Job advice

[Tanzibar83]

Hey girls,

not posted in here before so here it goes. I work in IT and ever since leaving the easiest job at the company (taking calls from customers and fixing their machines) it just seems to get harder and harder. I've progressed into a good role but I just don't match up to the other members of the team and constantly feel like I'm out of my depth. I know it's a learning curve and that in theory it gets easier with time but I just feel like I'm going the opposite way and cause of that feeling I feel like a bit fat fraud (when I've been moving up the ladder and going for interviews I've been beating people to the positions - now I feel I should tell my boss to go and re-pick them).


every now and again I go through these phases where I'm determined to leave the company (I'm not a long termer when it comes to work and have lost all passion for anything IT related) I've been sat in this phase now for 2 days.

Little things are just bugging me more and more these days too, my DH also works for the same company so our colleagues see us as one unit which irritates me. I am at a point in my life where I can just happily sit in a stagnant job and do the same thing day in day out for years - I'm not a thinker, I'm a do-er if that makes sense so I never really put across my knowledge that well anyway and right now I just feel really sorry for myself!

I am thinking of becoming a nanny but not sure what that entails, does anyone know how to get into that line of work?

 

[Timid]

As a woman in a male-dominated section of my industry (which is also technical) I have some personal experience in this area, and see quite a bit of what you're going through first hand - I'm now an employer and I like to think I hire fairly.

So, my advice to you is.... HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR OWN ABILITIES. You've been hired for the job because of who YOU are and how well you came across in the interview... maybe you're positive and have a great personality and can motivate others - maybe you're not necessarily the best at the job technically but have other great redeeming qualities - not every job is filled by someone who is an exact fit for the role.

I've recently hired someone who is a little 'green' shall we say, but she's got a great attitude, wants to learn and is keen to put the extra effort in to learning when she needs to. I hired her over other candidates who were possibly better at the work, but would never have fit in to my team.

Stick with it - don't get despondent! Remember that you are the master of your own destiny and you have the ultimate choice as to what you want to do with your life.

If you're really not happy, then it's up to you to make the positive change that will suit you in the long run. Remember to keep all your options open as long as possible - you never know what might happen. For example, it might be possible to negotiate a 4-day week so you can go and train doing 'something else' on the 5th day - or let you leave early a few days a week so you can go to an evening course.

Women CAN make it in technical industries - you just need to persevere and prove you can do it regardless of what other people think.

Good luck!

Tx

 

[Tanzibar83]

Thanks for the advice Timid - As much as it would be easier and just handy to stay with the company and the job my heart just wants to get out. I'm like my mum - I don't see myself a longer termer in any job (this one has been 3 years so far!).

I was thinking of maybe cutting back my hours but hubby said we couldn't afford to buy a house if that happened so I think for now I have to stick it out in my current job, then once we have a house look to start job hunting.