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Post by bc2ca on Sept 11, 2024 1:06:15 GMT
My degree is a BEd. I knew I wasn't interested in classroom teaching by the time I was finishing it. Took a year off to travel and figure out what I wanted to do. Realized I wanted to teach in an adult environment and came back to get an HR qualification. My HR career started with corporate training and development and moved into a more generalist role.
Even my current volunteer position involves HR components as I work with the recruiting and training groups.
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Post by cakediva on Sept 11, 2024 1:47:31 GMT
Yes and no.
I have two college diplomas - Office Systems Administration and Early Childhood Education.
The first one I believe is - it was a business/secretarial program and since I run my own business those initial skills still support me now.
My ECE? Not a thing lol.
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Post by wordyphotogbabe on Sept 11, 2024 2:02:39 GMT
I have an English degree, and I'm a specialized type of PM. I guess it's slightly helpful since I do send a lot of emails to various people and departments but it's the least related to my degree in terms of actual communications work. I've also worked as a standardized test evaluator, a senior editor, and a non-profit administrator which all did require the skills I acquired with my degree.
If I had better technical skills, I would have gone back to get a master's in something more left-brained but everything I'm good at is soft people skills that don't require an education at all.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 11, 2024 2:23:45 GMT
There is a long running tv quiz called University Challenge here in the UK. From time to time they have the quiz with celebrities representing the universities from which they graduated. I have been often struck by the disparity between what they studied and their current work. I was watching an interview with Stephen Fry this morning, about his upcoming tour to Australia, and they showed a really old clip of him on University Challenge. I just googled it, and it was from 1980! |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 11, 2024 2:27:06 GMT
No, my education is directly linked to my career.
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Sept 11, 2024 3:25:57 GMT
My degree is in Accounting, and I work as a data analyst for a university marketing department. Gotta be good with numbers, but this job was learn as you go.
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artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Sept 11, 2024 12:46:43 GMT
My first degree was finance and I ended up being an art teacher. Worked in business for 2 years and noped out of there.
Of course I got a BFA in art history and an MA in art education after that.
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huskergal
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Post by huskergal on Sept 11, 2024 13:23:58 GMT
I have a degree in 7-12 education with endorsements in history and English. I teach middle school computer science. So it is a yes and a no for me.
My oldest daughter has a degree in Criminal Science and Art. She is an underwriter for an insurance company and doing very well. She said 1/3 of the underwriters are former teachers.
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paget
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Post by paget on Sept 11, 2024 13:53:43 GMT
Mine is but I got my BA and MSW later in life for the purpose of the field i wanted to enter. Dh’s is not- he has an English lit degree and a year of law school. He has owned 2 businesses -both service/construction related (current is solar).
* I have an old associate degree in retail marketing that is not related to current work
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River
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Post by River on Sept 11, 2024 14:09:00 GMT
Mine is. I have a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and I'm a mechanical engineer.
However, I did things backwards with the help of mentors seeing things in me that I'd never even thought of. I was working an assembly line right out of high school and my manager saw some prints of my house design that I created in paint. The next day she called me in and offered me a job doing graphic work instructions. I was in school for computer science at the time. After a year, a drafting position came open in the engineering department and my manager talked me into applying for it. I got the job even though I had no experience in actual drafting. I changed my schooling to drafting and design and got an associate's degree. I then realized I liked everything I was seeing the mechanical engineers do and went back to school for that. Halfway through, a job opened up for ME and they hired me and trained me as well as my classes.
All I can say is thank goodness for my manager right out of high school and the company for believing in me and promoting me. Otherwise, I probably would not have ended up with a more perfect career that I absolutely love.
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Post by danalz on Sept 11, 2024 14:37:13 GMT
I have a Bachelor's degree in Special Education. I taught Special Ed for 18 years before burning out and leaving the field.
I am now a Care manager for a Medicare/Medicaid Managed Care Orgnaization. It's health care case management. I love working from home and the flexibility with the job. And I really love going to bed at night and not crying with dread like I did when I was teaching.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Sept 11, 2024 14:40:54 GMT
I have a BA in English with an emphasis in business and marketing. Took all the prerequisites for an MBA, but never got it. Worked in fundraising for a nonprofit right out of college, then married the military, had kids, and stayed home for over 20 years.
My current job is in business development at a construction company where I've previously acted as a project manager. I do a lot of writing, so in that respect, I use my degree.
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Post by disneypal on Sept 11, 2024 17:59:52 GMT
Mine is related. I had a BBA in Accounting and (until I retired), I was the Accounting Director and have always worked in that field since getting my degree.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 11, 2024 18:19:36 GMT
Degree in psychology. I do accounting
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Sept 11, 2024 18:42:41 GMT
There is a long running tv quiz called University Challenge here in the UK. From time to time they have the quiz with celebrities representing the universities from which they graduated. I have been often struck by the disparity between what they studied and their current work. I was watching an interview with Stephen Fry this morning, about his upcoming tour to Australia, and they showed a really old clip of him on University Challenge. I just googled it, and it was from 1980! It's a really long running quiz show, started in 1962 and has had only three quiz masters in all that time. |
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twinsmomfla99
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Sept 11, 2024 22:21:15 GMT
Not really. I have degrees in elementary ed and law, and I advise graduate business students.
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Post by jennifercw on Sept 11, 2024 22:53:07 GMT
I have a B.S. in psychology. My first job out of college was in the field, working as a "Behavioral Specialist" at an inpatient psychiatric facility for adolescents. It was awful.
For the last 26 years I have worked as a church communicator - digital and print. Love my job and have been at my current church for 24 years! I would say my education was helpful - but not directly related to what I do now.
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Post by chaosisapony on Sept 12, 2024 1:12:27 GMT
Yes. I work in local government dealing with real estate and taxes. For some reason the only degree preferred is in business. So I started school for business management. It made zero sense and absolutely had nothing to do with my job.
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Post by MorellisCupcake on Sept 12, 2024 1:17:17 GMT
Not even slightly.
I have a BA in English but I’m a medical coder in pathology/immunology.
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