shall dedicate this post to all my friends out there who are either busy trying to secure their first job upon graduation, to those who are in the midst of adapting and adjusting from school to work life, and to those who are right at the edge considering of leaving for their second (better) job.
a long friend of mine once told me that our very first job is like our very first lover. the relationship is full of uncertainty, yet we get all excited over it. many questions pop up of no where and yet, we find them even harder to answer than those found in examinations.
one of the very first question, apart from 'what's the pay?', will be 'do i really like the job?'. similarly, 'do the job like me?' will my personalilty or character fit that job! haha, then we dwell on and start to question, do we really know and understand the job, just like you take months or years before you really understand your boy/girl. and before long, you start to wonder, do you really like the job, or you just need one.
its really not easy, just like finding the right boy/girl in our lives. of cos, we can job-hop, play philanderer, changing partner every now and then. the search is hard, especially when most of the time, we don't even know our own needs.
needs - some wants power, some want fame, while others want affliation. so which one do you want? i once read an article, regarding how we make decisions in our lives, hoping to share, and maybe can help you guys in some ways or another through this career crisis, regardless which stage you are in.
in the article, it simply divides our decision making into 4 components, and in different situations, we base our decisions on either 1 or 2 of the components. but yet, subconsciously, we all have 1 pre-dominant component, and is colour coded.
the green people - sensitive to emotions, wants to satisfy everyone's needs, people oriented, will base decision upon everyone's views. slow in decision making as time is spend to make everyone agree. opposite of red.
the red people - task oriented, work with experience and intution, wants things fast, ready to compromise with stuff of less importance. quick in building the big picture, yet neglect the details.
the blue people - logical, work with details, makes comparison, weighing advantages and disadvantages before any actions. good efforts with the tangible component, yet missing out intangible components which are just as valuable. opposite of yellow.
the yellow people - the happy-go-lucky ones that are always fine with everything and anything, believes in murphy's law that anything could happen, so there's no need to think so much, taking things as they come.
hmm, i don't know what colour you are, but probably, knowing what colour type of people suits the job, you can match your colour with it.
a long friend of mine once told me that our very first job is like our very first lover. the relationship is full of uncertainty, yet we get all excited over it. many questions pop up of no where and yet, we find them even harder to answer than those found in examinations.
one of the very first question, apart from 'what's the pay?', will be 'do i really like the job?'. similarly, 'do the job like me?' will my personalilty or character fit that job! haha, then we dwell on and start to question, do we really know and understand the job, just like you take months or years before you really understand your boy/girl. and before long, you start to wonder, do you really like the job, or you just need one.
its really not easy, just like finding the right boy/girl in our lives. of cos, we can job-hop, play philanderer, changing partner every now and then. the search is hard, especially when most of the time, we don't even know our own needs.
needs - some wants power, some want fame, while others want affliation. so which one do you want? i once read an article, regarding how we make decisions in our lives, hoping to share, and maybe can help you guys in some ways or another through this career crisis, regardless which stage you are in.
in the article, it simply divides our decision making into 4 components, and in different situations, we base our decisions on either 1 or 2 of the components. but yet, subconsciously, we all have 1 pre-dominant component, and is colour coded.
the green people - sensitive to emotions, wants to satisfy everyone's needs, people oriented, will base decision upon everyone's views. slow in decision making as time is spend to make everyone agree. opposite of red.
the red people - task oriented, work with experience and intution, wants things fast, ready to compromise with stuff of less importance. quick in building the big picture, yet neglect the details.
the blue people - logical, work with details, makes comparison, weighing advantages and disadvantages before any actions. good efforts with the tangible component, yet missing out intangible components which are just as valuable. opposite of yellow.
the yellow people - the happy-go-lucky ones that are always fine with everything and anything, believes in murphy's law that anything could happen, so there's no need to think so much, taking things as they come.
hmm, i don't know what colour you are, but probably, knowing what colour type of people suits the job, you can match your colour with it.
