Achievements
So I have been looking for a job since this summer. I have a friend that has been helping me in my job search. So a job came up the other day, and he suggested that I apply for. I do not feel that I am qualified for the job, so he offered to punch up my resume and help out on a cover letter. Then he told me to e-mail the achievements I have had. And that start me thinking.
For me I have my degree from Arizona State University in Political Science, which I earned in 2008. There was the full time mission that I served for my church in Ireland from 1988 to 1990. I do have my Eagle from Boy Scouts that I earned in 1987. And there are the trophies that I won while racing and the two from softball.
Don't get me wrong I am proud of what I have done, but in the business world now, it does not amount to a lot. But as I sat there thinking about what I have done I was thinking that what use to be achievements really are not achievements anymore. And this made me wonder where our standards where.
Loyalty
One, was loyalty to work. I heard on the radio the other day that the average person stays at there job about 3 years. I also read a friends post about when he started at Motorola it was more like a family business. Anyone that worked there 25 years could not be fired unless by the CEO. That the money was freely shared and that bonus were seen a lot. But over time that changed.
For me, I spent 16 and 1/2 years at the same business. They let me set my schedule around my school schedule. I started there at 5 dollars and hour in 1992. It was my second time at a plumbing company. And only my fifth job I ever had. When I came close to my finishing my degree, they came to me and offered me a better job in the company. But at that time was also the housing crisis, and with in a month the offer was rescinded, and with 3 months I was the only one left working in the warehouse, with reduced hours. And with in the year I was laid off.
The sad thing is that I did not know that my loyalty would hurt me down the road. That my new found freedom to use my degree would some what be hurt for the 17 years I spent in one field. While I was working 60 plus hours in the summer, others in Political Science were interning around the country and even out of the country. That even when I applied for warehouse jobs, that I was over priced, even though I would work for less. And when I applied for jobs I wanted, I was not qualified.
Marriage
As mine has just ended, I do not think that the institution of marriage is that respected. I made it 21 years and for many that is unheard of these days. When did marriage become like a thing you get out of a vending machine. Are there 1/2 off sales of the second marriage licence? And then there are those that would say lets just live together, like Kirk Russell and Goldie Hawn. Maybe I have no room to talk here, but wasn't a long marriage some what a goal at one time.
Maybe I was born in the wrong age. Maybe I am old fashion. But to these two things really count for anything any more?
For me I have my degree from Arizona State University in Political Science, which I earned in 2008. There was the full time mission that I served for my church in Ireland from 1988 to 1990. I do have my Eagle from Boy Scouts that I earned in 1987. And there are the trophies that I won while racing and the two from softball.
Don't get me wrong I am proud of what I have done, but in the business world now, it does not amount to a lot. But as I sat there thinking about what I have done I was thinking that what use to be achievements really are not achievements anymore. And this made me wonder where our standards where.
Loyalty
One, was loyalty to work. I heard on the radio the other day that the average person stays at there job about 3 years. I also read a friends post about when he started at Motorola it was more like a family business. Anyone that worked there 25 years could not be fired unless by the CEO. That the money was freely shared and that bonus were seen a lot. But over time that changed.
For me, I spent 16 and 1/2 years at the same business. They let me set my schedule around my school schedule. I started there at 5 dollars and hour in 1992. It was my second time at a plumbing company. And only my fifth job I ever had. When I came close to my finishing my degree, they came to me and offered me a better job in the company. But at that time was also the housing crisis, and with in a month the offer was rescinded, and with 3 months I was the only one left working in the warehouse, with reduced hours. And with in the year I was laid off.
The sad thing is that I did not know that my loyalty would hurt me down the road. That my new found freedom to use my degree would some what be hurt for the 17 years I spent in one field. While I was working 60 plus hours in the summer, others in Political Science were interning around the country and even out of the country. That even when I applied for warehouse jobs, that I was over priced, even though I would work for less. And when I applied for jobs I wanted, I was not qualified.
Marriage
As mine has just ended, I do not think that the institution of marriage is that respected. I made it 21 years and for many that is unheard of these days. When did marriage become like a thing you get out of a vending machine. Are there 1/2 off sales of the second marriage licence? And then there are those that would say lets just live together, like Kirk Russell and Goldie Hawn. Maybe I have no room to talk here, but wasn't a long marriage some what a goal at one time.
Maybe I was born in the wrong age. Maybe I am old fashion. But to these two things really count for anything any more?
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