Comments on: Applying to the Wrong Job http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: nell http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/comment-page-1/#comment-13338 nell Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:13:47 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/#comment-13338 I LOVE this article. I've been unemployed 18 months. Initially, I tried to find work that might use my strengths. Which is only a teensy bit removed from my experience - I'd been moving in the right direction - but too far, it seems, for hiring managers. Five years ago, a career switch might have been possible; not so now. As employability ebbs further away, I'm finding myself lying to myself *all the time* in my applications, in a bid to just get anything that will keep food on the table. It's hard to think of my next gig - which will be awful and underpaid, undoubtedly - as a stopgap. It will set the salary and terms for the role after that, and the next. I'm honestly horrified by immediate future. This might help me shape an interim view. Printing, and doing. I LOVE this article.

I’ve been unemployed 18 months. Initially, I tried to find work that might use my strengths. Which is only a teensy bit removed from my experience – I’d been moving in the right direction – but too far, it seems, for hiring managers. Five years ago, a career switch might have been possible; not so now.

As employability ebbs further away, I’m finding myself lying to myself *all the time* in my applications, in a bid to just get anything that will keep food on the table. It’s hard to think of my next gig – which will be awful and underpaid, undoubtedly – as a stopgap. It will set the salary and terms for the role after that, and the next.

I’m honestly horrified by immediate future. This might help me shape an interim view. Printing, and doing.

]]> By: Mike http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Mike Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:55:43 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/#comment-305 Thanks - it definitely can be a helpful "Self-discovery" sort of exercise for people who are searching for the right career. It's interesting to see how close to what you are already doing (professionally) your new "Resume" seems to match! And Scott, LOL Thanks – it definitely can be a helpful “Self-discovery” sort of exercise for people who are searching for the right career. It’s interesting to see how close to what you are already doing (professionally) your new “Resume” seems to match!

And Scott, LOL

]]> By: Scott Jackson http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Scott Jackson Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:07:22 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/#comment-304 I figure with the resume, the world runs on bullshit so adding a little more doesn't hurt. I don't think what I wrote on my resume has any real effect on how I am at work. I figure with the resume, the world runs on bullshit so adding a little more doesn’t hurt. I don’t think what I wrote on my resume has any real effect on how I am at work.

]]> By: Kelly http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Kelly Sat, 24 May 2008 14:57:53 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/#comment-296 I think this is an excellent suggestion, the totally truthful "for my eyes only" resume as a draft for a more honest approach to work, and I'm going to do it. I found your blog through the link you posted on one of the Facebook INFP groups, and it's so great to see you and others address the same issues I find in my own life! I think this is an excellent suggestion, the totally truthful “for my eyes only” resume as a draft for a more honest approach to work, and I’m going to do it. I found your blog through the link you posted on one of the Facebook INFP groups, and it’s so great to see you and others address the same issues I find in my own life!

]]> By: Wendy http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Wendy Tue, 13 May 2008 21:51:20 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/applying-to-the-wrong-job/#comment-293 Hi Mike, I agree one hundred percent and think your idea about writing out a truthful "practice" resume is a good one. I intend to try it, painful though it will probably be. Thanks for the great insight into your past, too. It's not always easy to be honest with others, especially those who are considering you for a job. But you're right; "playing a role" only gets you more role-playing on the job, until you're eventually "found out." Better to start off on the right foot, no matter how desperate you may be! Wendy Hi Mike,

I agree one hundred percent and think your idea about writing out a truthful “practice” resume is a good one. I intend to try it, painful though it will probably be. Thanks for the great insight into your past, too. It’s not always easy to be honest with others, especially those who are considering you for a job. But you’re right; “playing a role” only gets you more role-playing on the job, until you’re eventually “found out.” Better to start off on the right foot, no matter how desperate you may be!

Wendy

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