Hello Members,
My wife finished her Bachelor and Masters degree from overseas in Textile and clothing’s. She worked for one and half year in an Online Retails Shop as Merchandise Assistant. Since there is no real textile industry in Australia, She wants to change her career and want to further study.
At the moment, she is thinking to do Bachelor of Nursing, do you think it would be good for future, she also have keen interest in pharmacy as well.
Any new subject or idea would be really appreciated. Thanks.
Suggestions needed for career change
joinozcom on 12/01/2016 - 11:39
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I wouldn't go into pharmacy. I'm a pharmacist changing careers - the future is bleak for young pharmacists. Pbs reforms, ownership rules, and the prospect of owning your own pharmacy are all going down the drain.
Your pay isn't anything special either. I know far too many people that have gone into Pharmacy thinking that they'll be paid like doctors.
Pay is good if you're willing to work hard, or own your own business and build it. However this is going to be taken away from all young pharmacists as the government screws all the pharmacists.
If you wanna do pharmacy, go to the US. I know people there who study 8 years (masters degree from memory) but are treated like doctors and earn six digits easy.@charzy: Makes sense. If I'm not mistaken, you have companies like Chemist Warehouse that are buying out the competition too?
Chemistwarehouse are changing the perception of pharmacy. They are losing the integrity of the profession, and using it as a retail tool to make money. That's all they are; just glorified shopowners in the long run. They sustain it by underpaying their staff, or understaff, as well as bulk buying; a luxury that single shop keepers cannot upkeep. So yes, CW are screwing the local competition.
Because of this change in perception, the questions I get asked are different. Older generation would ask me for advice; younger will ask me what our prices are. Noone knows what pharmacists do or can do for them.
@charzy: I guess the same could be said about a lot of the big retail chains. I've seen them buying out other pharmacies like Priceline and Terry White, but keeping the branding the same. Apparently each year they're able to move the location by 1km and they'll rebrand it once they're in a good spot.
Disappointing that the younger generation only care about the price. I always ask the pharmacists as I know the good stuff is kept behind the counter. It might cost more, but it works. Codral being an example.
@Clear:
They usually move when the rent is cheap. That's why most CW are away from the main shopping districts e.g. in Sydney, have a look at maroubra and burwood.Haha yeah always ask the pharmacist. If you don't show your driver's license that ain't the right stuff
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Australia has an aging population. If she wants to do something related to health sciences, a good start would be nursing, or any sort of healthcare that deals with geriatrics.
Some examples
cardiogeriatrics (focus on cardiac diseases of elderly)
geriatric dentistry (focus on dental disorders of elderly)
geriatric dermatology (focus on skin disorders in elderly)
geriatric diagnostic imaging
geriatric emergency medicine
geriatric nephrology (focus on kidney diseases of elderly)
geriatric neurology (focus on neurologic disorders in elderly)
geriatric oncology (focus on tumors in elderly)
geriatric pharmacotherapy
geriatric physical examination of interest especially to physicians & physician assistants.
geriatric psychiatry or psychogeriatrics (focus on dementia, delirium, depression and other psychiatric disorders)
geriatric public health or preventive geriatrics (focuses on geriatrics public health issues including disease prevention and health promotion in the elderly)
geriatric rehabilitation (focus on physical therapy in elderly)
geriatric rheumatology (focus on joints and soft tissue disorders in elderly)
geriatric sexology (focus on sexuality in aged people)
Hi There,
I'm a pretty happy high school teacher.
Fashion/Textiles teachers will always be in (moderate) demand. Hard work, holidays are great. The students at my school all love this subject so the teacher is treated pretty nicely by them. (Plus it's an elective in the later years so you only get the kids that want to be there). I teach IT (same deal).
All the best, Bill
A friend of mine works in nursing and xywolap mentioned - it's hard work but rewarding. She basically works 7AM till 6PM most days, sometimes she'll get home 11PM and the next shift starts at 7AM. If you're prepared to work hard you'll advance quickly. Most of her bosses have singled her out for extra study and job opportunities.
Hope this provides a bit of an insight :)
Just make sure you understand 'rewarding' is job satisfaction, not financial rewarding…
I know people who work in nursing. It is definitely a career path with a future (as is any healthcare related job right now), as scrimshaw indicated (aging population). I believe salaries in nursing are also quite decent nowadays, especially in the private sector. But I believe it is a 4-year degree, and you need the right personality for it. On the upside, there are a lot of jobs for "carers" which pay very well (especially after-hours) and don't need a nursing degree. Those jobs are often pursued by nursing students, who get a good pay and relevant working experience at the same time.
That being said, in order not to waste her existing degree, ensure to go through all the proper channels to explore opportunities (good LinkedIn profile, register with employment agents, etc.). But it is probably difficult to find work in that field because you will compete against many immigrants from India with degrees in Textile related fields (in fact, I had an Indian friend with the same problem).
Your wife could also consider a field which has overlap with what she studied, and then try for a degree where she gets recognition for "prior learning". It may get her a (useful) degree in less time and for less money that way.
I'd think twice about nursing as a profession in demand, many fresh grad RNs unable to find graduate positions… (admittedly most them overseas students…)
If you try to get work experience as a carer while you study, it becomes a lot easier to get a position. Plenty of carer positions out there I think, mostly caring for elderly.
I suspect the problem you are highlighting has more to do with those applicants not meeting residency requirements (PR or citizen) than there not being jobs out there.
The English requirements for nursing registration are very high (IELTS 7.0 or 7.5 in QLD I believe), and quite rightly so in my opinion. However, many providers which offer these courses are happy to take overseas students' money and set a lower English level for entry to the course but don't support their English development over the length course, or just assume that it will naturally improve while they are studying (it doesn't usually). A 7.0/7.5 can take years of study to achieve, especially for speakers of a non-European language, so a lot of the nursing grads never go further than aged care jobs, which have lower English requirements, or give up and do something else. A lot of students also get booted off their courses when they do their pracs and the hospital identifies their English as insufficient.
What about doing whatever she is PASSIONATE about? Switching careers after a bachelors degree, masters degree, 1 year of working and then not even trying to break in the Aus industry seems a bit misguided IMO.
^ with this.
It's only 2 years study to be a RN if you have a degree isn't it? That's not bad
Nursing is hard work but rewarding.
I would aim at pharmacy preferably but first check out the viability of employment before heading in that direction.
I would do more research on what there is a demand for before committing to any long term study period.
The job or worthwhile career is the aim… the qualifications are the means to getting it.