Lately I've been feeling down and defeated. For those that don't know, I live in California. Our government sector is all screwed up, and frankly, it's just not easy to get a job here. I really don't feel like working my way up from lower job classes (see, "office technician," ugh), the higher class ones are impossible to get in without a ton of experience or education that I don't have. The middle ones just don't even have positions or exams available for me to try and get into. To the private sector I look.
This is where I feel let down. It seems like most of us in the TS community are in academia, and frankly, that's where I want to be. Unfortunately, I'm pretty much in graduate purgatory until I can finance some more education. While I know I have plenty of skills that can benefit industry, I just don't feel like I have the background to present it, especially when most of the jobs are looking for "3 to 5 years experience ..." often with specific technical knowledge of the field I don't have, or being proficient in something specific that I am not. When unemployment is high, they don't need to waste their time on training new staff when there are experts out there I'm competing against.
I guess my question is, maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. What sort of jobs should a statistician look for? I know there's jobs out there. I just feel like I've got blinders on.
This is where I feel let down. It seems like most of us in the TS community are in academia, and frankly, that's where I want to be. Unfortunately, I'm pretty much in graduate purgatory until I can finance some more education. While I know I have plenty of skills that can benefit industry, I just don't feel like I have the background to present it, especially when most of the jobs are looking for "3 to 5 years experience ..." often with specific technical knowledge of the field I don't have, or being proficient in something specific that I am not. When unemployment is high, they don't need to waste their time on training new staff when there are experts out there I'm competing against.
I guess my question is, maybe I'm just not looking in the right place. What sort of jobs should a statistician look for? I know there's jobs out there. I just feel like I've got blinders on.