Giving advice on career?

[jkust]

Re: Giving advice on career?

I work in a big money business but at a small shop within the industry. All the big guys out there are lessening their committment to the industry while the small shops thrive. We ended up hiring who is essentially the Oprah Winfrey of the industry after she was let go from a very big company of which she started in the first place. We've since picked up another big name at our shop. My point is the days of big company security are long gone. I have to think this resonates with people since so many around the nation in all industries were laid off from big companies over the past several years. Frankly, I'd question why anyone hadn't been snatched up from a company in order to be at a company for over 20 years. One of my colleagues at a competing shop was just snatched up by a huge, multi billion dollar fortune 500 company to be their CFO (at 40 years old). Sometimes you have to take the opportunities where they come.

 

[dingbat]

Re: Giving advice on career?

Frankly, I'd question why anyone hadn't been snatched up from a company in order to be at a company for over 20 years.

Being with company 33 years now, I can tell you why.

I make enough to live where I live. That's enough in itself.

I get 8 weeks of paid vacation and two weeks of paid sick leave a year

I've not reported to an office in the 11 years.

I have an unlimited travel and expense budget.

I've been around the world and back who knows how many times and extracurricular activates while on company travel is encouraged. My last trip to South Africa we went on a weekend on safari in Kenya. I've seen the Seven Wonders of the World. Stayed at some of the finest hotels in the world and I didn't spend a dime of my own money. Heading down to Brazil the first week in June. Stopping by Rio on the way home for a couple of days of R&R

My boss is 5K miles away and he doesn't care how I spend my days as long as I answer the phone when he calls. The two week Spring Trophy Striper season starts Saturday Morning. So does my 15days of working from the boat.

When I get an offer from a competitor that includes all these perks, I might just consider switching jobs after all these years. Until that time, I?m staying put.

 

[infideltarget]

Re: Giving advice on career?

Being with company 33 years now, I can tell you why.

I make enough to live where I live. That's enough in itself.

I get 8 weeks of paid vacation and two weeks of paid sick leave a year

I've not reported to an office in the 11 years.

I have an unlimited travel and expense budget.

I've been around the world and back who knows how many times and extracurricular activates while on company travel is encouraged. My last trip to South Africa we went on a weekend on safari in Kenya. I've seen the Seven Wonders of the World. Stayed at some of the finest hotels in the world and I didn't spend a dime of my own money. Heading down to Brazil the first week in June. Stopping by Rio on the way home for a couple of days of R&R

My boss is 5K miles away and he doesn't care how I spend my days as long as I answer the phone when he calls. The two week Spring Trophy Striper season starts Saturday Morning. So does my 15days of working from the boat.

When I get an offer from a competitor that includes all these perks, I might just consider switching jobs after all these years. Until that time, I?m staying put.

What are you? A drug smuggler? I think I saw Crockett and Tubbs chasing someone with that exact same job description on TV this morning.

 

[fishinandbeer]

Re: Giving advice on career?

Being with company 33 years now, I can tell you why.

I make enough to live where I live. That's enough in itself.

I get 8 weeks of paid vacation and two weeks of paid sick leave a year

I've not reported to an office in the 11 years.

I have an unlimited travel and expense budget.

I've been around the world and back who knows how many times and extracurricular activates while on company travel is encouraged. My last trip to South Africa we went on a weekend on safari in Kenya. I've seen the Seven Wonders of the World. Stayed at some of the finest hotels in the world and I didn't spend a dime of my own money. Heading down to Brazil the first week in June. Stopping by Rio on the way home for a couple of days of R&R

My boss is 5K miles away and he doesn't care how I spend my days as long as I answer the phone when he calls. The two week Spring Trophy Striper season starts Saturday Morning. So does my 15days of working from the boat.

When I get an offer from a competitor that includes all these perks, I might just consider switching jobs after all these years. Until that time, I?m staying put.

I'm retireing from the military in four months.. Were do I sign up for a job like that?

 

[MichaelP]

Re: Giving advice on career?

A quote from the worlds most interesting man on careers...."find the thing you don't do well, then don't do that thing"

 

[dingbat]

Re: Giving advice on career?

I'm retireing from the military in four months.. Were do I sign up for a job like that?

Here are the job requirements. Still want the job?

1. You spend more time on airplanes that you do in the family car
2. You?re basically on call 24/7
3. You?re a Platinum member with 3 hotel chains
4. You can't guarantee you'll be home any particular date more than a couple of days in advance
5. You drive over 60K miles a year
6. You?re on a first name basis with TSA at my local airport
7. Car rental counter agents know you by name
8. Your passport has more ?graffiti? on it than most inner city surfaces
9. You communicate with your kids more via text messaging than you do in person
10. You spend 10 days a year manning the company booth on the trade show circuit which suxs
11. You do at least 2- 2 week stints a years at our manufacturing facility in Germany.

 

[infideltarget]

Re: Giving advice on career?

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[Slide]

Re: Giving advice on career?

Input from an about-to-be college graduate here.

Unless your degree is specialized, such as engineering, technology, or a health degree, all it says to an employer is that you had the will and the drive to complete a 4-year degree. Not at all saying it is a waste to major in psychology, communications, what have you, but many of those people end up doing things that have nothing to do with their degree. Even some of the specialized people end up doing something entirely else - it's a crapshoot unless he knows exactly what he wants to do (100 bucks says he doesn't).

The internships are incredibly important too. The #1 thing companies look for is real experience, followed by leadership, communication skills, and relevant extracurriculars like professional societies. Resume building should be on his mind from the moment he steps on campus, because if you wait until your junior year, it's almost too late! Nobody wants to hire a faceless GPA.

I'm biased (in aerospace engineering) and I would say if he has any interest at all in the technical field, GO FOR IT. High technical skills make you universally employable. Working hard and fielding a rare skillset means employers will eventually be fighting over you, which can only be a good thing for you.

 

[jkust]

Re: Giving advice on career?

I'm biased (in aerospace engineering) and I would say if he has any interest at all in the technical field, GO FOR IT. High technical skills make you universally employable. Working hard and fielding a rare skillset means employers will eventually be fighting over you, which can only be a good thing for you.

If you want to literally write your own paycheck, earn as much as you'd ever have dreamed then become an actuary. You will operate at the highest levels in the company from your first day out of school or even as an actuarial intern. You will make the most important, highest level decisions, be in the highest of demand and can work from the moon if you wish. You will need to take many nearly impossible exams of which many will never pass to get your designations which will take you as long as it would to get your MD on the low end.