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24 year old burnout |
| Message Name: |
Come on Guys |
| Date Posted: |
09/26/2001 |
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I know exactly how you feel. I too did everything right, went to a great school graduated with honors, I even did 4 internships while I was in college only to graduate and be laid off from my first job after only 3 months from a dotcom company that no longer exists. My current job looked promising at first but now I realize that my future here is very uncertain and I am not really doing what I want to do. HELP! I am so depressed. I am getting married to my college sweetheart and my feelings of burn out and hopelessness are starting to effect our relationship. I just don't understand it. I am such a hard worker plus I am enthusiastic, energetic, and willing to go the extra mile. What am I doing wrong??? |
| Message: |
Come on guys... life was not meant to be easy....
All of you keep saying, I have an MBA, I have great grades, crap, crap, crap, why won't someone give me a job.
You are all your own CEO's and if you ever want to rise above mediocrity you need to realise that those that succeed are the ones that see stress and setbacks as a challenge.
I have all of those things all of you talk about, most professionals do. I never talk about them, I sell myself on my own expertise not some convoluted resmue of qualifications.
I run my own consulting company, and I hire a few attributes:
1. people skills
2. ability to create deal opportunities
3. personal networks
All of these skills are not learnt in an MBA class.
I am not trying to be hard on all of you as I do feel for you. However, it is time that you all stood back took a good hard look at yourself and asked... "what is my unique selling proposition". What value can I add... not what skills can I bring to the table.
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