One of the suggestions many of the job hunt books I’ve scanned have is to have at least three different job hunting techniques. By only using one or two techniques, they surmise, can lead a job hunter to disappointment, disillusionment, and ultimately a loss of hope that one will ever find meaningful employment ever again. So I’ve been treading carefully bopping between networking, working with recruiters (temp agencies), doing online searches, and taking some classes to hone my skills. Professionally, the only successful career transitions I have ever made have been with temp agencies. While I may not find the work the most rewarding, I do find that I tend to do well in the positions they place me in, and the pay is always better than unemployment.
This week (week 3, 17 more to go!) has lead to some opening among temp agencies, where I get a call from an agency, they rattle off some job description, and ask if I’m okay with them throwing my resume in. I always say ‘sure!’ I’m really can’t turn anything down, even if the work is just making copies and typing with my toes.
From prior temping experience, I know it’s difficult to keep my job hunt up, and I can no longer count on recruiters to find something better for me. Recruiters help get your foot in the door, to apply for a ‘real’ position with in mega-conglomeration corporations. But one cannot trust a recruiter to find a dream job. So tomorrow I start flipin’ copies again, and maybe on the purple line continue to do the work of figuring out what my “dream job” might be. Perhaps one of these mega-conglomeration corporations will have a position that will be good enough for now.
I leave you with this question, is there such thing as a “dream job”? Or is it like a unicorn, a myth we tell children to keep them in school? Or in this economy is it more of an endangered species, they used to exist but have all been killed off?
I think it's a myth. And Oprah plays a big part of pushing the myth. She must get a cut of the proceeds or something.
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