QUOTE(sage61 @ Feb 27 2025, 07:29 PM)
You first need to analyzed yourself.
What's your interest? Do you like to stay at office job, or go out office interact with clients type of job?
Also, what's your personality type? Such as introvert/extrovert. Risk taker/risk averse. etc
Cause accountancy/IT jobs is mostly technical stay at desk while sales & marketing requires you to go out to mingle with clients most of the time.
Don't just try to aim for salary only. You first need build your resume up according to your interest & personality so you can be a better fit for your desired job. We will all be working most of our lives anyway, so working in a job that suits your personality often helps you cope better at work.
Good thing about your banking degree is, you can easily jump over into other fields like marketing, sales etc as that is mostly things you can learn hands-on as long you have the personality and interest. There are many such roles vacancy as long as you can perform under pressure. If you prefer to stick to your major, then aim for accounts assistant role for the start.
My interest is in computers/tech, but I don't think I wanna do it as a living.
I used to think working in tech is fun, but the hours you have to put in to work everyday in a cubicle kind of makes me lose interest.
Personality type wise, I think I'm more on the spectrum, cannot say I'm fully introverted or extroverted, which is something I just found out myself recently. First occasion, is when a stranger hit me up in the bus to talk, I can't imagine myself carrying the conversation back and forth for an hour without feeling pressure. Second instance is when I hung out with this stranger I met online, when I first met her, first few minutes of anxiety kick in, but then same thing, after a while, I managed to calm down and carried the conversation.
I am not sure if I would behave this way at work with customers tho.
Tried telesales for 3 months when I was 26 years old, I was anxious all the time but only because the thought of people hearing my voice and being recorded made me feel that way, managed to close a few sales but I can firmly say I hate sales.
Then it comes down to marketing, I have always been juggling around the idea of event marketing, being to work in a team and go places sound fun, if I can be based on different countries would be even better, don't mind working my ass off, just extremely worried about my communication skills and anxiety level.