Tell me just how effing unmarketable I am

[ZappDogg]

B.A. in English, minored in Philosophy, interned at a publishing house, 3 years experience of hardcore SysAdmining straight out of school. 25 years old.

How on earth am I supposed to market this resume to anyone outside of IT?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I'd say get a job as an editor of a PC magazine, but those are kinda... not looking so good.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
B.A. in English, minored in Philosophy, interned at a publishing house, 3 years experience of hardcore SysAdmining straight out of school. 25 years old.

How on earth am I supposed to market this resume to anyone outside of IT?

haha, that is what I was going to ask!

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
B.A. in English, minored in Philosophy, interned at a publishing house, 3 years experience of hardcore SysAdmining straight out of school. 25 years old.

How on earth am I supposed to market this resume to anyone outside of IT?

Reach-arounds never hurt.

 

[RKS]

Barista or law school; you choose.

 

[ZappDogg]

Even regular publishing houses aren't looking so good. More and more they are turning to the web, but in general, they are pretty clueless about what makes good web content.

I should state that I pretty much hate IT, and am only working this job to put the wife through school. I'd hate to be 28 with 6 years experience and try to switch industries, though.

 

[HannibalX]

What about technical writing? Your IT experience should open some doors in that field. Work as a technical writer for a few years, then move on to some other sort of publishing that you really want to do, whatever that is. Chances are if you work for a large company they have a doc department that perhaps you could transfer into.

Good luck.

 

[ggnl]

Have you considered the exciting and fast paced world of prostitution?

 

[Capt Caveman]

3 years of hardcore SysAdmining? You learned something right?

 

[ZappDogg]

Chances are if you work for a large company they have a doc department that perhaps you could transfer into.

Tiny company, unfortunately. I'm half of our IT dept.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
B.A. in English, minored in Philosophy, interned at a publishing house, 3 years experience of hardcore SysAdmining straight out of school. 25 years old.

How on earth am I supposed to market this resume to anyone outside of IT?

Reach-arounds never hurt.

Allow me to circrumvent you.

 

[xochi]

Technical Writer

Project Managment, a cert in this will help

if your grades were good, a nonteaching job at a University. They would eat up the English/Philosophy/SysAdmin.

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: ggnl
Have you considered the exciting and fast paced world of prostitution?

More so, have you read in the news recently about how more women are becoming strippers because of the economy? Either of these options would work.

 

[rh71]

were you not guidance counseled or even thought of your future at some point during course selection?

 

[Crono]

Start up a business. See if "Chuck" producers wil lgive you the rights to "Nerd Herd".

 

[ZappDogg]

I started in the Comp Sci department and hated it, so I switched to something I really enjoyed and was good at. Screw me for that, right?

 

[Zolty]

Do what I did at 25, go back to school to become a pilot. With your BS you could be employable as a CFI in about 1.5 years. And be really employable 1-2 years after that and really be hoping that people are flying / shipping things again.

 

[ZappDogg]

If you don't mind my asking, but how did you finance it? I looked into that very thing a few months back, but the costs seemed pretty prohibitive.

 

[Delita]

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
I started in the Comp Sci department and hated it, so I switched to something I really enjoyed and was good at. Screw me for that, right?

Pretty much. Getting into things that you really enjoy is a waste of time.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Just apply for a CEO position any where and drive the company in to the ground while taking a huge salary + bonuses.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: rh71
were you not guidance counseled or even thought of your future at some point during course selection?

were you not English taught?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
I started in the Comp Sci department and hated it, so I switched to something I really enjoyed and was good at. Screw me for that, right?

well, I "supplemented" my BA in English with a BS in Bio/minor in Genetics, and have been working strictly in Molecular Bio research labs for the 8 years I've been out of undergrad.

I wish I had spent some more time/effort towards utilizing the English degree somewhere in publishing/writing, whatever. Somehow, I still consider science my "backup."

 

[Mo0o]

Tech companies still need people to write manuals right.

COuld also go into graduate school for something more practical. Good way to duck out of teh job market for a while

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: shocksyde

Originally posted by: ZappDogg
B.A. in English, minored in Philosophy, interned at a publishing house, 3 years experience of hardcore SysAdmining straight out of school. 25 years old.

How on earth am I supposed to market this resume to anyone outside of IT?

Reach-arounds never hurt.

Yes, but why do we reach around?

 

[cheezy321]

You need to write FML at the end of the subject, OP