What degree should I choose to further my career?
Posted: Sat 22 Jul 2017 9:40 am
For the longest time I've been thinking about doing a second degree part time, but I would want to avoid a situation where I do one just for the sake of having an extra bit of paper to my name (that's what my first liberal arts degree turned out to be.)
I work in project governance (PMO) rather than delivery and although I've got a good salary, an okay work environment and I'm fully PRINCE 2 qualified (both foundation and practitioner), my manager told me a while back that there wasn't much scope for career progression. The best I could get (according to him) would be to replace one of my more senior team colleagues - who perform the same tasks as me, but have more experience and bigger salaries.
I like the field, but would like to move to actual project management rather than just governance (glorified admin IMO) but whenever I look up vacancies in project delivery they either require experience in very specific sectors such as construction or IT or a STEM degree.
At this stage I'm considering (and struggling to choose) between a BSc in Accounting and Finance and a BSc in Information Technology. I have interest in both of these fields, perhaps more in IT but then I feel like Accounting offers better job security and a rather straightforward career progression should I fail at getting anywhere in PM and decide to become an accountant. Also I wouldn't mind becoming a Financial Analyst for projects, or a Budget consultant etc.
Would anyone be able to advice on best course of action here? Thank you.
I work in project governance (PMO) rather than delivery and although I've got a good salary, an okay work environment and I'm fully PRINCE 2 qualified (both foundation and practitioner), my manager told me a while back that there wasn't much scope for career progression. The best I could get (according to him) would be to replace one of my more senior team colleagues - who perform the same tasks as me, but have more experience and bigger salaries.
I like the field, but would like to move to actual project management rather than just governance (glorified admin IMO) but whenever I look up vacancies in project delivery they either require experience in very specific sectors such as construction or IT or a STEM degree.
At this stage I'm considering (and struggling to choose) between a BSc in Accounting and Finance and a BSc in Information Technology. I have interest in both of these fields, perhaps more in IT but then I feel like Accounting offers better job security and a rather straightforward career progression should I fail at getting anywhere in PM and decide to become an accountant. Also I wouldn't mind becoming a Financial Analyst for projects, or a Budget consultant etc.
Would anyone be able to advice on best course of action here? Thank you.