Deflating Job Ego or I Went to College for This?
I read an eye opening post by Amoura Rose regarding job ego. I loved it so much, I added it to my writing Journal so I could refer it to it from time to time when I need a little encouragement.
This article would have been a life saver if I was able to read it 6 years ago when I began my career journey, but it’s still just as relevant now.
For those of you munching sour grapes about your career prospects, Ms. Rose offers a bittersweet and encouraging story about how she came to acquire a job she loved. She wasn’t always in the luxury beauty market and was forced, actually, to gain some professional experience by taking a job that included making coffee and doing dishes for people who probably thought she was an idiot (did I mention, she already had an MBA at this point?)
Bad jobs
are
only like
jail if you
don’t give
yourself the keys
to leave.
Ms. Rose only confirms the notion that education is not the deciding factor when it comes to landing a job you want. Sure, education helps, but it can’t mean much when there’s no experience in which to layer it (or give it context).
Also, keep in mind that some employers (or employees) may, unintentionally, hold it against you if you went to college or have an alphabet soup of degrees on your resume. This is not to suggest that those groups don’t value education, however, they are much more likely to stereotype you as the typical over educated, under experienced, egotistical Gen Y brat.
Jobs are not a life sentence. Throughout your career, however, you may have some pretty crappy jobs. Nevertheless, don’t think for a minute that any of them are beneath you. For whatever reason, you are right where you are supposed to be to learn whatever lessons you need to learn so you can move on (or up).
Imagine your journey as various episodes of “Quantum Leap” (for all you sci-fi fans out there), with the exception that there’s no Al giving you valuable hints about your future or what to do next. You can’t really “jump” to the next adventure until you learn the appropriate moral, complete a certain task or understand a much-needed lesson.
So, if you are answering phones, delivering mail, making coffee or just busy being the all-around office grunt take solace in remembering that it’s only temporary and look forward to leaping to a new and different path once the time is right.
I will never forget the day I walked onto a job to have my coworker remark, “I hear you went to Stanford. They rejected me,” and walk away!
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LOL, I’ve had similar things happen. When I tell people I went to a lib arts school on the East coast, they only remark how expensive they think it is and walk away. It makes me wonder why someone would have a chip on their shoulder about that after all this time?