For my entire working career I have measured myself against what the company wants from me, meaning what was their evaluation of my skills. I have continuously met objectives, shown initiatives by starting beneficial programs. I have always felt that my efforts went unappreciated, I felt stifled and upset. And every year I vowed to do better in order to get appreciated. But then I had an epiphany a slight change in out look.
As you know a couple weeks ago I gave up hope that I would continue to grow and head down a promising a career path with my company. So I dusted out my resume and filled out a number of job applications. I realized something I was impressed by my accomplishments given the crap that I have been put through. Then this thought jumped into my head waiting on the elevators thinking how awesome google sounded as a company!
Maybe it’s not that I am average or mediocre maybe it is the company that I work is the problem. When I was looking for a job/ career after college I did not care where I worked in as long as I had a job that paid me an ok salary. I did not take the time to assess whether the company was a good fit for me. I did not look at my skills and compared it to the company vision. I just wanted a job and the Oil and Gas industry paid pretty well.
That got me thinking about university… Did I really care what school I went too, for me the list of criteria was as follows
· In the North East
· In the top 100 schools
· Offered Bioengineering
· Willing to accept me
And although I went to a brilliant school I hated it! I did everything possible to get out as soon as possible. In a time when College students were taken more than the expected 4 year I graduated in 3. Wasting a lot of opportunity to discover myself or take different classes that would have allowed me to grow.
So now that I am about to embark on this second phase in my career. I am taking to the time to evaluate every opportunity and determine whether it’s the right fit for me!
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