I will be moving to a new state to be with my SO at the end of the year. We have decided to wait until he gets his wings in about 2 years before getting married. I currently have a bachelors degree, as well as a good job that I will be leaving behind to be with him. It looks like the job opportunities where I am headed to are slim to none for professionals (most jobs are min. wage). So over the past few months I figured I would get my MBA while he gets his wings to keep my career on the right track while I move with him...BUT now, I am worried about job opportunities once I become a spouse and we are moving from one place to the next...I have begun to think about teaching and nursing since these would be easy jobs for me to relocate with (I think). However, I would need to start from scratch with either nursing or elementary teaching since my bachelors degree is in marketing.
Any advice on what careers are easy to relocate with? Or any advice from elementary teachers or nurses regarding the process of getting my R.N. or teaching credential online? How long will it take? Will I need to retest in each state? Best online schools? Tuition costs? Also, for those of you that have your MBA and have had to relocate over and over...what career paths have you taken? I have looked at Walden for my MBA...any advice on their curriculum would be appreciated.
Thank you for all your tips in advance! Basically, I don't want to lose sight of my own career goals while I move and support him BUT I want to make sure I am being realistic with the opportunities that are out there for me with a military life.
JMO but from spending years trying to decide whether I should be flexible and do something I don't really want to or follow what I want to do, I suggest thinking long and hard before "giving up your dream career".
Of course I can say that now that we have only about 10 more years to go and I have 4 kids 8 and under so I don't plan on doing anything about it for a while anyway. I'd like to get an MPH concentrating in epidemiology. Someday dh may have to follow me to MY new job assignment.
But back to your question, I would only pursue something like nursing if you really want to be a nurse. If you really enjoy business and marketing, you could get your MBA and maybe teach it at a community college or votech school? Then you would still have your MBA that you wanted but would have flexibility.
For the most part to do online ed for RN or teaching is hard to find. You will need to set up your own clinicals or student teaching, which may or may not be difficult - just wanted to point it out...
Bless the spouses who have found a career they enjoy that is also portable. I always welcome those stories.
Again, if you really want your MBA I personally say do it and make it work for you.
I think you should do what you love--if you think you'd love nursing or teaching, then give that a try. There are many of programs that help people with college degrees get certified to teach--you might look into those in your area.
But I think marketing is very portable, in fact I would think there would be opportunities to telecommute in that arena. Have you thought about becoming a consultant? You might be surprised where you could use your degree--non-profit organizations, universities etc.
Further, I think an MBA could be helpful because you just never know what great opportunity will come up. Best to be prepared. I went back for my master's after I could not find a full-time job in my field, higher education fundraising. Even though I am not officially looking, it has opened doors and people have been more interested in me/my resume, even before I finished the degree.
I've been a RN for 18 yrs. RN's are in great demand. You will always have a job wherever you go. Here in the Tampa area, RN's can easily make $35-$40 per hr for day shift w/out benefits. Night shifts, weekends, & holidays pay more.
Nursing (& the medical field in general) is very difficult work. The hours are long & frequently units are understaffed. I am not trying to discourage you, but you should know it is not an easy job! There are also many rewards & benefits. There are so many specialities in nursing. Direct patient care, administrative positions, education, research, quality assurance, case management, etc.... The list goes on & on.
You should be able to complete a RN program in 2 yrs. I would not suggest doing it online. You will need the hands on experience. There are so many things to learn from instuctors & other nurses that you cannot get from a book. Remember, you are dealing with human lives.
Once you have passed the board, you are eligible for licensure in any state. (Not sure about international) Most schools have a waiting list. If you go this route, consider working in a hospital while in school. The experience is priceless & will make your transition from student to graduate nurse easier.
Hi, it seems like my story. I had a bachelor of science in Business administration and about 15 years of experience at the dministrative field but all of this in Colombia. After I get married with my coastie and have 2 relacations it has been really difficult to get a job so I decided to become a teacher using my experience in business. I had been doing a lot off research about it and if you have a previous degree you just need to make an alternative teacher certification program and you can start with you new career. Also if you want go for your MBA with this career is a excellent oportunity to do it. I think be a teacher is a portable career for our portable life having in account our husbands career. I hope i could help you in something. Ciao
I know that University of Phoenix has online teaching masters. It isn't cheap but they are pretty good with student loan help.
Teaching can be a portable career if you go into the right field. Some areas have shortages and some have surpluses. Shortages include world languages, English as a Second Language and Special Ed.
Keep in mind that Teaching is a portable career only to an extent; different states have different requirements regarding teacher certification, and you will have to reapply for certification in each state you move to.
My thoughts are that the online MBA (unless you really are committed to one of the other careers - and yes, both require intense committment and a lot of hard work), is probably your best option. If you have an MBA or if you enhance your marketing degree with some computer certifications (i.e., make online marketing your field of expertise), you should definitely be able to find a job where you can telecommute or consult, as NCS said above.
That can be true - a few states like Kansas require you to have course work from a Kansas college in order to get certified. However, as a Math teacher my credentials were VERY portable. Some states have emergency certifications too.
Yeah. My mom was able to get an emergency certification here in Washington while she finished her master's. She had a WA teacher's certificate before, but had been a stay-at-home mom with the 3 of us long enough that her cert had expired. WA needed teachers BADLY, so they gave her an emergency certification and said that she needed to complete her professional certification (I don't remember how many credits/clock hours) within 3 years in order to keep it. I believe she finished that and her masters at the same time, after 2 years.
I know that it's easy moving from a higher-requirements state to a lower-requirements state (some of Mom's teacher friends have done that), but my guess is that it is much more difficult to move the other way, so you need to just be very aware of your qualifications and the state requirements of whatever state you're in or moving to.
My other guess is that if you teach HS math, 107, that's probably a more portable of a career (due to a more specific focus, and requirements in most states that you have a certain fairly high level of math proficiency to do so) than a general elementary certification, which is what my mom has. But that's just a guess.
Education is difficult. I know that you will have to take many classes and pass different tests when going from state to state. In California it is more difficult than other states to transfer into with a credential from another state. If this is the direction you really want to persue I would hold off until you are more steady in your location so that you are not stuck taking more and more classes which is an out of pocket expense.
