I am sick and tired of people putting so much emphasis on careers! Have we all lost our basic concern for PEOPLE - or have we all gone ape materialistic?
Right now it appears as though everyone is trying to create their very own material kingdom without regards to family or other meaningful relationships!
I am sick and tired of being treated like just another number, another statistic...
Right now, I am 25 years old, I hold two bachelors degrees from a Big 10 university, and have close to two years of solid work experience, not to mention substantial international experience. Heck, I am fluent in Spanish!
Here is what irritates me. I put my personal life on hold for 6 years to accomplish all of that. Now that I am ready to marry and have a family (I'm even engaged), I feel as though my family expects me to focus on my career.
In all honesty, I'd love to focus on it currently. The problem is that my unique qualifications don't lend themselves to the job market where I live. I'd move for a great new job, but there are a couple of issues there. My fiance just landed a great new job in the area; our families (including young brothers) are nearby; and we love the city! In other words, I am trying to land a reasonably challenging job in a soft job market in an area that doesn't really lend itself to my areas of expertise.
If anyone has any suggestions, I could really use some advice. I need to restart the job search, but I feel defeated even before I begin. It doesn't help that my last work experience was awful.
Posted by anonymous at February 5, 2006 8:18 PMWould you consider taking a few more courses to get into another field that might pay off in your area? You say your last work experience was awful; was that particular job in your field of expertise? If so, perhaps you should take a few more courses and concentrate on something else.
You say you live in the city. It certainly seems to me that most cities have a growing Hispanic population. Would there be a possibility of becoming an interpreter, perhaps for Social Services.
Posted by: at February 6, 2006 4:30 AMYou say that we're putting so much emphasis on career and then you spend the rest of the post talking about your career. I think your real point is that you feel under immense pressure to conform and you can't be honest about that with other people in your life. This is a huge mistake, particularly with a new marriage. Start being honest with the people around you about how you feel and then go and open up a flower shop or something. You'll be a lot happier.
Posted by: at February 7, 2006 8:39 PM