A normal Singaporean here…
Study -> Army -> Uni -> BTO -> Married that kind of normal…
So far so good… But working for more than 10 years… I suddenly look at my CV and I feel its very empty…
I grad with IT degree but first job I did was related to rescue service… No linknto degree…
Second job admin… Then help desk… Then back to admin… And now marketing…
After all these… I feel like i am neither here or there… So recently someone asked me… What do you want to do? Go back to IT? Admin? Or expand in marketing… Which i have no degree or any knowledge to but got there due to a few successful projects I did during my help desk time…
Im not too sure what I want as I love all those!
Im just worried about making a wrong move forward… Talking to bosses wont help as they confirm ask me to stay…
Any advice out there?
Netizens’ comments
- Is totally normal to do jobs that have no link to your degree, one of my ex lecturer told me only 3 out of his 40 ish cohort do something related to their studies.
It seems like you like jobs with boarder scopes than specialisation responsibilities, then you can search for jobs for such roles that is more suited for a generalist, on top of my head are product managers, business analyst, consultant etc.
Take pride of your past experience, you can easily pivot and make use of them. Like you can justify for example, because I have an IT and marketing background, I can easily code switch, communicate with different stakeholders and see the bigger picture.
- Maybe take a break from work and do something outside that you enjoy like a hobby or games whatever.
Basically take some time for yourself and then start the grind again.