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Archive for April, 2010

Is it possible to be a professional job seeker?  If it is not, it should be.  Looking for a job is hard work. Finding any old job is easy, but finding the job you want is really difficult.  In my experience, finding a job that meets the criteria of my checklist is damn near impossible. Unfortunately, I have never really had the luxury of picking and choosing either, every time I have gotten a job it is because I needed one at the time.

When we are young most of us don’t think about a nest egg and planning for the future.  It certainly was not something that we discussed in my family growing up; we were just trying to make it to the next day.  Nevertheless, planning is super important.  I definitely know that when the time comes, I will recommend my daughter get a job that allows her to start building for her future.

When you think about it, my checklist is not over the top.  I want to work for a company that has vacation that increases but will understandably max out after a number of years.  I want medical, dental and vision benefits. Paid time off and sick time, 401K or pension and a good salary.  Not bad, right?  Wrong!!!!  It’s like asking for a magic youth pill.

Interview after interview with companies asking you to basically duplicate yourself and offering very little in return.   Are we all at the mercy of these employers?  Is that why so many people venture out to work for themselves? It is amazing to see how excited they are to tell you that they don’t offer a good salary and a bare cupboard.  After a while you start to second-guess yourself, do I really need all those things?  Should I modify or lower my expectations.  The answer is no.  Companies don’t modify anything to meet our criteria.  So it’s back to square one.

There is that saying, that it is so much easier to find a job when you are not looking.  Yeah, not so true, maybe it is not as stressful because you have a job. But looking for your dream job while you are working at you barely make ends meet job, is HARD!  To add insult to injury now that unemployment is so high if Florida, finding a good job is like finding a cure for a disease, wait no, actually that might be easier.  Looking for a job is very hard work and should be recognized as such.  I just may add it to my resume.