Terminated - Job Seeking Advice and Discussion - Over 200 Posts with Advice

[energy]

Things are fine

Must admit I haven't had time to read all the posts. It seems careers in Quality are very difficult. If something goes wrong then Quality is the blame. If Quality points out an "issue", then they are finger pointing. If nothing goes wrong then why do we need them, they aren't value added. ASQ need a CIP program, Certified Industrial Politician. I don't know why I keep persueing this field.
Just had a need to state the obvious. Energy, please let us know if we can help.
Good Luck Energy,
Tom

I pretty much left the field through no choice of my own. Honestly, other than a way of thinking, I don't miss it. No manure. Basic business practices. I participate here because I like rubbing foreheads with the cream of the crop. My advice is to never let your guard down. Never assume you can retire from this profession like a normal worker bee. There is a Boogy Man and you never know when he decides to pay a call. It was a rewarding 35+ years and I don't regret ending up in it. In the back of my mind, I always figured that it could happen. Particularly, when you end up working for someone who hasn't a clue what you do. I saw this coming, kind of. I had expressed concern to my son during a fishing trip. When I told him that I had to clean out my desk and vacate the premises, he said, "You knew it would happen. You said working for this guy was frightening because he hasn't a clue what people do." He had to remind me.
Good Luck. It's a great Profession, even though we scream at the injustices!

 

[Wes Bucey]

A Pertinent Resurrection

Here's a thread that began long before I registered and ran over a year (December 2002 through January 2004.) Despite some detours, it deals primarily with the traumas of being laid off and struggling to get a new job in a tough economic climate.

We have several current threads going about job hunting and getting interviews along with packaging yourself via resumes and cover letters to present the best picture to a prospective employer.

I think it's worth the time to revisit this thread and see that being fired (no euphemisms here) is not unique. It happens to many people through no real fault of their own. Being fired means it's OK to feel sorry for yourself for a little while, but then you have to start work full time on the new job - "job hunting!" It's strictly commission, you don't get paid until you make a sale!

When you hunt for that job, make sure all your tools and weapons are in first rate shape. The most important tool is attitude! I'll be taking that topic up soon in the "gatekeeper" thread https://elsmar.com/elsmarqualityforum/threads/9325/

 

[Wes Bucey]

See my addition (in red) to the first post in this thread and reread this entire thread at your leisure. This entire thread is as pertinent today as the day it was first begun.

 

[Wes Bucey]

Holiday bump: Terminated - Job Seeking Advice and Discussion

I, myself, just spent some time reading through all the posts in this thread again.

The thread raises topics which are as pertinent today, maybe more so, as they were eight years ago.

Please read through the thread from the beginning.

Normally, I try to be pragmatic when I expound in the Career and Occupation Discussions Forum, but the emotional trauma associated with being fired is real and shouldn't be glossed over. It can be so debilitating that the victim can't even get out of bed, can't focus, and spirals deeper and deeper into clinical depression. Don't be a victim, too!

Please familiarize yourself with the "Stages of Grief" described in this Wiki article. If you recognize yourself as not being able to get to the final stage of grief (acceptance), you need to seriously consider meeting with a professional counselor who can help you get there.

Please understand I and other Cove readers may be sympathetic to your plight, but a public forum is just not the vehicle for that kind of counseling.

We can, however, respond with suggestions on where to seek such personal counseling with price ranges to fit anyone's budget. If you want to remain anonymous to the Cove as a whole, but still seek the "group mind" as a resource, send me a private message and I will post the request on your behalf, keeping you anonymous to the general Cove readership.

These are extraordinary times. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures and effort to survive and thrive.

Good luck!

 

[Marc]

tell me useing forums?????

i am waitng and tell me what is new this thereads? any speachal

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