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magicalmartha) wrote2009-05-29 08:53 am
magicalmartha) wrote2009-05-29 08:53 am
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Possible career path
Yesterday I thought it might be interesting to look up what it takes to get a paralegal certificate, since that's just the official name for the work I do for my dad anyway. I was thinking getting the certificate might be a good idea, since I could probably make more money and get work at other lawfirms. And what did I find out that the average paralegal can make in a year?
Up to $60K. A year. My mom said that the paralegals working at CitiCorp when she was there were making <B>$80K</B>.
So yeah. New plan, guys. Not just a frivolous one, either - I LIKE working in my dad's firm. It's interesting work, there's always something to do, and I'm smack in the middle of the city. I do not want to go to law school or become a lawyer, but yeah, I do find law interesting and I know I can handle the work of a paralegal. Plus, there are several accredited online programs OR schools in the Chicago area I could attend; with my BA, it wouldn't take more than a year or two to finish the accredation.
Although, I was very irritated with the Kaplan people yesterday - barely twenty minutes after I requested info from their site, they were CALLING me at work to talk to me. When I politely explained that I was at work, and would there be a better time for me to call them back? the woman on the phone said it would only take a minute and proceeded to talk at me for twenty more minutes. I confess to being rather rude, since I was, you know, at WORK, but she seriously just kept going. I didn't want to hang up on her, since I am interested in their program, but really? Even after I said I couldn't talk, because I was at work, which is a completely reasonable place for me to be at 3:30 in the afternoon, you had to keeeeeeeeep going?
And then later in the day I got ANOTHER call. It wouldn't have been so bad, except I indicated on the sites that I was not looking for immediate enrollment - that this was a very in-the-future sort of deal, so no, I am not going to know exactly what I am doing NOW THIS INSTANT. And repeating your questions about eight times won't get a better answer from me. So I'm screening my calls for the next couple of days - I don't like being trapped on the phone with nothing useful to say, especially when I didn't ask for the call.
Up to $60K. A year. My mom said that the paralegals working at CitiCorp when she was there were making <B>$80K</B>.
So yeah. New plan, guys. Not just a frivolous one, either - I LIKE working in my dad's firm. It's interesting work, there's always something to do, and I'm smack in the middle of the city. I do not want to go to law school or become a lawyer, but yeah, I do find law interesting and I know I can handle the work of a paralegal. Plus, there are several accredited online programs OR schools in the Chicago area I could attend; with my BA, it wouldn't take more than a year or two to finish the accredation.
Although, I was very irritated with the Kaplan people yesterday - barely twenty minutes after I requested info from their site, they were CALLING me at work to talk to me. When I politely explained that I was at work, and would there be a better time for me to call them back? the woman on the phone said it would only take a minute and proceeded to talk at me for twenty more minutes. I confess to being rather rude, since I was, you know, at WORK, but she seriously just kept going. I didn't want to hang up on her, since I am interested in their program, but really? Even after I said I couldn't talk, because I was at work, which is a completely reasonable place for me to be at 3:30 in the afternoon, you had to keeeeeeeeep going?
And then later in the day I got ANOTHER call. It wouldn't have been so bad, except I indicated on the sites that I was not looking for immediate enrollment - that this was a very in-the-future sort of deal, so no, I am not going to know exactly what I am doing NOW THIS INSTANT. And repeating your questions about eight times won't get a better answer from me. So I'm screening my calls for the next couple of days - I don't like being trapped on the phone with nothing useful to say, especially when I didn't ask for the call.