Replies to 'Career Goals'

I have had to repak myself.  I am 59.  My background is finance/accounting.  For about the past 10 years +/_ I have been fired from almost every job I had due to the fact that altho I was hired to let them know what the situation was, when it came down to it the owners didn't want to know the truth.

So what did I do, after I read this book, I decided to first get a job because I need to eat, live, etc, etc, etc,.  I then decided to take all my drive, determination, and use it for myself.  I also took my experience in my field and turned that field slightly around while keeping it in the same ballpark.

I am now in the midst of starting my own thing.  Has it been easy - it hasn't been hard - just took time and a little more than I thought,  the thing is to keep yourself FOCUSED!!!  AND Not Give Up!!!

I'm re-quoting myself, I know. I'm seeing more messages that address this issue EXACTLY.  We're educated.  Maybe we've been blessed to do that dream job once or twice. Why can't we get that job we NEED to do to keep our families fed and housed??  I'm willing to clean toilets for a living wage, ferheavenssake!  But the employment experience on my resume--and I won't give up telling the truth--is mostly computery stuff.

Meanwhile, I'm an office volunteer at a wonderful non-profit organization that helps heal families.  It's keeping my dignity up, and I get to do the simple, helpful things once upon a time someone was willing to pay me to do: fold and stuff mailings, prepare training binders--jobs like that.  It's a joy.  It's a blessing.  It's awfully good for the Karma...