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Of course, if you are looking for a job, you’re not alone. You probably know this, of course, because you face so much competition for any job worth getting. They say misery loves company. But I’m sure job hunters would like a little less company these days.
However, there are certain careers (not freelance writer, I stress) that are actually expanding during the country’s recession. A story on CNNMOney.com says that people looking for careers in health services, education and accounting are making sound choices.
Here’s the best advice I can give to anyone unhappy with his or her job: If it’s making you miserable, if you hate trudging to work in the morning, do something about it. Start interviewing. Start networking. Start looking for something new. Yes, this is a terrible time to find a new job. But, isn’t at least looking — at least being proactive — better than complaining every day about your boss or the dull work you’re saddled with?
But what about in the workplace? Does work suffer during the holidays? After all, the holiday season is filled with days off. There are holiday parties. Christmas music on cubicle radios. Online shopping. Today is CyberMonday, when everyone’s supposed to click away a few dollars on holiday doodads.
I’m not a woman. But I’m a bit amazed that a story like this still needs to be written. Maybe I’m naive. But women shouldn’t have to worry about being treated any differently than men in the working world.
How many of us really take the entire Thanksgiving holiday — or any holiday, for that matter — off from work? I know I don’t. I’ll snatch moments here and there to work on assignments that have looming deadlines. I’ll do some editing work. I might even spend an hour working on the layout for the real estate magazine that goes to press in early December.
We’ve all worked with bosses we hate. But according to this story I found in the Chicago Sun-Times, those very bosses we despise might actually be sending us to an early grave.
But in today’s tough economic times, the job seekers are coming to these advisers in such great numbers that their worries and fears can’t help but strike an emotional chord even with the professionals trained to deal with unemployment numbers and tough job searches.
But here’s the thing: No one’s happy that the government is considering bailing out another industry. You can certainly argue that the Big 3 automakers brought their financial problems on themselves. Why weren’t they looking toward the future when they developed their product lines? Why haven’t they found some way to compete with the Toyotas and Hondas of the world? But all that doesn’t mean that the auto-industry bailout isn’t necessary.
It seems that many companies are doing the same thing to their emloyees. They’re making them do too many things at once, probably to squeeze more work out of fewer dollars. Problem is, employees who were experts at doing one job are far less effective doing several all at once. |
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