| Topic Name: |
Seeking a creative job after coming from Telecommunications. |
| Message Name: |
First, decide what you want to do |
| Date Posted: |
05/14/2001 |
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I have a B.A. in English and upon graduation, I thought that I wanted to go to Graduate School to get my M.A.E. and teach. However, I needed money so I decided to take a job with a Fortune 500 Telecommunications Company. I worked there for 5 years in various positions such as customer service, technical support for their billing system, end user training on said billing system and finally as a marketing specialist that concentrated on updating their Intranet Site content. Now, I am working at another Telecommunications Giant doing glorified customer service/project management. The work is mindless. My problem is that I feel like all creativity that I once had has been sucked out of me due to working for these huge corporations where the sheer day to day boredom wears me down. I would like to get into a field where I can use my brain and be creative. I don't want to be bored or lazy and currently I do as little as humanly possible to keep my job and get paid but find no fulfillment or enjoyment in it. My quandry is that I have no idea what I ultimately want to do as I cannot afford to pursue my orignal idea of going back to get my M.A.E. (I'm now a single mom) and I don't know if this would be a good job for me anyway. I am overwhelmed by my dislike of working for huge corporate giants where employees are treated like robots and office politics are a way of life yet I'm afraid that any other job I get will leave me feeling the same way. I need the same level of pay/benefits/401k that come with working for companies like this. Perhaps I'm just shell-shocked? Any advice? |
| Message: |
Before you can market yourself, you need to find out what you really want do do. What are your creative interests? What makes your heart sing? Go to a bookstore and look at "Wishcraft" by Barbara Sher. It is a lot of pep-talk (which you sound like you could use) PLUS she has lots of exercises there to get your creative thinking going about what kind of career would make you happy.
Let us know how it goes.
Jane
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