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Job Searching |
| Message Name: |
Another Uniquely Unique |
| Date Posted: |
08/03/2005 |
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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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Your story sounded too much like my situation to not reply.
Early in my professional career, and executive told me the importance of being able to reinvent yourself. So I did. I responded to the critical needs of the company and excelled at each new role. It's come back to haunt me.
I declined to follow the new ownership of my former company, I entered the job hunt full of confidence. I have since found it difficult at 50 to sell my unique ability to produce remarkable results. No one seems to be looking for this type of resource. They look for credentials instead of results, or a career in one field rather than the ability to adapt.
I've tried to pin down what I really love to do but have been unsuccessful. Adaptability seems to be a curse.
After trying everything (I even tried to start a business), I've given up. I have 10 versions of my resume. My goal is more to find a company that is dynamic and provides room to grow than to find the perfect position. Let me in, I'll be successful and hopefully be able to branch out.
I've also found that it's difficult to find a job that pays as well as what I was making because no one is hiring "uniquely unique" people.
Hope this helps.
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