The Life of a Twenty-Something...growing up.

What Kind of Job Am I Looking For?

I kind of know the type of position I am looking for, yet I am having a great deal of trouble finding it….I don’t want to do menial office work.  Yet, I need a paycheck!!

Currently, I am sitting at Borders, reading books titled Get Hired Fast!, 200 Damn Good Resumes, 100+ Winning Answers to Interview Questions, and other such books to help me tweak my resume and find a fantastic job.  Yet, what does this job entail?

I want a job that isn’t simply a job—I want to make it a career. I am damn good at anything I attempt, save for sports (physically impossible for me!), and I am ridiculously competitive and will not settle being “average,” I have to be the best at everything…and I have the drive, passion, and focus to be.

What I love most is a challenge!  I love being challenged to achieve something, I enjoy the thrill and excitement of meeting deadlines, fast-paced, cut-throat deadlines where things absolutely have to be done by a certain date, and not just done, but done perfectly.  It’s what I’m good at.  I have always been a leader in everything, from school projects, to extracurricular activities, you name it.  I am not an idiot, and I can do almost anything.

I took a job quiz (yes I did!) and they suggested a bunch of cool things like Editor, Consultant, HR, Politician (Woo Hoo!), Financial Advistor, Advertising, and the like.  It was a cool line up of jobs, but it was so vast!  I think what I want to do, but never had the time to hone my skills at, is really become excellent at Graphic Design.  I remember in high school I would race home and spend hours perfecting my layouts—and they always looked so much better than the other boring yearbook layouts.  I always wanted something fresh and new.  I also volunteered at Quba Magazine for my Masjid, and there I had an incredible time designing layouts and creating aesthitcally pleasing things for people to look at.  I am just good at it, and I know I’d succeed at creating aesthetic ads or even working at as a creative director for a magazine.  I don’t even know how to tap into that business!  I plan on taking Photoshop classes this summer to make my skills better, and maybe even take some webdesign courses?  I have a creative mind, but I have never had the ability to hone these skills and use them.  I love art.

Another thing I would like to do is to be a columnist.  A columnist or a writer.  I feel I have a good voice, and my experiences are the kinds that many women can relate to.  I am an extreme grammar nazi, so I know that will help, too.  I just have an interesting, uninhibited POV and I can write interesting articles.  I wrote crap articles for the New U about random subjects like Cosmology and other horrible things…but those were done last minute and were ridiculously sloppy because I had little direction from the editors.  I don’t think they were THAT bad still, just not my best performance.

I also have an incredible ability to build and maintain relationships with people, so sales comes naturally to me.  I sound cocky, I know, but I don’t have to try incredibly hard to be good at sales.  It just happens.  So, naturally, if any people want me for sales I’d like to go in that direction.  However, much of the positions popping up now are in the Financial Sector and these positions generally do not offer a real, solid base salary.  That’s something I am just interested in working with.

What I would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to do is Event Planning and Coordination.  I think this is my dream job.  I would enjoy working as an event planner for any type of event—be it a wedding, a social function, a charity event…anything! I so hope I get the CAIR position iA!!!

Anyway, it is time for me to bounce and start job hunting a bit more!  :)  And fix up my RESUME!

PS there are some major scammy jobs out there! I refuse to ever walk door to door to get a job!