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Job Searching |
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A Common Problem & A True Story |
| Date Posted: |
07/13/2005 |
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I have once heard that no one is uniquely unique so here goes nothing - or rather, here goes everything.
To get to the point quickly ?? I really do not like my job at all. I do not want to be in the field I am working in. It is boring, tedious and worse I am sitting here in my own office ?? alone all day long. It is very difficult to ??look busy?? and to come up with projects to entertain myself 5 days a week, 7 hours a day. I have managed to do well so far, but it is beginning to affect my attitude about the company, the employees, and me. The things I do to get the job done I enjoy such as web design, some coding, and marketing and when it does get busy some office administration, which is why I am here in the first place. I am a little older than most of the readers I see on this site. I am 46. I completed reading the book ??Winning?? by Jack Welch, which really put some light on my situation. If my employer were to read this book, I would be fired the next day. If I were to be ??candid?? as the books suggests it would be over tomorrow.
The problem begins when I put pen to paper and try to ascertain where it is I want to go next. I am sitting here thinking that I can do most anything. I am mostly self-taught and will go to the extreme to get the job done, but conveying that message to someone else is different. The more I look on these types of sites, peruse the paper, talk to people, the more confused I get. I get confused about what I have accomplished and how that matters, how I can make a difference and how I can grow professionally while giving the employer what they want. My ??career?? or aim changes several times from the time I start looking to when I give up in frustration. I can mentally go from being self-employed in a virtual office to being a project manager in a matter of hours.
I am not really asking any questions directly as I hope they are being asked in the text here. I do not think I am uniquely unique, so if anyone can direct me with definite steps I can take to get me on my way, I would be eternally grateful.
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Hi Jamescalvin,
It's hard for me (or anyone) here to give you advice when we know very little about you. Sure we could throw out suggestions - but they would be unfocused and without merit because we don't know where you excel at work - what makes you tick - what doesn't make you tick - what your motivations are, etc. With that said, it also doesn't mean there's no one here to help you.
I know sitting at a desk with nothing to do has to make you wonder... "there's got to be something else out there for me, something I could get excited about, a job I don't dread going to. If only I knew what that was!!" Kind of makes you feel like a lost puppy on the highway, doesn't it?
Here's the good news: It's not such an uncommon problem actually. There is light at the end of your tunnel, believe me.
How do I know? Because I was once YOU. In a boring job, making a living but not loving what I did.
It took a lay off and 4 months of unemployment for me to realize I didn't know which way to turn and that I need help. Sure I could have taken a job in 4 months - but nothing appealed to me. Nothing excited me. I was that lost puppy on the highway!
I sought out the help of a great career coach. With him, I outlined who I was, what made me happy, what I didn't like about my previous jobs, what I loved. I mean we dug into my soul. Once we did that, we could start outlining how the things I love could be turned into career options. Only from that point could I understand what kind of job I was actually pursuing. And the good news, with my coach's help - I accepted a job where I've been able to write my own job description! Who knew it would be working for the same career coaching firm my coach worked for ... yet here I sit!
I would have NEVER considered this industry as an option! I really owe my success to the coach who helped guide me to a place I needed to be ... I just couldn't see it!
A great career coach can help you find your way too. Your message is something a career coach hears every day. They are trained to help you figure it out.
A great coach will be able to do that, so I encourage you to take the same steps I did and unleash your real potential. You won't regret it.
Hope this helps!
Andrea
http://interviewing.com/
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