Marriage, babies, changing jobs, and divorce are some of the most stressful moments in life. I usually get an urgent call from a friend when she is seriously considering a career change. Luckily it doesn’t happen very often.
Last week, she started a job and decided to expand her expertise to a wider spectrum with better pay.
Job matching can be frustrating yet interesting. The interview panel examines the strengths and weaknesses of candidates. As manpower is tight on the market, candidates have more job choices than ever. However, the employment package may not be very favourable.
“How is it that our job location cannot be swapped? We could have saved a lot of time traveling,” but job nature and remuneration play a more important role than location alone. No job is flawless in the real world. We always take into account the criteria we may have when evaluating job offers.
I’m recently flattered to have been invited by a small non-profit organisation to its newly opened senior position and have an honest conversation with their representative throughout the week. I must say, a genuine conversation is quite unusual and rare during the hiring process.
I had a million questions in my head when I considered the post; therefore I drafted a proposal to test the waters and give myself more time to think through what I want to do next. It is obvious that every organization has already established its yearly plan before anyone joins. I would like to make a change.
However, it seems like there are numerous things to do before I can negotiate further on the number of suggestions I want to implement. Nevertheless, I am impressed by the potential employer’s sincerity. The conversation enabled me to gather critical facts for serious thoughts. I like the idea of this upcoming challenge, but I still feel uncertain whether any of my suggestions will be taken into consideration seriously in the near future.
Work is part of my life and I always strive for more – sports I love, learning, new experience, pleasant environment and interactions with people, etc. Despite that I let go of a golden opportunity, I felt relieved eventually like a heavy stone lifted out of my chest.
Yes, I can do more, but I would like to seek to understand their community more before I am ready to stand tall and fight for their rights.
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