Stuck in the middle
I recently ended a 9 month stint of being on unemployment where I spent probably an average of 20 hours a week looking for a job. I would continuously run into situations where I was extremely overqualified or sadly under qualified for a large majority of the positions that I applied for. In total I applied for roughly 90 different jobs, I have about 15 iterations of my resume, and 20 or so cover letters floating around.
I had to take a job with Resolve, a local call center which has approximately 600 employees. Training for this job has given me flashbacks to a time in my life 5 years ago when I started at another company in Calgary for the same rate of pay and essentially doing the exact same thing. So I continue to ask myself have I really made any progress, did I essentially just waste 5 years of my life gaining varying skills to lead me to a job that I could have done out of high school? I feel eternally stuck in this middle of the road scenario of not having enough knowledge in the realm of computers to get into something more challenging, but I have way too much knowledge to feel challenged by most problems. I could go back to school, but pushing back my life for 2 to 4 years plus adding another massive student loan debt just does not seem like a viable option.
So where does that leave me? Stuck in yet another call center? For the time being it seems so. That also begs the question what do I really want to do with my life? My dream job? I have a fairly clear picture of what I want to do. I would love to run a company/organization where I would be able to provide a place for troubled youth a place to gain employment experience, income and life skills. I would more than likely make it non-profit. What this would look like in more detail is something I can't answer at this moment.
I know my blog is only read by a very small amount of people if any, but if anyone out there is looking for a good employee and is willing to take a chance on someone with my skills and experience please contact me.
Attached is my resume
I had to take a job with Resolve, a local call center which has approximately 600 employees. Training for this job has given me flashbacks to a time in my life 5 years ago when I started at another company in Calgary for the same rate of pay and essentially doing the exact same thing. So I continue to ask myself have I really made any progress, did I essentially just waste 5 years of my life gaining varying skills to lead me to a job that I could have done out of high school? I feel eternally stuck in this middle of the road scenario of not having enough knowledge in the realm of computers to get into something more challenging, but I have way too much knowledge to feel challenged by most problems. I could go back to school, but pushing back my life for 2 to 4 years plus adding another massive student loan debt just does not seem like a viable option.
So where does that leave me? Stuck in yet another call center? For the time being it seems so. That also begs the question what do I really want to do with my life? My dream job? I have a fairly clear picture of what I want to do. I would love to run a company/organization where I would be able to provide a place for troubled youth a place to gain employment experience, income and life skills. I would more than likely make it non-profit. What this would look like in more detail is something I can't answer at this moment.
I know my blog is only read by a very small amount of people if any, but if anyone out there is looking for a good employee and is willing to take a chance on someone with my skills and experience please contact me.
Attached is my resume
posted by Unknown @ 5/24/2007 07:27:00 PM
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