Personal Narrative: My Journey Back To School

One of the deciding factors for going back to school was to improve my chances for future employment in either the business, financial, and or logistical fields. Since retiring from the US Army, I have had time to devote to school with little or no distractions. Even though I may lean more towards logistics, it is important to know some business and financial information in order to be better prepared. The possibilities of working in finance have been discussed with my family. Dealing with numbers and researching stocks have been in interest of mine for a while. To be able to make decisions dealing with money would be a huge responsibility. By taking courses dealing with finance and business it increases my chances of being hired in the future. The cost of studies on average adds up to 12,900.00 per calendar year. To accomplish this I …show more content…
I am very fortunate to have tuition assistance that makes it real easy on my wallet. In studying business, finance, and logistical courses, I will gain enough knowledge in several areas for example auditing, banking, investments, transportation, management, broking, and other areas that will enable me to contribute to an organization. I will be able to look for employment in the civilian sector as well as the government sector. One of the positions that intrigue me is that of financial manager, with the responsibility of forecasting expenditures and projected revenues, I could contribute to the firm in order for them to meet their financial goals. Residing in Texas, there will be plenty of employment positions for people who have a business, finance, and or logistical management degree. We will utilize a position as a financial manager for reference, the median pay in 2013 is 112,700; the spread is 61,320 to 187,199; I will use the low end of the spread for my ROI