Topic : Career Goals

Forward this on to all the Mums you know, in appreciation for everything they do on a daily basis, and let them know they are appreciated. :) 

 

MUM - JOB DESCRIPTION
This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way, no one would have done it!!!!  

  

 

POSITION :
Mother, Mum, Mama, Mommy, Ma

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs a couple of bucks . Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT &PROMOTION:
Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION:
Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS:
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.

 

I'm looking for some info about becoming a child abuse counselor.  My heart goes out to anyone that has ever had to deal with any kind of abuse.  If anyone has any info or knows where I can find some please let me know. Thanks!

Hi, I am a Graduate student and within 1 year I will have my MBA, my undergrad is in Business Marketing. This past holiday season in October, I took on a seasonal-part-time position with the second largest retailer next to Wal-Mart.  I've never worked in Fashion/Clothing Retail and I wanted to try it out, plus make some extra money for holiday gifts.  Well, I have done extremely well.  I sold probably 300 store credit within these first 3 months of service with this company and I thought I would never sell even 1! Needless to say, if it wasn't for me the store would not of met their goal. 

  

My frusteration is coming with the fact that all the Associate and Assistant Managers, Head of Store, and District Manager have been with the company 3-10 years!  Even though I have a lot more education than these Managers (I know for sure 3 out of the 4 have absolutley zero college), I feel like I can't compete with all their seniority. Upon my seasonal review, they told me they enjoyed working with me so much and wanted to talk to me at a later time about become "The Store Card Trainer". I asked for a raise and they said they are only given once a year in the summer. I am out sick today which means I lose the money I could of made today. I'm a little bitter because I want to go from seasonal-part-time to seasonal-full-time (at least 30 hrs/week.).  My college advisor tells me I must put my career on hold until I finish up my MBA within a year. Even though I'm not technically full-time, I still am scheduled full-time hours most of the quarter. 

  

I don't know what to do.  I feel embarrassed to work around all these other people with all my education and I don't even have any benefits or anything with this company other than a clothing discount, but I feel like I need the experience if I do want to ever move-up or apply at another job for a management position post-graduation. What should I do?! These seasoned employees act like all the education in the world doesn't make a difference to them, it's experience that counts. If it wasn't for me the store would not sell any store credit cards. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not the #1 seller of the whole company. 

  

Thank you for your insight. 

come down off your self imposed MBA high horse.  I personally would take experience over  an MBA anyday - why - I doubt that you have any experience except for summer.  When I was in retailing years ago - I found out that the people who knew what was going on were the ones who had spent time on the floor for at least 3 years and all the BAs and MBAs just coming in had no clue as to what was going on.   

  

You said one thing right - You do need the experience, and your degree won't give you that at all.  Look at Oramost a Phd on the Apprentice - caught Lying on camera, because she thought that 'she' had it all - and about Troy McClain the high schooler - he almost out did them all. 

  

Your not going to like me but I detect you have a lot of 'academia' and not much common sense. 

  

  

What does common sense have to do with "out-performing" everybody at my store and probably everybody in the company when it comes to store credit card sales? I probably do have more book sense than common sense, but I can't help that fact, but I also feel like I'm out-performing everybody else.  I just want what I deserve in life and all I do is give and give and companies take and take.  That's why I want to go into teaching!  Don't you see?! My card sales are making this company lots of money.  ie. Just say I open 20 cards each week with an $1100.00 credit limit. That's $22,000/week for that company or $1,144,000.00/year!  I believe advancement should be based on job performance and not seniority. That protects someone like me who has been in school approximately a decade of their life to be able to come into a company and fairly compete with all these employees who have been there since dirt! Look, I totally agree, if someone comes into the company with all this education and doesn't perform that's one thing, but I guarantee you, I've sold more cards then probably anyone ever has for the company.  It sounds like to me, you have loads of common sense but no "academic" sense.

I hold an AA degree in Accounting with 15 years of experience.  My degree gave me the basics, but it was the experience that taught me accounting, and how to read this and that.  Ok so you have good card sales - could be that that's what you should go into - Sales!  Too many companies want degree over experience or better yet - if you think you are that good - go independent. 

  

As far as academic sense - I would rather have tons of common/horse sense than rely upon academic sense.  On the apprentince when they had the book smarts vs street smarts - the street people were winning until they started infighting because of their egos.!!!!!  And the book smarts had to admit that they lacked creativity and street smarts.   

  

Retail is just not card sales - it's stocking, trends, customer service, etc, etc.  Based on what you say I don't think you have experience of much in any of these areas. 

  

If you can/have no problem with telling people to open a card - then maybe that's your field - remember successful people 'enjoy' what their doing - and you seem to enjoy this aspect of retailing - but remember - this is just one aspect. 

I will admit that I don't have much common sense, but there is nothing I can do about that, ya know? I do wish I had a better balance of street/book smarts, but I don't.  I know there is more to retailing than card sales because of all my education and the short time I've been there, too. I have thought about going into sales since I'm obviously good at that due to my great card sales! LOL I just thought at my age (36 in February) that I wouldn't be living paycheck to paycheck or be just "starting" in ANY type of career! I think where I live has a lot to do with it.  I live in the deep South and believe you me with all the hurricanes and economic unstability, not to mention, the sexism in the businesses around here, it's a wonder I'm doing this good! I'm also worried because I've never worked anywhere longer than 1 year and I've been fired from several jobs.  If you would of known me in high school, I was the most popular girl, Homecoming Queen, Cheerleader Captain, Student Council President, MVP of Basketball and Softball and Volleyball, etc... I should of done better than what I'm doing now.  I don't know what went wrong.  Don't get me wrong.  I do count my blessings.  I have a wonderful husband and a sense of pride just knowing that I'm still trying.  I'm worried about approaching 40 and then being discriminated against.  At the store I work with a 21 year old whom they seem to be just molding into management while I'm being overlooked.  I get frusterated and it makes me want to quit because "I know with this much education I could find another job..."  The problem is, I'm tired of always being the one looking for another job, or interviewing for one, or anytime I talk to friends and family I'm always somewhere new.  When will my life get the respect and admiration it deserves?!  I know it starts with me, but I'M TRYING, I REALLY AM!! 

tells me that you put sooo much emphasis on your degree - why??? 

  

Why don't you have much common sense, and yes there is something you can do about it.  Common sense to me is the ability to look at whatever and think now how was that accomplished or listening to people and LISTEN to them about how they made it and pitfalls they endured.   

  

All of those things you were in high school don't mean squat in the real wrold.  I hardly did anything in high school except fight for survival because I wouldn't be like everybody else.  Today I've almost 

got a website completed and in to a couple other things. 

  

Email me if you want. 

I am 26 years old and want to get a full-time job.  I'm tired of temp agencies and temporary jobs because they don't provide financial stability.  I want get off of this financial roller coaster. 

  

A part of me wants to be a medical assistant, another part wants to be a nutrition aide, and another part wants to start a canning business (jams and jellies).  I have an AA degree in Liberal Arts and don't know what I can do with that.  I have put in applications, taken clerical tests, and passed out resumes at job/career fairs for at least 5 months, yet I still don't have a full-time job. 

  

Most of my work experience has been as an office assistant.  I want to have a schedule that comes with the flexibility to where I can work full-time now,  work from home when the time comes for me to bear children,  and work part-time when the children start school. 

  

Many of my friends and relatives say that I should "sell my skills" in job interviews, but I don't like the thought of having to talk about my skills.  To me that is "bragging" and since I was taught not to brag & have a reserved type of personality, I really dislike being "in the spotlight".   I "talk" more thourgh actions and am, for the most part, a woman of few words.   

  

Also, I do not drive a vehicle for medical reasons, therefore public transportation is a definite priority when it comes to work location.  I don't know what to do. 

I read your profile and saw that you have been anti-social - you don't realize how much that facit comes thru in an interview - I know, I used to be semi anti too.  Why are/were you anti??? 

  

Do not discount temp angencies they can be very good.  Don't get too upset but some of us of years ago used to say a Liberal Arts degree was for people who didn't know what they wanted.  Right now you can not say you want this or that schedule - take what is offered.   

  

Your friends are right - if you don't sell yourself you get nowhere fast, and it isn't bragging it is stating your qualifications.  If you really dislike being in the spotlight - why do you want to have your own business - also being antisocial and being in business don't mix.  However being in business just might be your thing - you can then control your whatever, but remember everything then falls on your shoulders.  I do wish you luck, because you will find it.