Please would someone psychoanalyse my skills??

[jivegirl]

I know this is reeeally cheeky, but I would love to hear some opinions from people who don't know me.

Really quick summary - I am stuck in a rut! 32 years old, have a degree in English, spent 10 years doing admin/office based jobs that are sucking the life out of my soul :-)

About to go off on maternity leave with #2, feel that now is the time to retrain and do something different. But I can't settle on what to do.

The last skills questionnaire type thing I tried tells me that I've got the following strengths:
Deep thinker
Enjoys rich friendships
Strives for excellence
Results oriented
Well organised
Sets high standards
Effective problem solver
Objective & rational
Confident & self assured (but it depends on situation, sometimes I am a complete shrinking violet)
Task focused

Weaknesses:
Perfectionist
Short attention span

Things I enjoy are: dealing with people, problem solving, having loads of deadlines and being busy, making things happen, marketing & presentation (i.e. I get really bothered when a company sends out letters with silly mistakes in it)..

Careers I keep considering are law, journalism, PR/marketing, being self-employed (events management?). I can write well (dabbled with freelance copywriting for a while but found it too isolating).

I want to study for something over the next 2 years in the evenings, then return to work. If I go through with a career change I want to make sure I can earn a decent amount - I don't want to keep living off my partner.

Any suggestions jump at you?

Hope this isn't a totally dull post btw.. sorry..

Claire

Interesting post. I can see lots of people wanting to ask MN a similar question. I can't help you but I know the WOHMs will be along soon!!

oh come on guys - bump

Maybe they don't want to think about work as it's Friday night!!

v interesting question - is this the right topic though? Maybe chuck it in Other Subjs?

how about somehting in the Health/Social Care sector, like Occupational Therapy....?

Hmm.. maybe this isn't the right place to post then? I was thinking about what courses I could take to retrain (which is why I ended up on this board). Thanks for the OT suggestion 3andnomore - healthcare careers aren't for me (I don't think I'm selfless enough!!)

lol at the notion that Healthcare/Social care people are selfless....
I thought because you like dealing with people and problem solving...which would be good qualities in OT, you see

Have you thought about something in Adult Education? You'd use your English, your presentation and people skills.

What about project management? Or working for a charity - who often need people to run specific campaigns or development projects.