Katelyn
What should I do?
I've recently moved to Tampa from Indiana with family. I'm currently enrolled online at Ashworth but I want to go to a campus because I feel like I'm not learning anything. I'm not sure I want to continue with veterinary assisting or if I want to go into some form of business management. #career #career-choice
2 answers
Karin Richards, PhD
Karin’s Answer
Have you shadowed a vet to see what a "day-in-the-life" would be like? You can also shadow few local business professionals to obtain some more information about business management life. Contact a few local vets and even your Chamber of Commerce to inquire if you could follow a professional around for a day. Most are very willing to allow you to shadow them and love showing their work!
Wayne Fonville
Wayne’s Answer
Glad to see you are asking the questions instead of continuing down a road you are not comfortable with. As a first step I would recommend identifying your strengths. I would recommend investing about $9 in a book from Amazon titled "Strengths Finder 2.0" and take the on line analysis. It is a very short book but the analysis provides a quick look at your strengths and may help point you in a direction. The strengths it identifies are applicable to multiple professions so it helps open the door to other opportunities.
You also mention that you are questioning on-site vs on-line learning. We each learn differently. Some of us are visual learners, some learn by hearing and some learn by doing. If you learn best in a classroom setting, then you are doing the right thing by looking for opportunities that provide that environment.
Good luck in whatever you decide to do!