by Bob Mcgill

Created on: January 07, 2009   Last Updated: March 01, 2010

It seems that much of what we do in our lives goes through the filter of trial and error yielding the best choices based upon our experiences. I have found this to be true in finding the a job, but have also found that stumbling from one job to the next hoping to find the best match is not the answer either. When looking for the best career match based upon your talents and personality makes sense it seems that this criteria are not always considered. We have all heard it said that most people hate going to their job so why should we be any different? In other words, we just have to deal with it. Now, if we live in a third world country where the only career choice is one notch above survival, then yes, there are not many choices for a career path. Even in a down turning economy that we are now experiencing there is still abundant opportunity. In fact sometimes losing our job can be the best thing that could happen to us! I will share with you what has recently happened to me. Perhaps my story can get you on the right career path as well.

Years ago when I found myself out of a job and looking for work I remember seeing an ad for a bank, looking for bank tellers. I thought to myself, now that looks like a nice relaxing job that I could really enjoy. Well, as it turned out that was the only job(until recently) that I was ever fired from. Once I got to actually do the work I found it was not for me at all. It is so easy to make the mistake of evaluating available jobs to feel that it looks like a great career choice for us. I made the same mistake since the bank job when I work as an underwriter for an insurance company for several years and more recently in the engineering field as a drafter. Both jobs looked like they would be a good fit, but shortly after getting into the work I felt that the corporate cubicle was suffocating me. I felt like a bored school boy on a sunny spring day looking with longing out the window of his boring classroom, longing for the bell to ring and waiting to be released to do the things he really wants to do.

Just before the holidays I was told in my engineering job that "my services were no longer required". Well, isn't that just great! Happy Holidays! I was shocked or course and upset but it didn't take too long to realize that being launched into the world of the unemployed is not a setback but an opportunity to reinvent myself. They did me a great favor by letting me go! What a chance to start over and do something I really

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