To ask you what job would suit me?

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AIBU to pick the collective brain of MNers?

I love working with people, problem solving, lots of variety, I'm very creative, and a good writer and presenter. I pick up new topics quickly. Uni educated with a strong academic record.

Not interested in financial services, anything unethical, or anything requiring years and years of study as can't afford to get into debt. Want something with reasonable career and pay prospects too.

Would love to know what you think would suit me!

Sounds like a communications/PR type of job would potentially be a good fit for you.

Marketing?

Definitely worth taking a look at comms/PR.

Journalist?

Does research interest you?

Marketing and PR are unethical imo

Technical Trainer? This needs good presentation and communication skill in addition to being able to pick up new technology quickly.

HR? training people & putting together policies and helping people advance in their careers.

Depends, doesn't it? Marketing for Esso - maybe. Marketing for a charity - less so.

Thanks for the other suggestions.

I'd rather not PR as it's poorly regarded and therefore poorly paid unless you do B2B stuff which is not likely to be v ethical or creative, and I also don't fancy having anything to do with the Daily Mail or Sun which is quite a possibility. Ditto print advertising.

Marketing - is it really creative, don't you usually just get other people to do the creative bits?

HR and training - potentially, but concerned it would get repetitive?

Journalism - feel like this is a poorly paid and hard industry to get into

@Thelnebriati yes potentially research, I wouldn't rule it out, not sure how creative it would be though.

Wondering about internal comms too?

Teacher sounds like a good fit. What's your degree in?

I was going to say Comms/ PR for a charity / third sector organisation. I work in comms and the skills you've described are aligned with what we look for.

The pay is good and there's lots of opportunities, but it's very competitive so you would have to be prepared to go in at a junior level.

Charity fund raising? That often involves PR and comms too. Not the kind of fundraising that asks public for money, but writing grants and generating corporate sponsorship.

Thanks. Do you work for a charity doing this?

What’s your degree/experience in?

Lots of people will probably suggest teaching but based on past experience, most posts like yours are written from teachers desperately trying to escape!

Tech - either non-coding role (eg business analyst, product owner, project manager) or coding (developer, systems administrator - but needs learning/training).

some tech companies that have ethical aims (eg healthcare or energy efficiency or legal or whatever). Often have correlate roles in public sector too - like civil service.

I'm not a teacher, and don't think I want to be,haha! Mostly sales / writing / social media stuff currently. Non vocational degree.

I don't think developer is for me, and tech business analyst or PM sounds quite un- creative.

("Uncreative", Jeez - not really selling myself as a writer here!)

V happy to be proven wrong if those are creative roles though. That element is quite important to me. Essential, in fact.

Hmm interesting, but I imagine incredibly hard in the current climate?

Marketing can be highly creative as well as highly strategic and analytical - certainly at the top level.

And creative doesn't just mean designing things it's often about strategic creativity, or assessing creative routes or coming up with a different way of doing things.

Asking for ideas on Mumsnet though suggests it might not be right for you. Most grads I've interviewed have a demonstrable passion and drive for the discipline.

If you are only interested in pure creative roles you'd need to have a talent for something - design or craft.

Copywriting? Learning and development or rewards role within HR? Social media management?

I would say tech as well, there are a lot of non-technical roles. Pay is good, as is career prospects. Regarding creativity, if you go for a smaller company (start up), there are plenty of opportunities to "wear many hats" and use your creativity. Marketing / comms can be first on the firing line during recession.

Eh?

Agreed, I work with lots of people with these skills

Probation Officer? You get paid a salary while training, report writing and Court work would use writing skills and you can be quite creative in working out how to engage people