The Perfect Job
Some people have called me a dreamer, an idealist and maybe even behind my back – unrealistic. You see, for the past two years I have relentlessly pursued the perfect role for myself. As employers interviewed me, inside my mind, I was also interviewing them with my own set of criteria. Some of my requirements for this perfect job included having my creativity challenged, the role be meaningful to society, and that I wouldn’t do many tedious (aka ‘boring’) tasks. Oh, and I have to be passionate for the field.
You may recognize some of these things in your own list because they are pretty common. Perhaps you have thought that your current job is not up to par, and you comfort yourself by saying that it is a building step towards that job held high above the pedestal. So we truck along, hoping that one day we could find that elusive work that “doesn’t feel like work”. [...]
