So...I'm the type of person that stays in her lane. I give advice but I know not to cross the line... There's nothing more aggravating (to me) than individuals who think they know your life or your field (profession) more than you. I get offended when someone who majored in Philosophy or Math (there are others trust me lol) try to tell me how to get a job.
I am faced with the reality that my job market is scarce and hard to get into. Mainly because it is government funded and they want individuals who not only meet the requirements of the position but exceed it...
Recently, I interviewed at a very prestigious university for a chance to manage a lab as a research specialist. To be honest, the position itself was not what I completely wanted. I don't mind being over a lab but I want the opportunity to completely focus on projects in the lab. I want to grow as a researcher...supervisory roles will come later...to make a long story short I was not hired...
The employer was impressed by my credentials (I mean after all who can say that they did an internship at the CDC in college). But I did not have enough experience in lab management...are you kidding me? No, that's not what I want to do in the future but to me lab management is nothing compared to lab research. I would rather worry about my own project and help others than be over other people. Many of the people I would be over are Post Doctoral Fellows and Graduate Students...who am I to lay down rules? I simply have my bachelors? I mean of course I would be faced with this issue but I am the type of person to persevere in any situation.
What bothers me the most is that while I took the advice of others who know science as much as the back of their hand, I am still in the same position I started in...WOW.
I try not to knock help but I'm a realist...I feel like if I can't help myself then how can you? Especially if you don't even know what I'm going after...lol.
The moral of this blog is to listen to and DECIPHER the good advice from the bad...
I think of it like this...if I wanted to get a job in the business field I could get it...but if a business major tried to get a job in my field they would not be able to...
So I return back to drawing board...with a heart full of pain and discourage from a cruel world who will never fully understand my dream =(
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