Employment News
As much as I would like to believe that people grow, develop, change, and learn, there's also a heavy element of sameness within a person's experience (whether you attribute that to disposition, genetics, history repeating itself, or any number of other factors.)
I accepted a job offer a week ago after about 2 months spent being "funemployed." I will begin training for a position as a Bilingual Health Educator in Indianapolis at the end of this month.
So in light of that news, I'd like to share two pieces of writing from my past -- one from a job application this May responding to the prompt to describe my ideal job in under 200 words, and the other a list I made for myself my senior year of college (five years ago) about things I would look for in a job. The ideas I had about what I might like and dislike in a job have largely been the exact things I've liked and disliked about the jobs I've had since then.
I just came across the list yesterday, and I'm struck by how similar they are and how, despite having changed countries, career plans, hobbies, and homes at least half a dozen times, I seem to be very much the same person I've always been.
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As much as I would like to believe that people grow, develop, change, and learn, there's also a heavy element of sameness within a person's experience (whether you attribute that to disposition, genetics, history repeating itself, or any number of other factors.)
I accepted a job offer a week ago after about 2 months spent being "funemployed." I will begin training for a position as a Bilingual Health Educator in Indianapolis at the end of this month.
So in light of that news, I'd like to share two pieces of writing from my past -- one from a job application this May responding to the prompt to describe my ideal job in under 200 words, and the other a list I made for myself my senior year of college (five years ago) about things I would look for in a job. The ideas I had about what I might like and dislike in a job have largely been the exact things I've liked and disliked about the jobs I've had since then.
I just came across the list yesterday, and I'm struck by how similar they are and how, despite having changed countries, career plans, hobbies, and homes at least half a dozen times, I seem to be very much the same person I've always been.
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Values, Interests, Skills, Etc. - A series of lists I made in December 2008
Things I think I might like in a job:
-Travel
-Continued
education
-Working
with intelligent people
-Variety
of tasks and people to work with
-Moving
around
-Combination
of individual and group work (ex: math study group)
-Intermittent
(and fairly regular) reinforcement
-Fun
work environment
-Using
data and technical work to come up with reasonable ideas, plans, strategies for
the future
-Being
a part of a “think tank” as part of my job
-Opportunity
to work with people from a variety of different fields and skill sets
What I wouldn’t like:
-Sitting
behind a computer all day by myself
-A
highly critical boss and/or not feeling like my skills and work are appreciated
-No
chance to learn new thing
-Never
seeing any tangible results of my work
-Annoying,
lazy, unmotivated, or arrogant coworkers
-Being
evaluated and paid only for how “good” my creativity is or my ability to
communicate
-Trying to change other people’s
behavior and ideas all the time -Feeling overly emotionally tied
up in my job
-Rigidity,
very competitive feel to workplace
Values
-Efficiency
-Peacemaking
-Community
-Logic
-Diligence
-Kindness
-Education
-Openness to new ideas
-Flexibility
Ideal Job Prompt - May 2013
In imagining my ideal job, the most important aspect is the ability to continually learn and grown while helping others to do the same. To have this continual growth, individuals must have the trust and autonomy to share their ideas freely and work in their strengths. At the same time, there must be a shared commitment to an end goal, high levels of personal accountability, a striving for excellence, and the desire to work as a team and set one another up for success.
The exact title of my ideal job is less important to me than the ability to work with a diverse group of creative and intelligent colleagues, to continue developing new skills while refining the ones I already have, and to participate in a healthy work community. Throughout my life, I have always preferred jobs that involve a balance technical knowledge and interpersonal skills. Seeing great ideas become reality makes me come alive. I have always loved to be a part of creating a truly excellent experience or product, and I would like that product to play a role in making the world a more positive place to live.
The exact title of my ideal job is less important to me than the ability to work with a diverse group of creative and intelligent colleagues, to continue developing new skills while refining the ones I already have, and to participate in a healthy work community. Throughout my life, I have always preferred jobs that involve a balance technical knowledge and interpersonal skills. Seeing great ideas become reality makes me come alive. I have always loved to be a part of creating a truly excellent experience or product, and I would like that product to play a role in making the world a more positive place to live.
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