Struggling finding a job due to lack of professional experience in the workforce.
I am young, I just graduated college May 2022 but I've been working as a Marketing Manager since January 2022 and was a social media intern for 1 year prior. My issue is I know I would thrive as a Learning and Development Coordinator or someone that is involved in training. I am a huge people-person and have 3 years of volunteer experience and 5 years of educational experience facilitating training and development for groups of 10-100 individuals. Any job that I can interact with people is one I would thrive in, I am struggling to find just that. I've lost passion for my job because I sit inside all day staring at white walls and I don't get paid nearly enough for what I do. It is causing a lot of stress on me and I'm just looking for a change where I don't have to sit at a computer all day when I'm an extreme people-person. Looking for recommendations and advice. Thank you in advance
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Anonymous
Good luck!
Starting a YouTube channel or setting yourself up as a consultant would be a good way to professionalize yourself.
The university where I used to work cut all the training positions and had fewer and fewer external training opportunities .... before they made my job redundant. An institution devoted to LEARNING cut out training! If that's common in today's workplace, it might be difficult to make the leap. I hope you can, though.
Stephanie Renk
Are you on LinkedIn? Try researching companies that you like and reaching out to employees in Learning and Development. It's not about asking for a job but instead, ask them for advice on how to enter the field. They may refer you to others (you may have to ask at the end of the conversation) and you'll build your network of folks that want to help you.