Career Advice. Please Help

I completely understand. I thought about going back for process technology, but I did a bout of shift work with my job recently. Didn't try to make it sound like I'm better than shift work or anything like that. I just can't handle it.

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Will most likely look to do something online if I can.

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The thing is I am looking for a lucrative field to get into with growth opportunity.

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It's one or the other dude. Most won't take online degrees seriously. Maybe if its the online Flores MBA at LSU BR you might have a chance.

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g is I am looking for a lucrative field ..... I am not looking to have a job I am passionate about.

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For the most part this isn't how it works. Think you need to first figure out what you enjoy doing and go from there.

Do you want a low stress job that will pay well but allow you to go home every night without stress? If so, I'd get a good tech degree or just maybe go find a good skill based job right now.

Do you want a high paying job with lots of career options, more advancement opportunities and higher stress levels? Then the college degree route might be a better choice.

I was always told the best investment you can make is in yourself.

I have a couple friends who have dropped everything and started over. One in particular, was a engineer w/ a degree from LSU and a good job, wife and kids went back to school in Biology and got into med school. He worked hard, budgeted, and never looked back. He's going to make a great doctor because he is doing what he loves.

The ones who dont make it are the lazy ones who constantly try to find short cuts to get to the end goal.

Many of the larger publicly traded employers in Louisiana have tuition reimbursement programs. With a broad idea of the industry you would like to work in, maybe try to look for a job with a company that will pay for you to go back to school even if its an entry level position.

Good Luck, looking forward to hearing your success story in the next 2-5 years

So you already hold a BA in history--a great field that, properly studied, teaches you to analyze, compare, assess, and read/synthesize large amounts of info. If you don't feel that you acquired those skills, don't blame the degree/field of study--you simply didn't take advantage of the educational opportunities that abound in such a curriculum.

In which field are you currently working? What opportunities exist there?

Not sure where you earned that history BA, but many schools offer employment assistance to alumni, either through the college career counseling office or through the alumni association. If your school's alumni assn has networking nights, career socials, or other activities, go to them. Get some basic business cards printed up with your contact info.....get your LinkedIn profile in shape with a professional-looking photo.

Start thinking about the things you LIKE to do, and the things you are good at....how can you leverage those likes & skills to enter a new field? Let's say you're tending bar right now--you could possibly find work at a larger hotel in events management (you're degreed) or food/beverage sales, or find a job with a liquor/beer/wine distributor, or even transition into an institutional food service job (like with Sodexo or Aramark at a college or hospital).

Also, do you have any aptitude/interest in teaching? Louisiana has a whole bunch of alternative certification programs--you could be teaching while earning the MA or MEd degree. History undergrad could lead to elem/middle school social studies, not just high school history. Salaries for teachers w/graduate degrees aren't as paltry as you might think, and you can be pension eligible at a fairly young age. Info on alternative certification: LINK

No need to apologize for not liking shift work: I could never, ever do it. Overnight shift work has been linked to depression & other illnesses.

Finally, think hard about why "Money" seems to be your primary goal. Do you have a spending problem? Getting a better paying job won't fix any tendencies to overspend. If your current job has health benefits, strongly consider doing some therapy with a mental health professional who works with people who want to make career changes.

Im in the similar boat as well.

In louisiana, it sometimes does come down to who you know, not what you know.

Im looking at starting over, after getting laid off and bouncing around for 2.5 years. I find myself close to the "unemployable field" where no one wants to hire and it has been nearly impossible to get back into the field.

Boomers look at me, like its me. Friends look at me like its me. I just keep appling like I do everyday.

Im serious considering a trade, something like some of you baws say, leave the stress at the job and go home, then try to enjoy life, with weekends off, holidays, 401k, Health insurance havent had it for 2 years.

I will be paying attention to this thread.