need advice

twitty1

Hey folks

Just wanted to ask for some constructive advice. Recently, I completed a Bachelor of Business specializing in Marketing and Management. Luckily, I managed to secure a management position with a huge retail company for the past 7 months. Now, I am very grateful to have employment and I realize how difficult the jobs market is these days but I absolutely hate my job with a passion. Having experienced what its like to work in a company and realize how cut throat it can be, I realize that my personality isn't suited to this type of position. I feel I get no job satisfaction and hate the thought of going to work most days. I feel that i am confined to either retail management or marketing and there are no other avenues i can take. Entrepreneurship has always been of interest to me, however, most business start ups require big initial investments which i don't have. Money isn't the top of my priority list either, i'd rather be content in what I do everyday rather than making good money at something I hate. I suppose I should also mention, I am a qualified beauty therapist but never practiced in a salon, except for at home. Can anyone advise me what to do? or anyone else in the same position.
Thanks

looksee

You say you are interested in entrepreneurship, but the aspects of the job that you hate at the moment would still be there.

If you are a caring and non-cynical person would you look at your beauty therapy skills, and maybe when you have worked in a salon for a while you would be able to use your management skills to open your own place? I know there are a lot of beauty therapists out there, you have to find an angle, a usp, but with your training you would have that awareness.

One of the hardest parts of being in business is collecting money, and you have to be totally hard-nosed - and lucky - about it; at least in a business like beauty therapy you are collecting the money as you go along.

emsie80

great advice above. def look into gaining some experience working in a salon and dealing with the general public