Scribbling Life: Right Job, Right You

22 June 2009

Right Job, Right You

If you look around and observe how people are doing, everyone is concerned about work. Either they are having some hard time staying 'alive' at work (and considering a switch to another job) or finding it difficult to land a job to stay alive-- literally. And it's not helping that companies are firing people or laying off their employees. Although an employees tenure helps one keep (even for the meantime) his job but still it is no guarantee nowadays. Did I give you a scare there for a moment?

For years I've worked to earn my dough with different companies. The shortest stint I had with a company was a month-- I never thought it was possible back then. My contract ended with that company because I was absent for a day and was with a fever. It took few more 'small time' call centers before I got the attention of the industry's big fishes-- Sykes, Teletech, Etelecare, and Convergys.

But how do you keep a job? Or how do you find a job you want to keep? How do you find the right job for you? Is there such a thing as 'the right job'?

Some people would tell you that a job is right when you're happy with it. If you find yourself not wanting another job but what you have then your lucky-- it's the right job. But would it matter if it pays less?

I've been trying to Google some tips to find the right job but I don't feel like posting the results here. It's not that I don't find them credible or proven but the tips are somewhat foreign to me. Then I realized-- maybe that was it. It varies with every individual. Your personality and priorities in life can determine the right job for you.

So my 10-cents on how to know find the right job; Know yourself. Understand your priorities. Realize your passion. Don't loose that fire in your eyes because of work. Instead, you should all pumped up when you're doing your job.