It’s July and I have another 3 months to spend with the kids before go back to work. WORK!!!
I still remember days when I finished my final year and started to look for jobs. It was so hard then to find a suitable job. Most of the company I went, refused to take me as their Civil Engineer because I was a girl. Most of them preferred men. And when I went to ‘lower level’ of employment, they also refused because I had a good qualification, they said I would find a better job.
So I spent 7 months doing nothing. Oh, it was something, I did gardening 😀
Being unemployed was the most critical time and put me at the lowest point in my life. Jobless and no money. Luckily I still had my parents around and it wouldn’t make me die starving.
So every Saturday I bought The Star to get its employment section. Went to several interviews 😀
Luckily after I came back from umrah in June 2006, I got an offer letter from the company where I am picking my salary currently. After I reported my duty then I got several other offer letters. JKR, Jabatan .. apebenda tah lupa dah hehe. But because of the bonding I stick to the company la, until maybe my 55 (ke 56? lupa sudah) if I happen to make housing loan with the company
And I started to face ups and downs in my career. I was left without any projects in 2006, then transferred to Sarawak in 2007, doing something not related to my previous job, and now waiting for the letter to continue my service in KL again.
So now I am thinking, when I go back to work, will it about JOB or CAREER? According to answers.com, JOB defined as :A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one’s trade, occupation, or profession. and CAREER as :A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation. The general course or progression of one’s working life or one’s professional.
See the different?
Job associated with ROUTINE and PAYMENT, while career is about PURSUE and PROGRESS.
Definitely. Have a job and make it better for a career. So we won’t work for money alone, but for satisfaction, personal development and ambition. So we invest more in integrity rather than selling ourselves cheap for extra money.
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