career switch

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Have you ever considered switching to musing as a career. With an ageing population, demand for nurses will rise.

Typo, not musing but nursing

Originally Posted by 35yearsold

Need some advice.

I'm 35 yr old female, 2 young children. Just quit my job recently, was working full time in art/film/media industry for 11 years drawing a salary close to 5k, no bonus, no OT pay and working pass 10 hrs a day is a norm in this industry, and also asked to work on some Saturdays when project near its due. I have a degree in film/multimedia.

Why do I quit, coz I need a time-flexi job, to be able to pop by house from time to time to check if everything is ok. Long story short, I need a work life balance job. I gave up 8-5 office (or I call it 13hrs not at home) job.

I've been searching around to see what kind job fits me and I am comfortable with. As my field of expertise is niche and there aren't much opportunity for time-flexi work in this field (industry not doing well, talent over supply), I turn to real estate friends, insurance agent friends, MOE teachers, even mlm and they always say very good! Come join me! Especially RES and Insurance. Totally new career but I don't have many more 5 years to try this and that.

Could anyone give me some advice. I'm now undecided between RES, Insurance, teacher. What kind of career will I have in future, lets say next 3-5 years, can I draw a salary of 5k by then?

With all due respect (I was an ex-MOE teacher) please consider teaching only as an option if and only if you have the passion and love for students in nurturing and educating them well. Just by going into teaching because of perceived job stability and better work life balance is just unacceptable in my opinion. Teaching deserves better than that. Have u heard of people going into law or medicine because they got no where else to go? Teaching must be a first choice. Nothing less than that. As what some forummers said there are many many other jobs out there that pays well and relatively stable too. It does not have to be teaching. Pardon me for my frank post. Take care and all the best to you!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Have you ever considered switching to musing as a career. With an ageing population, demand for nurses will rise.

Nursing wouldn't have work life balance, right?

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I'm new to this forum too, since someone offered me advice, I would return the favor.

I'm in the insurance industry for 7 years since National Service, achieved awards, went for incentive trips and etc. I think I'm good to share with you some insights of doing insurance.

Before you joined, insurance recruitment will sell you the idea of earning a good income, career security, managerial and etc. It is true but usually they don't tell you the negative side. If you are looking for career security, no doubt it provides that, you control how much you earn and the sky is the limit for your income.

If you are not prepared to travel almost every day around Singapore to meet clients (quite inconvenient if without own transport and I have been to every corner of Singapore) nor face tons of rejections everyday or the passion to meet new people. Please do not consider.

If you say freedom, I can only halfheartedly agree with you. Although, I enjoy controlling my own time but most of the time, evening and weekend is burnt due to meeting clients. On the average, an hour per appointment. The longest appointment on record is 6 hours, I met this client from start to finish closing his plan.

I based my business via referrals and cold calling and ever since DNC kicks in, I have difficulties in cold calling. I have seen rookies fly the few 2 years as the warm market very strong but left the business as they can't adjust to cold calling, road shows and etc. You have to start your business via strong warm market and at the same time build your correct foundation like getting referrals but some time cold calling will have faster results.

Conclusion, I was not recruited but went to interview 3 insurers before joining. Sometimes I felt I am a professional but at times, some clients treat you like dirt. If you ego is high, then forget it.

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Wonder how is she doing now? Coz her post was like in 2015