tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post5649839805743575389..comments2024-02-21T07:58:44.752-05:00Comments on The Great Umbrella Heist: Career AdviceSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856102708963900512noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-87253806180081204242016-10-04T15:57:16.936-04:002016-10-04T15:57:16.936-04:00I've come back to this post a couple times and...I've come back to this post a couple times and just wanted to thank you for writing it. I am not quite in the working world yet; I am a graduate student in astronomy. Even still, I find what you wrote very applicable. I often feel lost or overwhelmed in the office, or intimidated by just how much people seem to know. Following your 9th point though, I started having lunch at the cafeteria a little more often. Since then, I've been getting to know some of the professors and post docs that I otherwise would not interact with much. Getting to know them in a casual setting has helped to remind me that they are just people, too, and were once where I am now. So thank you for sharing what you've learned. It's really helped me a lot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160694852325291343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-46754725640770608072016-09-18T06:27:12.233-04:002016-09-18T06:27:12.233-04:00I'm also number 2. I am 30 and have had quite ...I'm also number 2. I am 30 and have had quite a few jobs. One was doing event security - a part time and very flexible job but it was really hard to drive to Los Angeles from where I live every weekend (80 miles away). So I got a job working at my college. This I did for years but then they were only accepting student workers on financial aid and I didn't receive it. Plus, it was more of a temporary position. I did some sign waving along with the college job and then solo. Then I worked at Walmart and was wrongly fired 13 months later, despite having a perfect (beyond, really) evaluation. Then I was hired at a dance studio where I still teach two and a half years later. I worked at a vape shop for a year alongside that but got a new manager who hired two 18 year old kids and gave them more hours and treated them better despite my sales being better so I ended up quitting, but only once I had another job lined up...which is the first job I listed. I'm back doing security. Ten years after I stopped booking work with them, they now have shuttles to take us if the job is out of the county. I plan on staying. So I am back at the first job (I was there for two years) and am still teaching at the dance studio. haha. It's been an interesting ride. I want to own my own studio eventually and teach college dance but until then, I'll more than likely stay put. <br /><br />That was long. I'm tired. I just got off the security job at 1:30am. At least I have a lot of experience, right? BearikaBallerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01657897405629411191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-53624090683218682262016-08-21T16:53:03.667-04:002016-08-21T16:53:03.667-04:00And definitely if you relocate!And definitely if you relocate!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856102708963900512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-70581949833689930802016-08-21T16:52:23.210-04:002016-08-21T16:52:23.210-04:00I should have added a note regarding #2. This is d...I should have added a note regarding #2. This is definitely specific to tax. I can see where in other fields moving around and gaining different experience would be for in your favor. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856102708963900512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-149254309387547042016-08-21T14:47:00.557-04:002016-08-21T14:47:00.557-04:00I follow you on Instagram and this is the first ti...I follow you on Instagram and this is the first time I've commented on your blog, though I've read you for years now! This is a great list, but I disagree with number two - unfortunately in this job market, people get laid off or have to leave jobs a lot earlier than they want to. My longest job duration has been three years because of layoffs or just a bad work environment for me personally. I also work in a field that is pretty prone to layoffs, so your mileage may vary on this, I understand, but I would have loved to stay longer at those jobs I loved. I would hate to think that people would label me as a job-hopper, but I'm sure they do. It rankles, though, because a lot of the times I hopped jobs, it wasn't my choice to do so!<br /><br />However, your advice about learning yourself how to advance is a really good one. I have a great manager right now who is telling me the same things and offering me resources to learn. I really, really appreciate that!<br /><br />LizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-18068412842944800192016-08-19T03:31:02.778-04:002016-08-19T03:31:02.778-04:00This is brilliant. I am going to show it to my eld...This is brilliant. I am going to show it to my elder daughter who would be well advised to take it to heart as she starts her career. I've had a varied career in my thus far 35 year working life from working in finance, to becoming a nursery school teacher to latterly Archivist at our local Pier here in Clevedon, North Somerset,England, but most of those rules apply whatever job you do wherever you live. I think that here in the UK the vagaries of the job market means that people do/are forced to job hop rather more more frequently than in the U.S. but it is an accepted fact of life and not seen as a negative. My husband worked as a permanent employee for the first 20 years of his working life, but after being made redundant (as commonly happens here once you hit 40 - (better for a company's pension pot) decided to "go contracting" as it's called here taking up short term renewable contracts. He works in I.T. and these days, because of the tax laws, takes up a new short term contract roughly every 4 years and it works very well for us. It's interesting how the work culture varies from country to country but still... the basic rules of work conduct apply!<br /><br />Fantastic post!Jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869217310768986062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707332630639933436.post-13619844955257326202016-08-18T11:17:18.783-04:002016-08-18T11:17:18.783-04:00All good advice. I am No 2 but I have also lived i...All good advice. I am No 2 but I have also lived in Delaware, Conn., PA and Vermont since I started my working life. So gotta change jobs if you change states.Brennan Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614120688659955130noreply@blogger.com