I am very passionate about sports, although I’m not an athlete myself, but I am a big fan of sports and I want to be a part of it in someway. Do you guys have any possible courses that I can take? And how can I have a job that is connected to helping athletes.💔💔
I finished my first year, business technology management student. I’ve been having a lot of doubts on this career path as I’ve heard that buisness is slowly dying and the job security is very low in this degree, so I’ve sighted on other programs, and I’ve always been passionate about medical since I was a kid, but always pushed it away due to making poor high school decisions, and not really being confident in myself,I’m currently stuck and feel so demotivated with where I want to go and have to make my decision quick and I just don’t know which direction to take, I have no idea what to prepare for and if anyone has been in my shoes or can help please feel free to DM! ( might’ve worded this bad sorry)
ok so i just recently graduated in my stem degree and i feel so shit cuz i got rejected by a pharma company who i did a summer internship with last year.. though they did give me feedback and told me to try apply in a few months time again. but i feel i lost a bit of hope there as i was expecting a lot there, also had another rejection from another position at another company and i am scared of being unemployed and ending up working at a restaurant or so to fill in the time and earn money… im scared ill slowly lose the knowledge from my degree.. esp as i wanna fund myself for the masters i wanna do (hopefully next year if i get money) or im thinking of trying to apply for a phd.. i just feel so lost and im so scared as im so used to having a routine and a plan… does anyone have any advice
I’m talking about jobs related to their degree.
If no one in your family works in that field, and you don’t have referrals or guidance, how do you break in?
What actually helped you get your first job?
Hi everyone,
I'm 28 years old and feeling completely lost about my career.
My qualifications: B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Durgapur and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering & Management from NIT Trichy.
After graduation, I worked for 6 months as an Assistant Manager at City Union Bank but left because I wanted a technical career.
For the last 1.5 years, I've been preparing full-time for PSU and other government engineering exams. I've appeared for several exams, and recently I was rejected after the NPCIL Executive Trainee interview, which I had high hopes for.
Now I'm confused. I have a 1.5-year preparation gap, only 6 months of work experience, and I'm already 28.
To be honest, I'm not particularly passionate about mechanical engineering. I prepared for PSU exams mainly because I wanted a stable and respectable technical career. Now I'm unsure whether I should continue preparing for PSUs, try to enter the private sector, learn a new skill, or change my career path entirely.
If you were in my position, what would you do? Has anyone been through something similar and managed to turn things around? I'd really appreciate honest advice.
Soon I'm going to complete my 12th, I'm very confused about what should I do in my career specifically because I've arts background and I belong from country side where facilities are very limited...I just want to be financially independent and get a stable job..but I feel hopeless rn..give me any advice on what should I do?
Somehow, with only a high school degree I’ve managed to work myself up from call center, to manager, to buyer (procurement), to strategic buyer regionally - then country wide - then globally. I hate it. I’m only 33, and 30 more years of this is impossible.
I’ve hated it since the day I started, so I accepted promotion after promotion looking for that umph that would finally give me some sort of satisfaction at the end of the day instead of anxiety. It never came.
In my latest role I was earning a lot (top 5% of my country), but I was just so depressed and burned out.
I’m now looking to get back into the work force and I absolutely want to get out of the office. Preferably I’d go into a trade. With this however I run into 3 huge stumbling blocks. 1. My career past (Why would someone like me want to go into trades?!). 2. I’m a woman. 3. I’m 5 foot.
I’m not even sure which exact trade I’d want to go into.
I love woodworking, leathercraft and have studied goldsmithing for a few years. I love history, and would absolutely love doing restoration work. I can lay bricks, build a cabinet, lay flooring, tile work etc.
Honestly, I’d gladly work in sewers if that means not returning to an office.
But no one gives me a chance. They take one look at my resume and I’m rejected. I’ve tried calling to give additional context. I’ve downplayed my previous roles to just admin on my cv. Nothing.
Meanwhile, companies are basically begging me to come work for them in my previous role. But mentally I can’t do that role anymore.
Where do I go from here? Any advice?
Being an undergraduate i am still stressed about what i should pursue in my masters. Have talked to multiple people but all they say is try things and you will find tour interests but if i hop from job to job that takes a hit on my resume. Some advice would be really helpful. Thank you!
I am currently trying to find an undergrad to persue that will actually fit me. I’ll have a degree(not a bachelor) in fine arts in 2 years, however, I don’t want my bacheor to be heavily rooted in art. I am actually very good in the technical part of fine arts, but the uncertainty, the people and the fact that there’s almost never an objective answer that you can defend just drives me crazy. It’s not that i dont love art, it’s just that I prefer rules and
precision. My favorite subjects in school were physics, maths, psychology, anatomy. I
I need a career that pays well, is interesting, doesn’t have too many repititive tasks, leaves room for imagination and beauty and also doesn’t consume my whole time and life so I can also keep art as a hobby.
Someone please help me out.
Most of my life I’ve been scared of growing up, getting a hard job I hate, and just hating my life overall. Im mostly a average kid when it comes to grades. Or below that. Im advanced in English but I don’t see a useful future in pursuing my skill in language arts. I have hated school and im left wondering if it gets better. I want to pursue mechanical engineering (probably not the easiest option) or somewhere in the design field. I don’t want to have a hard/miserable job but also want comfortable money income. But I do have a passion for mechanical engineering/designing things. Does it get better after school?
I 23F have been doing hair/assisting for the past 3 years. I currently have a boss that is emotionally unstable and just generally makes my job harder than it ever should be. She’s extremely passive aggressive and treats me a lot differently than my coworkers ex. Going dead silent when I walk in the break room when she was just laughing with my coworkers, not speaking to me for a month, taking 2 years to put me on the floor as a stylist when I was doing work better than other stylists already on the floor. I wish I understood what her issue was with me because she seems to pick favorites and I’m never one of them. I was the only assistant for 6 months working 50 hour weeks and everything on her to do list got done every day. Dealing with this behavior/workload/clients is causing burnout to an extreme degree. I think I would like to be done with the hair industry as I no longer have a passion for it but am unsure what to pivot to as I have no other degree than a master cosmetologist license. Any advice is appreciated. I am open to potentially going back to school just unsure for what.
Has anybody completely changed their career in their 30s? More specifically, has anybody moved away from product design and transitioned into a completely different role?
I'm a product designer with 6 years of experience, in my 30s, and the market has been absolutely brutal. I've been looking for a new role for a year and I can't land an offer.
In addition to that, I just don't like product design anymore and considering changing my role completely.
What's your experience? Did you transition to a different role? How did it go?
Remote work only as only this is possible.
Tell me some skills to work on.
My job in IT Support is a poor fit, and I’ve been job hunting unsuccessfully for 2 years. I have a masters in English and I’m ready to look outside of IT, but I don’t know where to start. Can anyone who’s left IT share how they decided what field to go into?
I’ve only been in IT for 5years so not a ton of experience, and I’m not very flexible in where I can work because I have a house but I don’t have a car, so I feel limited to remote roles and roles within bus range of my home. Because of the master’s in English, I thought teaching could be a nice change, but I would need to go back to school and get a teaching license and I would be starting out at a $15000 pay cut. I considered psych technician at a state mental health facility because they offer to train you on the job, so I wouldn’t need to go to school and lose income for a year or two. That said, it sounds brutal and much more overwhelming than my current role.
I’ve taken onet profile tests and they don’t help a ton—they recommends roles that could be interesting, but anything in my current pay rage always require more school. I’m curious if anyone with an English degree, or other non-CS type degree has left IT and found a job that’s better and doesn’t pay too much lower? Any advice is appreciated.
Can you guide me what a VA has to do and what skills one should learn to start doing it? How can I get my first job? And what platforms are easier to start with?
How much the VAs are paid?
Can a 12th pass student do it?
Pls pls answer all these questions.
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Background
I've been employed as a junior legal counsel since 2023 and hold a bachelor's and master's degree in law, plus two certifications (CIPP/E and CIPM) in data protection and governance.
Location: EU member
Im sorry for any strange sentences and spelling mistakes, English is not my first language.
The Situation
I've been the only junior counsel in our small legal department (alongside one peer and our Chief Legal Officer) for most of my tenure. During this time, we've handled significant milestones. A full company restructuring from 1 to 14 entities, multiple market entries and exits, and several brand launches. This required negotiating and duplicating supplier agreements across all new entities, a substantial workload increase.
Our industry is heavily regulated, and our legal department has absorbed compliance responsibilities beyond our scope. Mostly because the skills are not there in the compliance department.
I applied to become the Data Protection Officer (something that our regulator requires us to have. Basically, there are various work functions that needs to be approved by the regulator. I had to, among other things, provide my birth certificate to the regulator) in June 2025 and obtained my CIPP/E and CIPM certifications last autumn autumn.
While not formally titled as DPO, I performed the role and drove substantial progress on GDPR and data protection compliance ever since December 2023. I was finally registered as DPO with the regulator and national data protection authority in May this year, the process took 11 months for the regulator to approve me. This is apparently a standard time frame for them to approve new roles.
I was recently informed of a raise and received an offer this week, 3,000 EUR more than my current salary. This is significantly less than I anticipated (I expected around 10,000 EUR). Additionally, my title changed to "Legal Counsel", there's no official DPO designation despite holding both the role and the necessary certifications.
This feels undervalued, especially considering colleagues without law degrees or university education (MLRO, compliance staff) earn the same salary as I will post-raise. We had a big restructuring last April where about 50 people had to leave on that day. This crested some chaos within the business and we have not really filled those seats yet.
Considering my job, I know the financials of our business and I have gone through the financial statement. I also know that we had a big dividend payout back in June this years because I created the necessary documents for it.
The issue:
In a few days, I'll reach my four-year anniversary, which entitles me to one month's salary as a bonus. My notice period extends to two months after that milestone, which could deter prospective employers
I'm also eligible for an OKR bonus (roughly one month's salary) in August
Other factors:
My manager recently left and won't return until September, all communication will be via slack or email. He will soon be going to a different time zone so our working hours will never click.
I received a 5,000 EUR raise last year
Salary benchmarks suggest the current offer is mid-range for "Legal Counsel" alone, but doesn't account for my DPO responsibilities. It also doesn't account that I literally know everything about the business. I can basically answer any question anyone might have without me needing to look anything up.
My manager mentioned he advocated for our department's raises, so I'm hesitant to appear ungrateful
Three Options I'm Considering
Accept the offer, collect both bonuses (August and four-year), then leave
Resign without a job lined up to avoid the two-month notice period
Negotiate directly with my manager (or escalate to the CEO/owner) for a more appropriate raise
I'm concerned about appearing opportunistic if I highlight pay disparities with colleagues.
Anyone got any ideas?
I’m being laid off after 12 years at the same job in wireless industry. My job history is mainly retail leadership as well as call center support and technical support. I just don’t know if I want to keep doing this anymore. I want a career change but have no degree, and need to make at least $60k/yr. I am bilingual which should help. I’ve seen different certification options, but then actually finding a position with those seems to be a rare thing. What career options via certification or similar where you can find actual opportunities?
I'm a final year nursing student part of the R174 programme and very soon we'll be choosing posts for community service next year. The only problem is I'm currently conflicted. I've been seeing the high rates of unemployment in South Africa and I've been wondering what would be the best thing to do.
Initially I thought I'd make sure all my options are tertiary hospitals because they are the best to gain experience from various specialized wards and given the fact I've come to love nephrology I was thinking of specializing in it, but then when I was looking at available posts on indeed, linked in etc. I saw there were many posts for Primary healthcare care specialist nurses so I was thinking of applying to Primary healthcare facilities/CHC for community service so I can take my chances and use the money I'll save up during community service to specialize in Primary healthcare or apply for a bursary.
But I'm still not quite familiar with the bursaries offered for specializing when it comes to nursing especially given the fact I'd like to take my chances and try to specialize immediately after community service, also I also realized that it may be quite costly to fund my own studies because I was also planning to start a small business with the money I save up since I dont know what the future holds.
I also was considering to do my masters immediately after community service should I not get absorbed in to buy time and apply for the NRF bursary even though my average from 1st year to third year currently stands at 71% I'm left with my fourth year to complete to see where I stand with qualifying for the bursary so as of now I'm really lost so any advice?
Hi everyone. I graduated with a B.Tech in Computer Science in June 2025 from a tier-3 college in Bangalore. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get placed through campus because most of the companies that visited were hiring for non-tech roles.
After graduation, I freelanced from August 2025 to January 2026, and on April 1, 2026, I finally landed my first full-time job as a Junior Python Developer at a startup.
I’ve been here for almost three months now, and honestly, I’m struggling.
My workday is usually 10 AM to 7 PM in the office, but many days I have to continue working from home just to meet deadlines. I’ve already been assigned to a client project even though I’m a fresher with no prior industry experience, and the expectations feel very high. If work piles up, I also end up working on Saturdays.
The biggest issue is the lack of work-life balance. The constant pressure is affecting my physical and mental health. I’m stressed almost every day, I’m not sleeping properly, and sometimes I don’t even have the time or appetite to eat properly.
I also know I’m not an exceptional coder yet. I’m still learning and trying to improve, but it feels like I’m expected to perform at the level of someone with much more experience.
I’m now wondering what my next step should be.
Should I:
Continue here for a while longer to gain experience, even if it’s stressful?
Start applying to other companies that might have a healthier work culture?
Or take a step back and think more about what kind of career I actually want before making another move?
I’d really appreciate advice from people who have been in a similar situation, especially those who started their careers at startups. Is this level of pressure normal for freshers, or is this a sign that I should move on?