Accepting a Job You Don't Really Want

I often disagree with the so-called experts in this field and this topic is certainly one of them.

Purists in ivory towers see the job search as some sort of academic exercise that if followed will eventually get you the job you truly want and are qualified for. The problem with this pie in the sky approach is that it eliminates the human factor such as having to eat and having to support ones self and family.

Working is all about surviving in this challenging world. It's about paying the bills and hopefully feeling good and having fun at the same time.

During my many job searches, I was often faced with the reality that a job was available for me that I was not anxious to have and no job was available that truly met my needs and desires. I called the former "insurance jobs" because like insurance they enabled me to pay the bills, keep my house, cloth the kids and keep on trucking. In the meantime, whjile working my hardest and best, I was out there during all my spare time looking for that truly special job.

The end result was that I never lost a house, always satisfied the economic needs of my wife and kids and lived a respectible and in many ways a joyous life. Who knows what would have happened if I would have waited and waited until I hit the exact target.

So here's the bottom line...when you are out of work, seek employment far and wide. That includes anwering ads for jobs that you know you can do but don't like as well as jobs you can do that you will like. Depending on the timing, you may have to accept the former but that's life. and if yoiu do your very best at that lesser job you never know where that will lead you.