Angel_of_Doubt:
I’ve given up on being a (urban) planner after 2+ years of looking for work after finishing grad school. I was lucky to get an old job that I love as an instructor’s aide back, but even if that hadn’t happened, I would probably have just lost interest and tried to find work as an admin assistant, even if it meant moving. There are a couple of other fields I am interested in, but retraining is only an option if I can learn it myself from books or the web.
Plus, in professional-type fields, it takes work to keep up on things - reading journals, newsletters, keeping up with the trends local and global - necessary but it’s hard when you’re down and low on energy from job hunting! Not to mention pessimistic.
City Planner – Trasportation Analysis.http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ_2010-010698.shtml
Project Manager - Pedestrian Projects Grouphttp://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/employ_2010-010556.shtml
Thanks (sincerely), but I’m happily established in Ye Olde Jobbe with Ye Olde Professor Boyfriendde Who Cante Move Annywherre. I doubt I’d really be happy as a planner, although I love transportation and did my thesis on it.