I have an associates degree in business management.

I was a full time mother for many years working sporadically when I wanted; since then the businesses I have worked for have gone out of business, or the managers have moved on leaving me with no references.

For the past year and a half I've been working for a service company. I started here as a receptionist employed by a temp agency. I've had 3 promotions in that time so I know I'm a good employee. I now work in the accounting department as an accounts payable/receivable manager.

To be blunt, I'm miserable. The salary is significantly below my needs just to pay for room and board. I don't like accounting. I know that my talents and interests lie in marketing and marketing research. However, all the job ads I've looked into for "marketing" turn out to be sales--and 99% of them aren't with legitimate companies.

How do I break into marketing/ marketing research? Is there a way to convey my business degree and experience in accounting to a potential employer that would convince them to take a chance on an excellent employee?

Here is a website to check out for employment:

http://www.monster.ca/ - if in Canada

http://www.monster.com/ - if in USA

I have an associates degree in business management.

I was a full time mother for many years working sporadically when I wanted; since then the businesses I have worked for have gone out of business, or the managers have moved on leaving me with no references.

For the past year and a half I've been working for a service company. I started out here as a receptionist employed by a temp agency. I've had 3 promotions in that time so I know I'm a good employee. I now work in the accounting department as an accounts payable/receivable manager.

To be blunt, I'm miserable. The salary is significantly below my needs just to pay for room and board. I don't like accounting. I know that my talents and interests lie in marketing and marketing research. However, all the job ads I've looked into for "marketing" turn out to be sales--and 99% of them aren't with legitimate companies.

How do I break into marketing/ marketing research? Is there a way to convey my business degree and experience in accounting to a potential employer that would convince them to take a chance on an excellent employee?
If you find a company for this type of job, please let me know. I am trying to find out how I can get my marketing research done for my business plan. I would like to do these things for myself. If you know how please let me know.