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change of career international trade or banking?

i grew up in the family business. food industry/hospitality service all that stuff. ive worked in hotels, restaurants, coffee shops you name it. but i am growing bored of the field and starting to think of a career change. im asking for suggestions of what kind of job i can take. im interested in international business or banking. a job that makes me meet deadlines and working on projects at a time coz i like working under time pressure. ive never worked in an office atmosphere so id be very happy to receive a good advice. im going to study and is torn between international trade or event and meeting management. someone from this fields please help. thanks a lot.

Public Comments

1. It's good idea that you want to work and make something on your own, Banking is good but not as much as you may think. Well among international bussiness, I say give a try. But first know what do you exactly love to do, is it, some kinda import export, production, work on web? etc. It's upon you to decide. Think a lot before deciding, do some research etc. By the way what is your age, budget, field you want to work, in international bussiness, knowledge, etc. That is the first thing one may want to know before suggesting you anything.
2. Change of career between International Trade or Event management. Well, quite a decision. First I want to say that from my point of view, the International Trade has nothing similar with Event management, basically because the "risk level" is way too different between those careers/ jobs. But if you want to get a job with deadlines and work under pressure I can tell you without any doubt, you may chose International Trade. Here are my reasons: At International Trade, International Commerce, Foreign Trade or any similar, you'll be under a different kinds of pressure, as in international trade you have to interact with many parties that are involved in the commerce process: producers, carriers, ware houses, maneuverist, surveyors, authorities (customs and related), exporters, importers, banks, brokers, shipping lines, insurance companies and even lawyers. As you can see there are a lot of parties involved so, it doesnt matter where would you participate, you can be sure that you'll have to interact and try to coordinate all the parties looking for achieve project objectives, time lines, financial limits, goverment regulations, etc, etc. For this area you must understand and consider that you'll risk your health(stress, nerviousism,etc), your social relationships (sometimes you have to be available 24/7) and many times -in case of possible personal/ company errors- your money (errors on international commerce must be pay by someone, always). Obviously, you must have some abbilities for work in this area, academic (learned) and non academic (usually natural ones). Well, I hope this can give you a better view of this career, I consider that you'll find the pressure and demanding situatons that you want. Greetings from Veracruz, Mexico.