My Dad was a blue-collar worker. His favorite job was working on the railroad, but the only job I really remember him having was at an oil refinery in Oklahoma. It was a dangerous, dirty job, but he never complained.
I’d like to take your advice and do more networking, but I don’t have much to work with. I haven’t kept up with former co-workers, and among my friends and family, no one knows anything about my work or that I’m now unemployed. I believe in keeping my work and personal lives separate.
It may have crossed your mind to skip or postpone performance reviews this year – as the business landscape keeps changing, the goals you made 12 months ago may seem unrealistic, or perhaps your organization has a freeze on salary increases. But no matter how bad the economy is, you cannot afford to miss giving feedback to your people.
Is that it, or are you just not seeing the bigger picture? What is the potential of your job if you looked at it in a different way? A lot of young people quit a job too early thinking that their broad range of experience has taught them to understand the workplace. Here are some quick ideas to see if your boredom is the result of your job or your own perspective:
For over a year, the recession wreaked havoc on the job market.” If you were of working age in America, you either couldn’t find a job, got laid off, or if you were lucky enough to have a job…you knew that luck could run out any day.’ The fear of unemployment caused countless employees to cling to their jobs and hang on for dear life, whether they liked their position or not.’
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