Do you think it is a good idea for me to continue my education?I have a masters in business administration?

Charissa Bichsel: As you know, your bachelors in alternative medicine is not accepted in the US as such. It's accepted as a bachelors degree, but not in medicine. So before you take an MS in healthcare administration, please do what I'd call "informational interviews" with some hiring managers in that field, at the hospitals at which you volunteer. Ask them if you can make an appointment with them to discuss healthcare admin careers, what's required to enter that field, and etc. Usually, if you're polite about this, they will give you 15 minutes. During your meeting with them, ask them if your bachelors in alternative medicine from your country would make it so that you can't get hired into a US hospital, period. Ask them to please speak frankly. You need to know where you stand. I ask you to do this because I fear that if your degree field is not considered a science in the US, you won't get hired into a hospital at all. So you need to know where you stand before you go ! on for this masters degree. It is true that because you don't have any business experience, your having difficulty finding a job with your MBA. However, I'd have you focus on trying for entry-level positions that require college degrees (not MBAs), and look for those jobs with pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Perhaps customer service, for example; or sales. You'd start there, and work your way up - and as you try to work your way up, that's where your MBA would come into play. Once you've worked there for a bit, and they like you, you can use your MBA to advance. Continue to use the resources available to you via the career center at your MBA school. In addition, network within your hospitals. Make sure everyone you know there knows you would like to work at that hospital doing any desk job. Apply for every "desk" - type job that comes open there - you need to get your foot in the door doing *something*, and then try to work your way up from there....Show more