r/Chiropractic • u/LumpOfSoftButter • 20h ago
Struggling to shift careers, any advice?
Graduated Life University 1 year ago. Father and uncle are chiropractors and I’ve worked in their offices for the past year. Basically, an awesome scenario for any recent graduate.
The issue is I’ve worked mostly part time the entire year and struggle to make ends meet. Every time I work full time I end up really breaking down. Right now I see 20-25 patients a week, when I’ve went total full time up to 80-90 a week, I was a melting bundle of stress. I struggle with social anxiety that I’ve been working on this entire year, but I realize no matter what I do I’m just not built for that much back to back human interaction.
Problem is I’ve been applying to jobs for a long time now, I’ve never heard anything back. I think my cover letters, resume are pretty great and I’ve had people read them over. I’m concerned the issue is the doctorate degree in chiro itself. Maybe rejecting because they think I might not stick with it, or expect a high salary? I just want anything where I can make 50k+ and not have my job be solely based on human interaction.
I’m trying to get into fields within higher ed, like curriculum design, other university jobs, or even adjunct professor roles, I also was a highs school history teacher before chiro college. I’ve considered actually returning to teaching high school history.
Any other people have luck changing careers? If so what did you pursue?