Kindergarten Advice Proven True: Do What You Love
 

Tonite thanks to discussion with my girlfriend and my parents, I've learned that in this terrible, terrible, economy, you can't just take your first job offered.

You have to do something you love, something you want to do, something you graduated a 4 year Big Ten university studying...I've been impatient and so anxious to get hired, get to work, get paid and start the rest of my life...but taking a sales job in something that isn't what I studied, not what I care about and probably not liking it isn't a great choice.

I need to refocus, think clearly and expand the right resources to find a career that will do everything I want and more.

This summer I had an unpaid internship, didn't like my boss, didn't like what I was doing, and definitely not used to being uncompensated...fall rolls around and l I was very anxious and desperate to find a job and a paycheck. So much that my first FT job offer where I viewed more figures per week than I've ever seen more I jumped on it like a hooker jumps on a benjamin.


This economy is really really bad...but hustling and jumping on a FT job is such a big decision that is completely irrelevant is not the way to go. I love sports and studied sports management at the University of Illinois, it would be more than foolish to go try to sell ad space in a magazine publication. http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=23615

I learned you gotta do what you will love, excel in and be happy about. Hopefully that finds me soon.

It will find you soon. I found it when I was 37.

;)

fresh, some advice. Many of us HAVE to work. If we sit around waiting for the job we love, we're not going to be pulling in too many paychecks. In this "terrible terrible economy" you take a job, try it out and (best advice my dad ever gave me, besides having me get a summer job at 13) ALWAYS KEEP LOOKING. You never know what will turn up.

Of course, I'm not saying dive into sales. We aren't all meant for all things. I found out I suck at sales immediately after college. Not only did I suck at it, going to work made me sick to my stomach, I hated it so much. So, it wasn't for me.

But, you have to make some money, don't you? Gone are the days of 30 years in to out. People change jobs these days, whether by choice or circumstance beyond their control.

Unless you have a big trust fund, of course. Then by all means, loll about waiting for the perfect job. And send me your address. :p:

Oh yes, the search is every day, ongoing, I dream of the next place to look. And I will have to take a part time job of course...School loans are greeting me in a matter of months...I will have a PT job or temp job or substitute teaching (didn't know I could but I can!) to give me cashflow....but taking a FT job in an industry I don't want to be involved in is not the right choice for me now.

I agree. Sounds like you've thought it through. I really wish you luck!

As you said, in this day and age, one is lucky to find something they love. It's almost always still "work" but if it gives your life meaning and you feel your contribution is worthwhile (i.e. it's NOT just a paycheck) you can have a very happy existence indeed.

Stay away from Ad sales. I would suggest that in this tough economy you look for something int he neighborhood of what you want to do, err think you want to do. he brass ring at your age with zero experience.... You gotta "swab the deck" before you pilot the ship.

Hang in there.

I'll say this. I know several people who recently have gotten jobs better than the ones they had and they were all with companies NOT advertising for additional help. They did the research and took the initiative to reach out to the companies and it paid off for them.

Also, you don't want to end up like the Willy Loman of ad sales. ;)

Best of luck to you fresh!

Try DaBears or Cubs, they'll take anybody. :p:

Selling Ad space on some unclear commission deal? Lots of potential for dodgy. Sounds like you're making a wise choice.

There's a lot of good advice here. Much better than any advice you'll get from even the cleverest of kindergarteners.

So, I should become a stripper...

yup