Topic : Career Goals

I am a 46 year old stay-at-home mom of 2 and I work at home for a company called AmeriPlanUSA. They are awesome to work for. I absolutely love it! I was in the Air Force for 13 years when my husband (who is retired Air Force) and I decided to have kids. So, I got out. As my kids got older, I felt a need to go back to work, but I didn't want to leave my kids.  And besides that, my paycheck would have just gone to childcare.  So I searched for 2 years for something legit and finally found what I was looking for. My husband helps me with it also and soon he will be able to quit his job and be home with us. And then we both will have a career at home. This is a totally fantastic feeling.  

  

 

Laurie

  

 

I am looking for advice on how to start my own retail shop.  What steps you first have to take to get the money to refund it etc.  I want to own a shop that help woman make themselves feel better dealing with cancer (chemotherapy also after chemo etc).  Womens needs, wigs, outerwear, innerwear, hats etc.  Any advice would be much appreciated.  I have seen some post where some of the women have owned their own businesses and would like their advice. 

  

Thank you, 

Rayken 

I'm a guy so I hope you won't mind. 

  

What you are doing is Admiral, however I think that it would be best if you undertook this as a non-profit and found someone who could write you a grant for the money.  Be mindful that when you use 

grant money you have to use the money exactly what you say you will use it for And you are allowed 

to take a salary - just don't make it $100,000. 

  

Rog 

I would like sb to give me an advice if you could. I am 28, and I have started a career in teaching 3 years ago. When I first started, I liked in this job human contact and the feeling that one is really doing sth worth the hard work. But today, these things are not enough anymore. I am feeling worn out by the human side of this job. I can't prevent myself from trying too hard to make my students feel the importance of getting good education. It seems to me like I'm drawning and struggling against the will of these teans. I guess I'm just not strong enough, or maybe that I just fail to be objective and emotionally detached from my job. I'm feeling older, stressed out and empty. But the most 2 things I really can't stand about my job, is that the objectives set by the ministry of Education in my country are just disconnected from the reality, which makes them impossible to achieve, so I always feel that I failed in doing my job right. And the second thing is that my career plan is just stagnating and will probably be so for a long time, and that makes me feel that I'm not gratified in any way. This is why I believe that I should look for another job in another field. I don't know if this is the best thing to do, but I'm sure that if I don't do it now, in few years it will be too late and I'll regret it. Can you help me think right? What do you think I should do?  

I just want to add that I really and honestly believe that the strongest people nad the real heros these days are definitly teachers, but the good and honest ones, those who do their jobs right. Hommage to them. 

I am a 53 year old woman and I lost my job last Oct. because I had to take time off to nurse my husband back to health after he nearly died.  I don't mind that I lost that particular job but I can't seem to find another one now that my husband is better and doesn't need me home all the time.  I have gone to four temp agencies and still nothing.  Last year I was fortunate enough to have my first book published.  I intend to make these a series for children, continuing with the main character from the first book.  The problem is that I have made a whole $13 dollars from the first one and obviously can't live on that!  I do hope to get even a temp job while working on the rest of the series, but need to figure out how to make ends meet in the meantime.  I have tried work at home stuff, but none of it panned out.  Any suggestions? I have thought about maybe doing a colum or something like that, but don't know how to get in the door.

 I am having a hard time understanding what my effect my personality has on me being unable to hold down a job.  I have an MBA in marketing.  I have not been able to find any high level jobs so I have taken low level admin jobs and I keep getting fired.  The last one the owner of the company said I was too agressive.  I was out of work for a year before I got my last job and that only lasted 3 months.  Before I went back to school to get my MBA at age 50 I had a very successful career in the Air Force.  I wanted more - what I really wanted was what I had in the Air Force - a job with responsibility and prestige, but so far I have been unable to find that.  I am so scared now because I really need a job to survive and don't know what to do. 

Sometimes it seems that the Military gives people a lot of job responsibilities that just don't match what the civilian sector can offer.  My husband retired from the Air Force 8 years ago, and has been lucky enough to find positions that wanted responsible people, not just a person to fill a space in an office.  But, there was still something missing, and we think it was the ability to try to control his future a bit more.   Have you considered starting your own business, home base or other, to give yourself the challenges you may be looking for?  There are a lot of opportunities out there.  We were lucky enough to find a homebase business with a company to be involved with..  And we've not looked back since. The feeling is so rewarding with what we do.  Maybe your own business where you answer to only you, would give you what you're looking for?  If you are ever interested in what we do, just go to my profile and email me.  Hope you find what you are looking for.  Take care. 

 

Laurie

  

 

 

 

I hear what your saying.  I am 59 and have been fired also.  I also agree with Laurie(laurie I sent you an email and it came back). 

  

The military and civilian world are different.  There are two words in your blog that are the key telling 

points of why your having trouble.  The first one is aggresive - not in all places, but this is viewed by 

one too many businesses as a Negative - I know because I am.  The other word that really bothers 

me is 'prestige'.  Very few companies of today that I have read are willing to put a newcomer in a  

Prestige job in the beginning. 

  

Laurie is right if you are aggressive the best bet is to go out on your own.  I myself signed up for Expericnce works and they are helping me Also I am doing things on my own because I am too this 

and too that. 

  

Do not let any of this get to you At All. 

  

Rog 

Dear Laurie - Pls tell me more...ie, what is it that makes you think your personality has so much to do with your keeping and/or getting a job?  II am interested because in about a month I will be beginning a job search in my new town.  I am a bit (A LOT)aprehensive because at my last job it seems I just did not click with my coworkers.  My 3-month review was done by peers and many of them said I was too quiet.  Some said I asked too many questions, did not take care of internal problems by myself.  Then others said I did not ask enough questions.  I left there feeling really sad, depleted and just plain confused.  I want my next job to be a great experience but I am gunshy now. 

Tell me more about being 'too this and too that' will you?  I feel the same way about myself in the workplace.