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heathergirl
Cocktail Time!
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American mouth
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How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
I took a job w/a GREAT company but I have been stuck in this dept. w/NO advancement whatsoever. Every time I try to move up w/in the company, I get shot down. It is taking a toll on me professionally, emotionally and personally. I keep "plugging along" as one dept. head told me but I am reaching my absolute breaking point.
And to make matters worse, people around me IN my department are moving up because of family connections (mom's boyfriend, gilfriend's dad) and they are younger than me and without 1/10 of the skill/education/experience I have.
I am feeling SO defeated right now.
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Posted 12/1/10 3:04 PM  |
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jfa8610
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Jennifer
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Re: How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
i felt the EXACT same way at work........Im still applying and interviewing to get out though and its been about a yr and a half
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| Posted 12/1/10 9:29 PM |
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cateyemm
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Re: How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
i hate to say it but even if its a so called great company, you seem to be stunted with no chances for advancement. As crappy as it sounds, I'd look elsewhere. You can work in a great company and have a bad job and you can work in a bad company and have a great job (like me lol)
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| Posted 12/2/10 10:15 AM |
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heathergirl
Cocktail Time!
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American mouth
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Re: How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
Posted by cateyemm
i hate to say it but even if its a so called great company, you seem to be stunted with no chances for advancement. As crappy as it sounds, I'd look elsewhere. You can work in a great company and have a bad job and you can work in a bad company and have a great job (like me lol)
I just wouldn't even know where to begin.
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| Posted 12/2/10 12:44 PM |
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cateyemm
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Re: How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
Posted by heathergirl
Posted by cateyemm
i hate to say it but even if its a so called great company, you seem to be stunted with no chances for advancement. As crappy as it sounds, I'd look elsewhere. You can work in a great company and have a bad job and you can work in a bad company and have a great job (like me lol)
I just wouldn't even know where to begin.
why? what kind of career do you have? what other options do you have with your experience and education?
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| Posted 12/2/10 12:50 PM |
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heathergirl
Cocktail Time!
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American mouth
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Re: How do you deal w/career and professional setbacks?
Posted by cateyemm
Posted by heathergirl
Posted by cateyemm
i hate to say it but even if its a so called great company, you seem to be stunted with no chances for advancement. As crappy as it sounds, I'd look elsewhere. You can work in a great company and have a bad job and you can work in a bad company and have a great job (like me lol)
I just wouldn't even know where to begin.
why? what kind of career do you have? what other options do you have with your experience and education?
I have a BA in History/Art History and PD certidication Nutrition/Neutraceutical Research...I have a feeling in order to do what I want I'm going to need to go back to school.
Ideally, I want to get paid to research and write. I sort of do that now, but in a very limited scope.
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| Posted 12/2/10 4:07 PM |
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