The Future!
Do you know what question bothers me the most? It's asked at interviews and by career advisors! You probably know the one. No? Well, it's the one that goes something like
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?"
Honestly, not a fucking clue! In quiet cottage in the middle of nowhere, roaring fireplace, with a book and a cup of tea! To be really honest it's where I see myself every day of my life. Sounds idyllic. Me alone with my thoughts! Yeah, I know. Cutting myself off, as usual. Sorry about that.
But you can't tell them that, can you? So what do you tell them. I just want a job! And even that I'm unsure on what job! I have no desire to climb the corporate ladder. No desire to have an army of workers follow my whim or to make decisions that might see someone fired or given a bonus over another. I want to be a drone and get on with my job, get paid and just survive. But you can't tell them that either. Makes you look unmotivated! No ambition or drive. And I'm well aware that this attitude is one of working to live or living to work mentalities, but quite frankly that's how I feel. If life was kind, and if life was easy, someone would dump a grand in my lap every month with no expectations or questions and I could blend into the background. Be the girl I want to be, be the introvert I love being. Instead I'm told I have to sell myself, network, put myself out there. And I don't know how! Because I'm an introvert! Because I'm scared! Because I don't know where I want to be in 10 years time. Because I don't know how to answer their questions and I don't know what questions I should ask when they ask that closer!
"Why do you want to work for us?"
"Tell us why you'd be good for us?"
"What can you offer?"
"What do you expect from working here?"
I can't answer your questions because the honest truth isn't what you want to hear. I want to work for you because you'll give me money, I can offer you my time and I haven't got a clue if I would be good for you, if I'm being honest!!
Stick me in a basement and from 9 till 5, I'll move paper into boxes and sort your mail and I'll go home happy with my drudgery! At the end of the month, you give me money and I'll go home and pay my bills so I can remain another invisible cog in the machine. And you know what, that will make me happy. A dreary, invisible cog in the machine that needs a little oil once a month to just keep going!
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?"
Honestly, not a fucking clue! In quiet cottage in the middle of nowhere, roaring fireplace, with a book and a cup of tea! To be really honest it's where I see myself every day of my life. Sounds idyllic. Me alone with my thoughts! Yeah, I know. Cutting myself off, as usual. Sorry about that.
But you can't tell them that, can you? So what do you tell them. I just want a job! And even that I'm unsure on what job! I have no desire to climb the corporate ladder. No desire to have an army of workers follow my whim or to make decisions that might see someone fired or given a bonus over another. I want to be a drone and get on with my job, get paid and just survive. But you can't tell them that either. Makes you look unmotivated! No ambition or drive. And I'm well aware that this attitude is one of working to live or living to work mentalities, but quite frankly that's how I feel. If life was kind, and if life was easy, someone would dump a grand in my lap every month with no expectations or questions and I could blend into the background. Be the girl I want to be, be the introvert I love being. Instead I'm told I have to sell myself, network, put myself out there. And I don't know how! Because I'm an introvert! Because I'm scared! Because I don't know where I want to be in 10 years time. Because I don't know how to answer their questions and I don't know what questions I should ask when they ask that closer!
"Why do you want to work for us?"
"Tell us why you'd be good for us?"
"What can you offer?"
"What do you expect from working here?"
I can't answer your questions because the honest truth isn't what you want to hear. I want to work for you because you'll give me money, I can offer you my time and I haven't got a clue if I would be good for you, if I'm being honest!!
Stick me in a basement and from 9 till 5, I'll move paper into boxes and sort your mail and I'll go home happy with my drudgery! At the end of the month, you give me money and I'll go home and pay my bills so I can remain another invisible cog in the machine. And you know what, that will make me happy. A dreary, invisible cog in the machine that needs a little oil once a month to just keep going!