Any advice on my career,Pls Help!.

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oludayo20

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Hi all,
Could anyone help me,cause am running out of time!this is the summary of my life,was born in 1970,finish secondary school in 1987,was a year at home,then entered the university in 1989,finish a degree course in microbiology 1994,couldn't get a job in my field,finally got a job with an aviation consultancy company in 1996,my contract expired after 4yrs,was unemployed for 2yrs,start a business in 2002,but due to lack of some circumstances beyond my control ,the business fold up in 2005,it now dawn on me that I have to go back to my qualification to see if I could be absorbed back into my line of qualification,but because of gap in the year between time of qualification and with no experience couldn't get a place finally got a job as a lab aide,I decide to do M.sc in micro,was admitted but I 've got no funds to pursue the course.
I'm 38yrs now,I've just realized that about 12yrs of my life has been wasted!but I really want to get back on track with my life ,with my career,each time I think about this I'm always depressed,can anybody help me,advice me on the options I have?if there is still hope to resuscitate my career.
 
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oludayo20 said:
I'm 38yrs now,I've just realized that about 12yrs of my life has been wasted!
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Are you really sure about this? You have been working at different things for most of this time, presumably have provided/fended for yourself and presumably have learned some stuff along the way. I doubt that this time has been wasted when looked at objectively.
but I really want to get back on track with my life ,with my career,each time I think about this I'm always depressed,can anybody help me,advice me on the options I have?if there is still hope to resuscitate my career.
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I'm not clear on what you ideally want to do right now. Perhaps you can clarify?
 
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Thanks clubman,I've not been a professional in all that I've actually been doing except for the fact the I had a degree in microbiology,which I didn't really pursue long enough.I'm saying at 38yrs old i'm not a professional in anything,is there a way to get my life back on track?
 
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do you like micro and wanna stay in that field or do you feel tied to it because its what you did your degree in? would you be good at teaching? a food safety consultant?
in short what is your ideal (realistic) job?
 
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I will really prefer medicine,but at my age now,I think it's quite late,I'm thinking about doing a Msc,and then proceed on to Phd,but am afraid of the cost involved like the tuition fee,I realize I need to re-invent myself,but I'm just short of ideas.
 
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You first have to identify what type of employment you desire and plot a course of action towards it.

Don't write off Medicine entirely, the postgraduate courses coming on stream are only 4 years in duration and with your degree in Micro you would be eligible.

If you are also thinking about a Ph.D, make sure you thoroughly investigate future career options. In this country, you are pretty much limited to a career in academic research/teaching.
 
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polaris said:
If you are also thinking about a Ph.D, make sure you thoroughly investigate future career options. In this country, you are pretty much limited to a career in academic research/teaching.
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this is simply not the case although many go on to lecturing and post doc and reserch a good proportion go into industry and work in a range of process support roles
 
Thanks so much for your ideas,but is there anywhere I can raise funds for this courses,is there any voluntary organisation that might be able to loan me..my credit ratings are not too impressive at the moment thus I cannot approach banks!.
 
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