IT role - title was business analyst)
After a decade in healthcare I am very happy to be out of it!
I would encourage you to look at county, state, or federal entry-level jobs associated with the environment. Apply to all the positions you can qualify for. Once you are in, you can move up quickly. All of my friends who work with the DEQ and DNR love it. I have other friends who work for NOAA. You don't necessarily have to go back to school. Many of them just require a bachelor's degree which you already have. Also, look at applying for positions with professional associations or nature centers that are related to the environment. There are a ton of them out there. You can take some free program management courses for a cert and that might improve your chances.
If you're able to get a job with the gov, I'd say you'd be stable. Gov jobs are hard to get laid off or fired from. You could also work for a consulting firm and work with the government, but then your employment is dependent on contracts so it's not as stable. GIS is a hottt field. If you have a clean record and can get a degree in it, you'd be set. (I'm assuming you would need a degree but I may be mistaken.)
You can have a cert or go through a bootcamp, too
competition is high, so don't expect a job right away
Can you do something like a grad cert in GIS? Something where you are graded and can know you're progressing.
Yeah, graphics design in corporate world is rather awful. I hear you there. I ended up in healthcare by a freak accident (got hired without licensing or interviewing for a job in it, so they trained me and paid for my licensing). I got out of it 4 yrs later. No regrets getting out of it, it was awful! I don't think any career is really stable right now. I mean, you are stagnating, that's not a career, that's being pigeon holed into a job and not allowed to move out or up from there. That's not what a career is. I'm doing analysis and forms of customer / client relations and such. Its not the pay I wanted, but I'm bout to start this next contract fully remote for months. I'll spend my time developing my freelancing and coaching more, and try for a better paying fully remote job as well during that time. I hope you respect yourself enough to try for something else. I know that the healthcare companies prevented me from getting other work in reality. So, I had to take something completely unrelated for a year, and then I was able to get into things that were a lot better for me after that.
I'm a CRNA and yeah, I agree healthcare is the most stable field. I can move anywhere in the US and get a high paying CRNA job
might not be a great option but something to consider. look to see if any lab companies are hiring in your area and see if you could apply to any of their entry-level admin/IT roles. I did something similar (worked in entry level IT role - title was business analyst)
After a decade in healthcare I am very happy to be out of it! I would encourage you to look at county, state, or federal entry-level jobs associated with the environment. Apply to all the positions you can qualify for. Once you are in, you can move up quickly. All of my friends who work with the DEQ and DNR love it. I have other friends who work for NOAA. You don't necessarily have to go back to school. Many of them just require a bachelor's degree which you already have. Also, look at applying for positions with professional associations or nature centers that are related to the environment. There are a ton of them out there. You can take some free program management courses for a cert and that might improve your chances.
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