Quit good job for hopes of better job?

got a good govenrment job making $24,000/year as a custodian. Would it be a good investment to quit and go back to college for the hopes of getting a beter job. i have my associates it would only take another few years to get a bchelors. im thinking long term life plans. which is better? ( oh the reason i would have to quit my other job to go back to school is becuase its full time and i am a single mother so i cannot do that job AND go to school )

OK I hope you have enough money in the bank to live off of while you are in college and to pay for daycare, good luck !

If you can afford to quit this job, I say GO FOR IT!

Go to school online. That's what I'm doing, and it allows me to work seven days a week while getting a certification.

Good luck!

What do you have an associates degree in and still working as a custodian? And you should never quit one job until you have another job because you can and most likely will get in serious debt because you have no money coming in. I think you should try to better yourself and go back to school but you still have to take care of yourself and your family while doing it.

Only you know what you can handle. However, a government job is ideal for continuing your education to finish getting your degree even if part-time. You maintain your time in grade and any benefits that you wouldn't have if you quit.

How old are you? This might factor in to your decision. If you are older, it might just make sense to stay where you are til retirement, but if you are young, and if you and your kids can be provided for while you go to school, then I would say you should definitely get your college degree because you will earn WAY more than $24K a year as a college grad.

You should try going back to school, it's always good to try something new!

I'd lean more towards creating your own business on the side.....
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I would get a load of money saved up before you did. Not only do you have gas to worry about but also other things like getting sick, buying food and things that just come up.

I would keep the job I have because where I live it's very hard to get work.

my advice will be to keep the job u have now and only quit it when u are absolutely sure of a better one...i tell this from my own experiance...i quit a job once for this reason,and then i wuz out of work for some time...and guess wot...after some time not only i regreted the thing that i quit one job and wuz out of work for so long...but i actually found a job almost similar to the first one...so i just wasted my time on a hope.stick to ur curent job

go to night school or online school...

$24,000 is a good paying job to you?

Please, go back to school and get you BS or MS.

My first job out of college was much more than that, and I've more than doubled it.

Please go back to school. You will have a lot of doors open up and you will be a good example to your kids.

You have to look at all the factors:

How do you plan to go to school and still take care of yourself and the kid or kids?

What will you be getting a degree in and what would be your prospects of finding a job with that degree, and what would you expect your pay to be?

For example if it turns out that you plan to borrow money to live on and borrow money for school you might get into such a financial hole that it will take a long time to get out.

If you go to school and get a degree in something that will not allow you to earn much of a living, then it might take forever to pay back loans and you might not be any better off than you are right now. You can find the ranges of salaries for different kinds of jobs at a site called Salary.com. That might help you judge whether it's wise to go back to college or not.

one thing is you have to keep in mind is deffintly your future and your family....if you quit you'll need to get another job to support your family....so maybe talk to your employer about your hours and that your going to school ......then see if they can work with you while you go to school and if you already have see if they can send to a different department or make reconmendations or letters of approval....things to like about......also you need to be able to sleep with your descion....you do not want to be old and thinking WHAT IF!!!!!!!!!! so go with your heart and i wish you the best of luck in your journey......OOOO think about being a secretary......most of the times..(i have a secretary as well) they have pretty good hours especially if you work for someone i'm a lawyer and i hired my own and i give her leway to go home early and take vacations due to that i know she works hard and will make up the work.) thats a idea to while you go to school.....and some colleges and grad. schools offer flexible hours and classes now a days to fit the working single parents time table...that would be something to talk about with the admissions director....SO GOOD LUCK