i *heart* my job
Tiffany and I like to joke around the office that we *heart* various things: wifi, underground fiber optics, david allen, wiki, adrian brody. We’re geeky to the point that we make the shape of a heart with our fingers when we say so. So imagine my pleasure when I ran across “I *heart* my job” buttons!
I’m one of the lucky people, in that I truly enjoy what I do, who I do it with, and who I do it for. But for many years, and through many bad jobs, I didn’t think that going to work would ever be enjoyable.
Like anything else, a good job is worth the wait, and worth the time, effort, networking, resume blitzing, haggling, negotiating, and more that it can take to get one. In my line of work, I realize that sometimes getting a job that you love is not always possible right away. There are bills to be paid, obligations to be met that preclude you from finding your 9-5 bliss.
But it *is* possible to find something that you like more than you dislike.
When Tiff and I meet with interview candidates, in addition to asking them what they want to do, we also ask people to consider what job tasks they absolutely don’t want to do (within reason). Our thought is that it helps people to examine what it was about past jobs that didn’t work for them. Don’t like dealing with budgets? Say so. Not big into working on teams? That’s OK. Just be honest and up front about what you want to do.
Oh, and if you’re interested in the “I *heart* my job” button go to http://hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-heart-my-job-what-about-you.html.