I guess it’s been about 8 months or so since I’ve been in the “corporate” world i.e. a regular 9-5 job. Just took some time off to put my energy into more “creative” areas of my choice.
So, contemplating jumping back into the rat race, maybe some can relate to these obstacles.. at first, you only apply to jobs in your “field”. Forty-five days go by, then you start applying to jobs requiring any skills you have at all. Four or five months later, you apply to every kind of job, if its work and it pays, you will do it, within reason. At that point, you realize you gotta start getting creative. Nobody seems to be throwing you a bone, you’re not sure what approach to take…
After awhile, you’ve applied to so many types of jobs, with no response, no results, you start to wonder… can I still even perform the tasks and skills I used 8 months ago? You may even avoid applying to jobs that may seem too hard, you’ve stopped believing in your abilities THAT much. You feel like you may need Continuing Ed in the simplest of things. When so much time passes by, and finally, you get that call for an interview. Let’s say for a simple receptionist position. Why do you feel stomach knots of anticipation??
You forget about the experience you may have, or whether you used to be high payed or held a management position in the past, you’re just in a fluster over this receptionist interview. Its a crazy crazy feeling. Eight months may not seem like a long time to be out of work, but in the end, it messes with your head. Big time.
You question your abilities and yourself…am I really a tiger? Katt Williams made a pretty interesting analogy about taking a tiger out of the wild and putting him in captivity, after awhile, the tiger even starts to question himself. Take a listen -> American Zoo
I just like the approach you took with this topic. It is not every day that you just discover a subject so concise and enlightening.