Feeling stuck

PNC / Sales
MxwL03

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MxwL03
Oct 24, 2017 17 Comments

Hey, everyone! I'm currently an employee at PNC bank at the retail banking level. I do both teller and banking transactions. I'm not really happy with where I am currently.

I have my associates degree in Business Administration and Marketing and will be working towards my Bachelors this coming spring semester. I know that my passion lies within Marketing Strategy, specifically within acquisition and retention but I'm feeling stuck.

How did you go about finding the current job that you have now? What would you feel is a decent salary?

Right now, I'm making a little over $34k a year, and I'm just not happy.

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  • Getting a BA/BS IS the different between 34k and 80K+.

    Try to balance your work right now, get into a good 4 year, get financial aid lined up, quit the job (or work it out with your employer where they might hire you back after the degree) and run with it dude.
    Oct 24, 2017 5
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      MxwL03

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      MxwL03
      OP
      Did you work when you studied for your undergrad? If so, did you work part-time or full-time?
      Oct 24, 2017
    • I didn't, but my gf did. I'm not going to put a happy twist on it, I'll keep it real. The thing is, your ambition really dictates the outcome. You want money, respect, financial freedom? If you don't have a good standing GPA, take classes at a Community college, retake classes you might have failed, and raise that gpa aggressively. Take night classes, make it work with your work schedule. It might take a year but REALLY raise that GPA. Cleveland State? Well now your brand new GPA can afford you entrance to Ohio State as a incoming junior. Great! Now quit the job. Get the financial aid. 2 years! All it takes it 2 years of incredibly hard work. If you aren't the top 10% in your class- it's not good enough. Hit the books, hang out at professor office hours, network with alumni.

      Then in between junior and senior year at Ohio State, land that internship. How? Your grades, your professor recommendations (because you are a top student), the professional clubs on campus you partake in.

      Awesome you now have an internship.....kill it, make people feel know that you want it, make sure they know you want the offer. Take the opportunity to learn, when you do they will notice. Great, the internship ends, and you have a full time offer. Finish senior year, finish strong (in case you want the MBA), but now enjoy the incredible work you've done so far, go to football games, get involved in student gov, join the rowing team....whatever you didn't have time for junior year because you were a studying tank.

      Start your new 65K+ job (depending on your degree, but average for business, STEM is much higher).

      All it took you was 3 years of hard work. You only get stuck if you give up on the fight. You seem like a smart person, you're asking the right questions.

      My coworker at my previous job did this, and now he's make 100K+ , my GF did it and is also over 80+ and she graduated last year. It's more than doable.

      Do something about it.
      Oct 24, 2017
  • Apple / Ops
    WYfx78

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    WYfx78
    Get after that bachelors. You have to finish your undergrad, it isn’t about learning, it’s a fundamental requirement for jobs these days. Ranking doesn’t matter, worry about that later if you do an MBA.
    Oct 24, 2017 2
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      MxwL03

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      MxwL03
      OP
      Thank you, this is kind of the direction that I was leaning toward.

      I am completely in agreement with you regarding the purpose of the undergrad, I've reached a point where I just need to get it done.

      I do intend on pursuing my MBA down the road, so I'll have to discuss that with my advisor to find out whether there is a accelerated option while pursuing my undergrad.
      Oct 24, 2017
    • PNC / Sales
      MxwL03

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      MxwL03
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      Were you working when you pursued your undergrad? If so, did you work part-time or full-time?
      Oct 24, 2017
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    MarioBros4

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    MarioBros4
    How long will the B.S. degree take? If youre already set in your career I question if more college will teach you anything you don't already know. If it's a top 10 business school go for it just for the connections, but why not talk with your manager about getting promoted or join a larger bank like GS or JPM?
    Oct 24, 2017 3
    • Amazon / Eng
      MarioBros4

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      MarioBros4
      If youre only 26 another 18 months won't hurt, finish your degree but hurry it up take extra classes if need be, study instead of go out, try to get it done in 18 months. A no-name BS degree in a non-technical field really won't get you much except checking a box, these days you still have to check that box, but try to be a leader while you're checking that box, be the go-to person at that skill so you have plenty of leadership principle stories to share for when you interview at amazon. Live at your parents place to save money and finish the degree as soon as you can.
      Oct 24, 2017
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      Apply for internship after internship. Quit the job
      Oct 24, 2017
  • @GilFoyle1 - great, focused plan. Did you execute similar plan, and continuing to do so in next phases of your career? Please share some more of what you have done. Would be helpful .. thx
    Oct 24, 2017 2
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    Quit that job. Spend all the time you'd be working on finding an internship or co-op in your desired field. Even an internship in another field (still corporate) would be better. You are qualified if you go and get it. Make this goal your obsession, because that's going to give you the biggest return on investment it's the only way to jump start a corporate career at this stage (pre graduation from a bachelors degree).

    In the meantime, you can pick up some quantifiable hard skills for your field. I've heard of marketers using SQL to query databases for info. Maybe learning the basics of growth hacking, a/b testing, or stats would help too. All respectable things you can throw on a resume if you know your stuff

    Making 36k is fine now, especially if you're in a low cost of living, but if you bust your ass you can leave college with a 75-100k year a job and quickly increase that
    Oct 24, 2017 0