find a job i like

I decidedly don’t like the job I’m doing now. But i don’t hate it either.
I’m considering asking to go to part time there and looking into going back to school and possibly starting my own business sometime in the future.

I have been offered an amazing opportunity.

I will take a week’s vacation from my current job and work as a temporary contractor at the company that I interviewed with last week.

This will give me real expereince in the industry that will allow me to assess if this is a field that I really want to get into and if this small office is somewhere I could really work. It will also give me something in that industry to put on my resume. Also it gives them a chance see my work ethic and abilities. And it fuels the hiring manager’s case to his bosses that he should be able to hire an additional person and that person should be me.

The details aren’t hashed out but it could very well happen with in the next 2 weeks!!

I found a job listing that pretty much describes my and my qualifications exactly. I’m tempted to apply because I think I could actually do it really well and I like the products that that company makes.

But, its not in the industry I want to work in. I’m not happy here, so I should know that picking up my current job and tweeking the content isn’t going to work out.

I’m tempted to apply for it as a backup plan or something. Lay offs in my office means that all the jobs I’m applying for are going to get some hearty competition real soon.

2 positions opened at one of my dream companies. But I messed up on of the cover letters so I suspect I won’t be considered for either position. Oh well. Even though that company is one I’d love to work for, the actual job descriptions sounded really unexciting.

They will likely pay less, buy I’m still stoked on three other jobs that I’m waiting on, as they sound like much more fun. I just now am realizing that I need a social/people component to a job to make me want to show up in the morning.

I submitted a big application package for a government job yesterday. Its actually one that I feel really good about and think I have a good shot at. But… its a government job, so the hiring process is slow and methodical. I likely won’t even hear if I’m even on the short list for another 7-9 weeks!
With any luck I’ll know about the other job in just a week or two and then I have a hard decision to make. This governement one is most suited to my skills and will pay significantly more. But the one where my friends work could let me quit my current job sooner and is working with more interesting technologies, even if in a less challenging roll.

I applied for another job last night. Another of those that I’m probably not qualified for… I meet all of their must requirements and NONE of their preferred qualifications.

I’m infuriated with my company right now for a vacation requirement that just turned my whole YEAR upside down as far as time off goes. But I’m taking it in stride and although I could probably get an exception, I’m taking the time off because I do really really need to get out of that place and since I don’t have another job yet, a week will have to do.

I’m trying to figure out how to use this to my advantage for that job that I’m still waiting to hear from. Maybe its a legit excuse to contact the guy again. “I wanted to let you know that I’ll have limited email access next week…” Could work? But I’m feeling like my email last week obviously didn’t work, so why would this one.

I put 3 more resumes in tonight.
One on an industry job board and 2 at specific companies. I tried to also apply for a government job but their recruitment website kept freezing on me. I know about jobs I don’t like and incompetent IT support ranks right up there on my list of reasons to LEAVE a job, I certainly won’t apply somewhere with visible IT issues.

I had a phone interview last night. It went well. I’m really sure that the hiring manager intends to offer me the job. He has to give my resume to HR and then let some other managers look at it too. I may or may not have more interviews. I’ll hear more within 2 weeks. But all that seemed like formalities. He slipped more than once when describing the job and was saying “you will be doing xyz” when protocall should have had him saying “you would be doing xyz”.

But now, do I take the job?

The job is in the right industry. In the right segment of that industry. But, its entry level, and I don’t even think entry level for my skills. Basicly. I’m way over qualified and I think I’d be bored after a while and paid less than I’m used to. Perhaps even paid too low for me to be able to accept the job. (I do have this damned mortgage running my life afterall.) The good news is that the division is growing and I could probably move into a more engineering roll… sometime. When? 1-4 years? eek. The other strange part is that one of my good friends works there. She’s in the same job, and she has a masters degree. But she’s not as over-qualified as me becuase he degree is in an unrelated field. If these other jobs are created and real engineering work comes up, I could very well see myself being promoted above her and wonder if that would lead to hurt feelings. I’m probably thinking too far ahead with that train of thought.

Also, I do have resumes in at companies who are even more suited to my skills and goals. BUT none of those companies actually have job openings that I could apply for. There are a lot of positions but only for people with experience in the industry. I don’t. But this job I’m considering would give me that experience, so I could use it as a jumping point….

I found a place to apply. I’m so excited I can’t imagine how I’m going to sleep tonight!

I’m finding that my degree doesn’t qualify me to work in as many different jobs as I would have thought. I’m feeling very pigion holed and specialized.

I want a whole new degree.