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Sorry for yet another pondering thread abut I'm all sorts of confused and torn today.
Short story, I'm in a contract position and its not turning out as I hoped. What described to me as a Senior Field Marketing Specialist position where I'd managed all sorts of projects has turned into a 90% adminstrative job where I literlaly cut-n-paste things from one document to another for hours a day and that is only on days when I have work. The company and people are great and I am being paid decently but I'm not happy. I'm used to managing my own projects not assisting people with theirs which is really is just doing the menial stuff they don't have time for.
My hubby, who is not career-oriented at all feels that in this economy I should just be happy to have a job. But I am grateful to have a job, I want one doing something I like, paying more (we were hoping to start a family soon but our current wages are too low), with benefits and utilizing my skills. I am currently interviewing for a few companies but the job hunting process is extremely frustrating.
My question? Do you think its better to just settle for whatever button-pushing job you can get long as it brings in a steady paycheck or strive for more and try and get something more fulfilling? And eve if you do settle for the meantime, at one point is it ok to say, "I want more".
My question? Do you think its better to just settle for whatever button-pushing job you can get long as it brings in a steady paycheck or strive for more and try and get something more fulfilling? And eve if you do settle for the meantime, at one point is it ok to say, "I want more".
Not sure what the problem is. You have a job, you would like to do something more challenging, the job market sucks, you are looking for a more challenging job anyway. What else can you do?
Are you asking for someone to write "No, don't go looking for something more fulfilling."?
Not sure what the problem is. You have a job, you would like to do something more challenging, the job market sucks, you are looking for a more challenging job anyway. What else can you do?
Are you asking for someone to write "No, don't go looking for something more fulfilling."?
I'm wondering if I am asking for too much. Or trying to get something that is just not going to happen. I guess I'm wondering if I should give up on the notion of this great job I want to attain and just deal with what I can get. Like others seem to do.
I've been looking for a few years now and so far, its landed me unemployed for over 9 months.
Sorry for yet another pondering thread abut I'm all sorts of confused and torn today.
Short story, I'm in a contract position and its not turning out as I hoped. What described to me as a Senior Field Marketing Specialist position where I'd managed all sorts of projects has turned into a 90% adminstrative job where I literlaly cut-n-paste things from one document to another for hours a day and that is only on days when I have work. The company and people are great and I am being paid decently but I'm not happy. I'm used to managing my own projects not assisting people with theirs which is really is just doing the menial stuff they don't have time for.
My hubby, who is not career-oriented at all feels that in this economy I should just be happy to have a job. But I am grateful to have a job, I want one doing something I like, paying more (we were hoping to start a family soon but our current wages are too low), with benefits and utilizing my skills. I am currently interviewing for a few companies but the job hunting process is extremely frustrating.
My question? Do you think its better to just settle for whatever button-pushing job you can get long as it brings in a steady paycheck or strive for more and try and get something more fulfilling? And eve if you do settle for the meantime, at one point is it ok to say, "I want more".
Stick with the job, and go back to school. Other employers tend to look at your resume, and see and wonder, "why did you leave your last job?" also they look at length of time as well as gaps, and if your job history isn't stable, they will not hire you. Keep the job, go back to school.
Maybe you and I need to learn to strive for different things. Honestly, the economy has changed so much that our old ideas of how life is supposed to be need to change. Our hopes and aspirations need to be updated to fit in with reality and what is possible today. We need to enjoy the lives we have and live today and every day.
Here's a few things I have been thinking about that make sense to me.
1) Develop the skills you need to live well on what you have. For some it's clipping coupons or learning to cook. For others it's learning to be happy with what you have and stop wasting precious time mourning over the things that are out of your reach. Rich or poor, you only get one life. Let yourself find pleasure in where you are today. Think of it as a worthy challenge.
2) You work for money. Your job is not your life or your sole endeavor and source of fulfillment. Your life happens outside of work. By all means work hard and do the best you can. Work pays the bills but it's not your life.
3) Work on your real life. Develop your relationships with others. Find something you can do to make the world a better place. Do things with others. Find a passion. Volunteer at the animal shelter or join a local theater group. Set up a weekly pot luck with friends and play cards or board games. Read a book or do a puzzle. Learn to knit or take a class on auto mechanics. Step out of your box and do something different that interacts with other people.
4) Learn acceptance. You can't change the economy. You can change you. Step off the treadmill and concentrate on making you the best you possible. There are things in this world you can't change. Don't waste your time.
5) Always save something. No matter how little you make, put something away.
6) Take better care of yourself mentally and physically. If nothing else, it cuts down on doctor bills.
7) Many brains are always better than one. Rejoin society and work with others. I'm sure Tom would change your oil if you baked him a banana bread. Jane works at XYZ and has a good discount. Let her buy for you and you do something in return for her. So you love prime rib and can't afford it. Maybe you can if you go together with the neighbors and buy a whole beef. Perhaps a neighborhood garden could supply a lot of your produce. Maybe you and the neighbors could arrange to buy and can a whole truckload of produce from a local farm. We need to join our neighborhoods and stop isolating ourselves from others.
8) Find happiness in who you are. Not what you have. If you don't like who you are, change.
If a lot of this sounds like depression thinking, it is. I grew up with parents and grandparents talking about the Great Depression and what their lives were like. It's not all that different than that today. They have a lot to teach us about this new world order. A recurring thread in all their stories was that even though they didn't have much, they were happy. We can be too.
Keep the job that you have while continuing to look for something you'd find more suitable.
Agree and will add that if you plan to switch just think about the competition out there....saying goes that if you want something better someon else wants it too (so prepare in advance)
My advice is stay on and be glad you have somewhere to go that pays you. Remember what it is like not to have any income or freedom to buy things due to unemployment.
I am living THAT every day and I am so tired of it.
Try to learn something on the side at home that will make you more marketable. If this job is a no brainer, you will not be exhausted and can take a class at night or volunteer or make new contacts on your free time.
I'm wondering if I am asking for too much. Or trying to get something that is just not going to happen. I guess I'm wondering if I should give up on the notion of this great job I want to attain and just deal with what I can get. Like others seem to do.
I've been looking for a few years now and so far, its landed me unemployed for over 9 months.
Continue to look for a job, but don't perform poorly or lose your current job.
Even when the market was good, it took me (now when I think about it) about 6 years to land at a company that was willing to invest in me and help me really move up the chain versus moving from one low skilled job to the next.
I kept working those jobs and also kept looking for a better match. Now they will have to truly remove me from the building in order to give up my current employer and role.
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