Career Change

Im confused!! I've been a lit paralegal for 5 years and dont feel productive anymore..... I create binders, schedule depo's and put up with "Attitude" all day. It seems the more time I invest in this career....im just wasting my energy and time.
I have an offer to work as the Executive Assistant to the President of a Financial Coorporation (wealth management and Investment firm) the pay is very similar but I feel in the long run I have the option to make more $$$. As a paralegal, once you reach the limit, that's it....unless you get into management.

Anyway, does anyone feel the same way I do??

ya but is it worth is to start in to becoming a paraleage and not relizing how much it pays

ChiquitaMAD in Metairie, Louisiana said: Im confused!! I've been a lit paralegal for 5 years and dont feel productive anymore..... I create binders, schedule depo's and put up with "Attitude" all day. It seems the more time I invest in this career....im just wasting my energy and time.
I have an offer to work as the Executive Assistant to the President of a Financial Coorporation (wealth management and Investment firm) the pay is very similar but I feel in the long run I have the option to make more $$$. As a paralegal, once you reach the limit, that's it....unless you get into management.

Anyway, does anyone feel the same way I do??

Lol. You and I must work in the same firm. I am in the place as you and found your posting by doing a search for "paralegal career change" . I trying to find a career that I can transfer my skills.

Contact your local community college's profesional development department to see what they offer. You will be amazed how taking a certificate course will provide opportunity into a great career. Many ony take a few hours to complete. I am sure you have skills from your current job that transferable.

I know what you mean..pleadings..complaints..answers...correspondence..same things..not even 4 months and i'm BORED OUT OF MY MIND

Ajay in Redmond, Washington said: Hello,

I am in desprate need of ADVICE. I have been an exotic dancer for my late teens and early 20's and have no idea where to go from here. I'd like to get into acting. Does anybody have any advice?

My advice....go to school and get a degree in something. That way you will have something to fall back on when you are looking for an acting gig. Oh, and try to get something more solid than a liberal arts degree. I have two of those and my experience helps me a lot more than a liberal arts degree.

Displaced Legal Professional in Denver, Colorado said: Continued from above....

I hope I'm not too late, but my 2¢ opinion is you should go for the Executive Assistant job. Corporation executives are probably as hard to deal with as lawyers, but you may be better appreciated and paid better, and, who knows, you may have a real chance at advancement.

Good luck with however you choose to proceed.

YOU ARE SO RIGHT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND IN THE LEGAL FIELD YOUR LIMITED. IM INTERVIEWING FOR ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ASST JOB-IN MEDICAL FIELD BUT IN THE CORPORATE OFFICE. IM SO SICK OF BIILING TIME UFFFF!!

What are the chaces of advancement in the acting career?

Ajay in Redmond, Washington said: Hello,

I am in desprate need of ADVICE. I have been an exotic dancer for my late teens and early 20's and have no idea where to go from here. I'd like to get into acting. Does anybody have any advice?

You should go back to school while you still can.

ChiquitaMAD in Metairie, Louisiana said: Im confused!! I've been a lit paralegal for 5 years and dont feel productive anymore..... I create binders, schedule depo's and put up with "Attitude" all day. I have an offer to work as the Executive Assistant to the President of a Financial Coorporation (wealth management and Investment firm) the pay is very similar

yEAH, get out if you have an offer. Just make sure there is growth potential. Wealth managers usually have M.B.A. degree, unless they are Financial Planners, which does require a certification. Hopefully you have your B.A. - that will determine your growth potential.

I don't mind working nonstop but I think that it's great to have a career change after working for more than 5 yrs as a paralegal. I have been a paralegal for almost 10 years, have a bachelor's degree from a great university, and have contemplated law school but after working in this industry for so long, am VERY jaded about it. I think that regardless of the pay (I make really good $), sometimes certain jobs are just not worth it. Dealing with egos and long hours takes its toll on your sanity, and no matter how much you make, if you're too tired or busy to ever enjoy it, how is it worth it? Best of luck to anyone that can have a career as a paralegal. Depending upon the practice area you work in, I think that heavily determines the likelihood of your longevity working as a paralegal...