Hello! I thought I could get tips on what to look for by the old grizzled bitter workforce who's been screwed over as well. I want to do it right this time. Make sure to get paid what I am worth, not work more than they force me, etc.
Idk if relevant but I am finishing my undergrad in Economics/Statistics this year and am looking to get a job in the Econometrics field. Basically I want to run data and make pretty charts, either working from home or being left tf alone in a small room with free coffee and aircon.
I don't have high standards and that's what might fuck me over. I worked for myself my whole life until going to uni, except a few entry level labour-based jobs. This is my first corporate job-search since I was a wee babe answering phones for the front desk.
I'm also planning, heavily, my post grad. So I will need to be CLEAR my studies are the most important to me, but also treat me right now and when I get my Hons, you gonna have VALUE on your hand. I've been taught skills I believe can be utilised to locate problems within companies to save quite a lot of money (famous last words of an undergrad though) and could be a very valuable employee if treated well early.
I know I'm most likely to start in the government sector but that's fine. I just want to be given the work, truck along, and turn it in on time. That's it. I just want to click away programming statistical analysis and then handing over the pretty charts at the end of the day. Maybe in policy, environment or social services if I can be helpful there.
Aaaaaalll that crap being said – how whip fast is a newly graduated 36 year old female stats programmer going to be eaten alive in corporate? And what can I do to alleviate as much of this in the interview and application processes?
I think my main hesitancy is what I was taught was uni-world not real-world and while I am confident in the skills I have learned, I may accept bullshit because I either can't apply it in the real world or believe I can't when I can – which happens a lot already. Constantly second guessing myself… And being right. I need to learn to be confident in what I know and ask for what I deserve because of it. Plus the fact after one year only, my degree will be worth nearly double to whoever hired me.
How do I look for a corporate or sob government job without being royally fucked over because I'm an older undergrad re-entering the corporate market with trained skills after 15+ years working for myself?