I think it depends heavily on your sector of employment. I work in the field of education and I've seen scenarios where people start their career in a particular school district as support staff while still in college and eventually get promoted after completing their training. HOWEVER, there are many, many occasions where the district seeks to hire "experienced" teachers, too many applicants for too few openings, and the support staff member seeking the promotion isn't well suited for the position due to other circumstances.Question in regards to this - how do you build a career? I mean, beyond the obvious. I ask because I got a job in my career field post-college, entry level, but totally floundered after that. The pay was low, and I did disengage, not intentionally but I then failed to get a better job. I did get a job which paid more, but not by much - and then I was totally clueless after that. I picked up two part time jobs to fill in the pay gap, but didn't really know what to do to get promoted at my main job... I showed up on time and did what was asked...but beyond that I didn't know how to "add value" I guess -? I would volunteer for extra tasks, but apparently not the right ones because that didn't help. I got mediocre performance reviews (ie good but not great or exceptional), but didn't know who to ask what excellence looks like. So I have just chased money because I have mostly been driven by the insecurity of low pay, if that makes any sense. And I have done ok with that in terms of having liquid money (by working multiple jobs at a time), but I don't have any kind of career to speak of.
ETA: I also didn't know what kind of jobs to aim for after the first one. Applying for jobs that required two years of experience even though I only had one, etc., etc
Question in regards to this - how do you build a career? I mean, beyond the obvious. I ask because I got a job in my career field post-college, entry level, but totally floundered after that. The pay was low, and I did disengage, not intentionally but I then failed to get a better job. I did get a job which paid more, but not by much - and then I was totally clueless after that. I picked up two part time jobs to fill in the pay gap, but didn't really know what to do to get promoted at my main job... I showed up on time and did what was asked...but beyond that I didn't know how to "add value" I guess -? I would volunteer for extra tasks, but apparently not the right ones because that didn't help. I got mediocre performance reviews (ie good but not great or exceptional), but didn't know who to ask what excellence looks like. So I have just chased money because I have mostly been driven by the insecurity of low pay, if that makes any sense. And I have done ok with that in terms of having liquid money (by working multiple jobs at a time), but I don't have any kind of career to speak of.
ETA: I also didn't know what kind of jobs to aim for after the first one. Applying for jobs that required two years of experience even though I only had one, etc., etc
I have a well-paid job.
tbh I gave up reaching for the career ladder years ago, they can keep it.
Mostly I just use the income to keep building/maintaining assets without all that extra stress and hustle.
I'm not getting old in this country, anyways.
The exchange rate sucks
To keep it real, I always wanted a high paid JOB.
I’m pursuing a CAREER because the job thing didn’t work out