Posted by wisbaker on October 27, 2012 at 20:40:47 from (207.118.181.192):
In Reply to: Career Options (long) posted by olliekid on October 27, 2012 at 19:50:53:
Can you use your degree to serve farmers? Meaning in areas like insurance (property, life, casualty)or a life, investments and retirement accounts ( Edward Jones, ING, Thrivent). If you can get the CPA thing going farmers need tax people. Marketing and financial planning? You can do it in house or if you can build up a reputation you may help farmers on the business end keeping the farm and estate in order. Advanced degree? An MBA or JD might open up worlds for you if your desire is to stay rural. Look at your local county or municipal government they are a big business our county has several CPAs and finance people on staff, fair money good benefits and reasonable hours. Also municipal, town or County Clerks and treasurers (elected positions). As a previous poster said the ag credit system used to be PCA (production credit association) now Greenstone, whatever land bank in known as now. Several finance type positions in Fmha some in lending finance and rural development. Sometimes commercial banks as a branch manger will have use for your skills. Some areas have local economic development authorities often have well paid business types on staff. Our local extension office has a MBA that does economic development as part of our extension charter. Sometimes your school district will have a business manager. Yes you'll give up some money by not going to the big city but your cost of living might be lower in that housing and some other living expenses are cheaper and you seem to have a handle on the quality of life issues.
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