I am considering a career change to human resources or Paralegal. Which has the most employment opportunities?
What steps should i take to make a change into a career once Ive made my choice. Paralegals and Human resources reps I would love your feedback. Im interested in both fields
How happy are you in your career as a paralegal?
I am very happy and it is very rewarding and opened a lot of doors for me. I have my own business as contract paralegal so I can offer several types of services to attorneys and others to the general public. I spent 10 years in and out of law firms before I started to go out on my own. So you need to get the experience first before you can find a balance of what works best for you. “Earn your stripes.” as they say. If you are more independent or have the entrepreneur spirit, being in an office long hours could be a bit stifling. I work with one attorney regularly and other sporadically depending on what they need. I love that I also have the freedom to attend to my family and other services . I make more money that I did before.
Is a Paralegal Career Rewarding?
I am looking to make a career change and am considering becoming a paralegal. Becoming a lawyer is really not an option. I am curious to know if what I have found is actually true in reality. I am hoping that it is actually a challenging and rewarding career and not just being a glorified secretary.
Do you enjoy being a paralegal?
I love my job! I am completely content and do not forsee ever wanting to change careers. Being a paralegal is very rewarding. I work with legal secretaries, in fact, I started out as a legal secretary. Let me tell you, paralegal work is much less tedious and more substantive. Legal secretaries have to maintain attorney calendars, process mail, input time, file pleadings, make trial notebooks, and basic secretarial work. Whereas paralegals don't have to do all that mess. We do legal research, discovery, trial prep, drafting of pleadings and court docs, and contact with the client. Here is the site to find American Bar Association accredited schools in your area: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/para... I highly, highly, HIGHLY, recommend only going to an ABA accredited school. To be a paralegal you need either experience or experience and a degree. Having a degree really helps. While you are going to school maybe you could find a job at a law office as a legal secretary to get some experience and bulk up your knowledge of the way things work in a law office. Best of luck to you!
What's my ideal career change as an INTJ at 30?
It’s hard to say, without knowing where you’re moving FROM, but I would suggest that you take a look at the legal profession.When I was in my early 30s, I went back to school and obtained my American Bar Association (ABA) approved paralegal certificate. In a perfect life, I would have gone to law school—but mine has not been a perfect life, and based on the nature of this question, I’m going to guess that yours hasn’t been, either.Being a paralegal is very intellectually challenging and stimulating. The “legal world” is very appealing to me as an INTJ. I admire the logic and order of the law, and the discipline that can be observed in common law.Becoming a paralegal taught me a way of looking at life, and the world, that was peculiarly well suited to my INTJ tendencies and abilities.I am so glad, that I made the change. The first five years can be a grind, and you have to grow up enough to overcome the more toxic effects of your resistance to authority. But, I was fired twice in the first five years of my career, and here I am. After 20 years, I am recognized across the country as a professional.If you can make it ten years, you will be happier than you ever thought you could be, and feel like you finally have found a place where your skills are valued.Look at legal, and the law.
How many times have you changed careers?
So far, 3 times and I'm in the middle of a fourth. Straight out of college I taught English abroad at a public elementary school, then at a private school (1st: education). Coming back to the States after a year, I tried working briefly as a paralegal at a law firm, then as a research assistant at a legal research firm (2nd: law and legal services). Third, I worked in varying capacities in nonprofits managing programs, writing grants (3rd: nonprofit). Three transitions by age 29. Now I'm 30 and pursuing a fourth. The only way to find the career that fits is to keep trying different ones until you find the one that fits. In each case, I decided it was time to change when I knew the only aspect I liked about the position was the stability of having a steady job. There's nothing wrong with doing a job just for the sake of having a job, but I find I'm never happy when I'm at a position just for the paycheck. I need to feel intellectually engaged and get the sense that I'm on a path that can lead to new opportunities.
Paralegal Job Satisfaction?
Hi! I am considering starting an ABA approved post-bachelors Paralegal certificate program in order to change careers (5 years in corporate business and don't like it) and am wondering about paralegal job satisfaction. Specifically, if you could answer the following that would be great! What is your area of specialty (criminal, civil litigation, etc)? What are the pros and cons of your job? Overall, do you like being a paralegal in your specialty? Thanks!
I'm a 33 year old woman and want to change my career from a miserable paralegal and become a TV presenter in the USA. Am I too old?
I don’t believe you’re too old at all. There are plenty of TV presenters who are older or the same age. The trick is to have charisma and charm that younger, less experienced presenters can’t have access to. You can’t fake that or cover it up with cosmetics. So, I’d advise you to remember just how miserable you were as a paralegal, recall the depths you felt you’d sunk to, and then imagine yourself presenting at the Oscars or a similar giant awards gala - and then see yourself doing that, preparing for it, rehearsing your lines, picking out wardrobe, talking to people in lighting and producers, watching Entertainment Tonight and picturing yourself filling in for one of the hosts when they’re sick or out; then imagine how that experience made you feel, what you felt, what you saw, the scents you encountered, everything detail. And LIVE in that world, while you build in in the one you are in. Make sense?