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Good luck!

Err, but what do you mean 'like in Canada'?

I heard Unis in Canda are not expencive

congrats...is your MA more specialised than the broad blanket of criminology?...cause i know that encompases a fair bit of psychology and sociology as well

on the flip side you could do what i did....work for a few years to pay your university fees without the added stress of having to worry about them

Originally posted by jaden101
congrats...is your MA more specialised than the broad blanket of criminology?...cause i know that encompases a fair bit of psychology and sociology as well

on the flip side you could do what i did....work for a few years to pay your university fees without the added stress of having to worry about them

I looked at my modules, and its heavely contrencated on theory and psychology. Which is cool, as I thought it will be all about Sociology again. I did sociological aspects or 3 years, so I guess this will be a welcome change.

Pff, forget the money-money job, and live the dream. The only way to work is to live doing something you love. Money gets old, but love stays fresh.

So sayeth I.

Keep going on for your MA, you've come this far

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I looked at my modules, and its heavely contrencated on theory and psychology. Which is cool, as I thought it will be all about Sociology again. I did sociological aspects or 3 years, so I guess this will be a welcome change.

cool...i was never great at the psychology side of my initial course (forensic psychobiology) and so i left the psychology side behind and went purely for forensic science

good luck though...your thread also reminded me that i start back at uni on monday after 5 months of doing absolutely nothing

I think its the money which attracted me the most. Spending 3 years as a student, and then being offered a good paid job, sounded really good.
I am not sure if I would end up liking this job (its recruitment consultancy)

I would, eventually like to persue a career relating to my degree, which makes me think short term solution might not be the answer.

I really don't know, in all honesty.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I think its the money which attracted me the most. Spending 3 years as a student, and then being offered a good paid job, sounded really good.
I am not sure if I would end up liking this job (its recruitment consultancy)

I would, eventually like to persue a career relating to my degree, which makes me think short term solution might not be the answer.

I really don't know, in all honesty.

How about postponing the degree?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I think its the money which attracted me the most. Spending 3 years as a student, and then being offered a good paid job, sounded really good.
I am not sure if I would end up liking this job (its recruitment consultancy)

I would, eventually like to persue a career relating to my degree, which makes me think short term solution might not be the answer.

I really don't know, in all honesty.

Most people change careers a few times in their life. Can you take a part time load of classes for your Masters and work? Honestly it sounds like you have an opportunity presented to you that not many other people get.

Keep focused on your long range goals........

I once quit schooling for a good paying job, but then they started laying off. I now wish I would of kept up the schooling.

Originally posted by debbiejo
Keep focused on your long range goals........

I once quit schooling for a good paying job, but then they started laying off. I now wish I would of kept up the schooling.

Though you could now go to school, with much more experience, and a genuine desire to learn, rather than being at the 'correct' age, but not necessarily the correct station.

If the job pays a lot, and you'll enjoy it, just not as much as your MA, then take it.

Edit: Just saw this.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I think its the money which attracted me the most. Spending 3 years as a student, and then being offered a good paid job, sounded really good.
I am not sure if I would end up liking this job (its recruitment consultancy)

I would, eventually like to persue a career relating to my degree, which makes me think short term solution might not be the answer.

I really don't know, in all honesty.

Headhunting (the the nickname for what I think you're talking about) is good buisness, my sister used to do it. I'd take the job.

I say do the MA if that's what your heart is set on. Otherwise, many people don't wind up working in their degree field, yet still have great quality of life. For example, I have a friend who used to be a civil engineer and now he's the leader of Iran.

Originally posted by New Faith
If the job pays a lot, and you'll enjoy it, just not as much as your MA, then take it.

Edit: Just saw this.



Headhunting (the the nickname for what I think you're talking about) is good buisness, my sister used to do it. I'd take the job.


Long, long hours. I know a dude that's a headhunter that puts in 90+ per week. Screw that.

Good pay = long hours. Thats a fact of life. Get used to it.

Originally posted by New Faith
Good pay = long hours. Thats a fact of life. Get used to it.

long hours=loss of quality of life=no time to spend all that money on enjoying life


money doesn't make you happy. It just makes it easier to do the things you enjoy. But if you have no time to do the things you enjoy, where's the joy in money?

I'm all for making boatloads of cash but not at that cost. 90 hours/week is just excessive. You never see your kids grow up, you never eat dinner with your family, etc.

Originally posted by clap
long hours=loss of quality of life=no time to spend all that money on enjoying life


money doesn't make you happy. It just makes it easier to do the things you enjoy. But if you have no time to do the things you enjoy, where's the joy in money?

I'm all for making boatloads of cash but not at that cost. 90 hours/week is just excessive. You never see your kids grow up, you never eat dinner with your family, etc.

Personally I'd rather have good pay and survive in life then chase after an unsure dream.

Maybe that just my logic talking though.

Originally posted by New Faith
Personally I'd rather have good pay and survive in life then chase after an unsure dream.

Maybe that just my logic talking though.

What are you even talking about? Plenty of good jobs out there pay as well or better than a headhunter without having to work 90+. Plus having an MA makes "surviving" financially pretty damn easy.


Your "logic" is going to put you in an early grave while your widow remarries to some other dude that gets to enjoy your money.

Originally posted by clap
Long, long hours. I know a dude that's a headhunter that puts in 90+ per week. Screw that.


Who says every head hunter has to put in 90 hours a week anyway.

My Aunt does recruiting and she works 35-45 hours a week and brings home six figures after she had gotten some experience in the industry.

Good luck with it.

Though...do not complain about how much college costs, because it's WAAAAAAY more here in the US.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I heard Unis in Canda are not expencive UK aswell! woot

Best of Luck lil!

Hit those books hard!

Thanks all.

I did an induction day, and from what I saw, the work is really hard. I need 180 credits by the end of this year, however, they say that the study time should be 10 hours per credit. So...that would make it 1 800 hours of study.

Its alot.

VVD - I was thinking of doing that - both things at once, however from what I have been told today, such might be an option only i I do the MA part-time, as opposed to full time.
Which might happen.

If I ind a job in my field, then it is possible they will fund me, and let me have the days off.

I need to look at my options carefully, I guess.

Thanks for the support all.

Don't give up on your masters, lil. If you can get this job now, without it, imagine the kind of job you can get with it. Just stick it out and, like Krunk'd said, work to do what you love.

Bitchiness, that's hott ! Take the money !