The unemployment in this country is 9%. I'm (un)happy to report that I've done more than my share in the past year to contribute statistically. I've done my time as a number.
I hear it all the time...Get A Job. Even my own kids like to use my unemployed status as a TKO. "You don't have a job, mom". Hey, guess what? You still have more of everything than you need and WAY more than you deserve, so shut it!! I am up at 6am most days and doing my job search as if it were a job. And it is.
But I've grown tired of the job search and now it's time to re-define how to do this.
Yesterday I sent my resume for a job with my "dream company"...The International Society of Arboriculture. The world headquarters are located in Champaign, IL where Mike lives...the first time I visited Champaign, I passed the offices of the ISA. The drool coming out of my mouth at the mere sight of that unassuming little building was enough to drown myself and the kids in the car as we drove by. Working for the ISA would be amazing, but my guess there are a ton of other people who are thinking the very same thing.
There must be a way to re-define this again.
So, like any super-inspired job seeker, I Googled it.
What I found was intriguing. The man's name is Jeff D. Opdyke and he wrote a really interesting piece about how he defined his dream job. And then he told everyone about it until he found it. The foundation of his article was that your dream job may well not exist...except in the mind of someone, somewhere. And they may be in the same boat...they have an amazing idea for new direction but no one to manage it. Eventually, this guy received a phone call from a company who wanted him to do what he wanted to do...and a dream was fulfilled for two people.
My dream job is to combine my two passions: environmental education and trees. I want to be more than a community forester or a consulting arborist. I want to work professionally, educating people on how trees work and why arboriculture, silviculture, agriforestry and dendrology in general are all so important. Time to perfect this in a letter, hone the resume, and start sending it out out to whomever will pay attention!
Time to do more than look at the trees...time to shake the crap out of them!
You can read Mr. Opdyke's article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB128001685283920691.html
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