Help me find a career

[Ponyup]

You women are always so helpful & full of knowledge that I thought I would bounce this off of you. I don't like my job. I work for my father's company in the engineering department, but I do mostly data entry type work. I am bored most of the day, most days. I have a management degree from purdue. I have found that I like challenges & math related topics. I am an awesome problem solver. I am organized & very smart & love a challenge. My problem is this job does not challenge me, but I don't know what might. I am willing to go back to school, I am willing to relocate, I just have no idea what direction I want to go in. This is what I know about myself.

I like/love math (especially alegbra)
I love to read & learn new things
Repitive tasks bore me & so does doing the same thing day in day out
I get excited when I have to find a solution to a problem & accomplish that
I have a hard time dealing with interruptions (i think I might be ADD)
I like to be given a project & a deadline & then left alone until I finish

If anyone has any ideas as to what might be a good career fit for me or some way to find out I'd appreciated. I took a meijer briggs test & it said I am a born leader that likes to organize & get things moving or something like that. Anyhelp would be appreciated I'm so bored.

[Ponyup]

bump:rolleyes:

[Lindsey]

What type of engineering department do you work in?

[May5]

Hmm...how about accounting or finances? that requires good math skills and it's mostly uninterrupted work (it depends on the setting, though).

[Ponyup]

What type of engineering department do you work in?

It's not a true engineering department. My dad's company makes wire & the engineers here set up the part numbers for the wire & make sure that the wire meets the specs set forth by suppliers & such.

[Ponyup]

Hmm...how about accounting or finances? that requires good math skills and it's mostly uninterrupted work (it depends on the setting, though).

I'm afraid this might be too repitive

[May5]

Oh yeah...that's true; it may be. Hmmm....I can't think of anything else right now, sorry! :o

[cindy0721]

y not teach ?

[Ponyup]

I thought about teaching. Actually my orginal major in college was math education. I'm not against teaching that's for sure.

[Janet]

Teaching is a great idea and the kids need a good math teacher. What about management of something you're interested in. Managers need to be good organizers, take care of the books and manage people too, problem solving. Just about anything in management would be good and most likey not repetitive.....:)

[Lindsey]

I agree teaching is a good idea.
The reason I asked about the engineering department is if it might be something interesting you might already have some knowledge. I'm in an engineering technology program, and my boyfriend has graduated from a technology program as well. What we do is help out engineers with design work or testing work and it involves a lot of math. Projects vary so there's a lot of thinking and research to do on a variety of topics. Most technology programs are just 2 years long at a tech school, and at my school at least, there's the option of returning for another two years either right away or later on to get a full engineering degree.

[Tink]

HAve you considered becoming a Realtor? You get to deal with large sums of money, a wide variety of people, see a lot of very interesting homes, and once established, can make a VERY nice income! I did it for 4 years and really did enjoy it.

[Janet]

HAve you considered becoming a Realtor? You get to deal with large sums of money, a wide variety of people, see a lot of very interesting homes, and once established, can make a VERY nice income! I did it for 4 years and really did enjoy it.


Realtor is a great idea too. I had thought of that a few years back, wish I would have followed through with it.