Whether You're Looking To Dive Into A Career, Or Venture Off Into Being An Entrepreneur, It's Time To Stop Being The Bare Minimum.In the introductory post, "A Preface To Being A Year Removed From Corporate America", I made a pretty strong statement that I want to revisit. "We go through about 20 years of our lives being either handed a schedule or given the stencil of a schedule."The first thing I want to point out is that the purpose of my Corporate American Horror Story tweets is not to tell you how God-awful working in corporate America is. I don't want to remotely sell you the idea that I'm being a revolutionary who wants you to sink the corporate ship by walking out of the office on a random Monday. Instead, I'd like to encourage you to first, change how you think of yourself in the place and space that you occupy. Second, I'd like to let you know that our generation (specifically Millennials) takes too much time suffering in certain situations. So be blessed, or take in a good lesson. If I would have been reading what I'm currently writing 7 years ago, I would have brushed it off. I would have probably said, "That's all nice and all, but that's not going to be me because..." I know it well because everyone who I tried to speak this to said the same thing, most of them being five to seven years younger. It's the base of being "young and dumb". But one thing that isn't easily brushed off as being young and dumb is being unaware. By unaware, I metaphorically and literally mean unaware of both one's surroundings as well as the place and spaces they occupy. I personally feel like it's time we start reshaping how we think. My quote up above gives us the source of how we operate as people. We are given our schedules, our paths, our lives as stencils, all throughout our childhood and adolescence. We are told where to be, at what time, how to dress, and each time we challenge that we were simply told, you're not old enough. Then whenever we're old enough, we're still treated in a childish manner until we're older, or more qualified. Sadly, no one tells you that that continues to happen to you until you're quite aged and seasoned. Every senior eventually becomes a freshman again, and we all have to start from the bottom. Or do we? The Employee Mindset & Everything That's Wrong With ItIn my experience and personal/professional opinion, the workforce is completely dilapidated at this point. I really cannot pinpoint the source of the problem, but there are a lot. For starters, applying for jobs online used to be about ease-of-access, speed and efficiency but it seems as though now, it's just about not wanting to have to confront candidates who may apply but not qualify. It's a safe distance away from actually having to interact with candidates who are applying to be a part of your company. Certified Human Resources representatives might be able to speak more on this and whether they believe online-only job applications are more efficient than any other way, but let's stay on track. Because we have this way of applying for jobs, sadly, getting a job relies on subtly showing the right attitude (not personality) with the right amount of experience (not training). What I mean by this is that at best, you have 30 minutes to convince your interviewer that you have the spirit to work at this company, and that you have the work experience to prove your qualified. If we go back to my own work experience, I had the personality to work for a Toyota dealership - I smiled, I was professional and extremely articulate - and I had customer service experience, but I was never trained in any capacity to sell cars (or anything at that point). The question isn't who's going to let me; it's who's going to stop me. - Ayn Rand In short, I think we often times want so badly to get hired that we're willing to sell anything about us to our interviewer to get hired, even if that means getting hired into a situation that won't play out well for us. Again, it's that idea that the teacher is always right; that anyone older than you is authority, it's being the worst kind of Yes Man or Woman there is. The only thing that comes of that is a short-term business relationship, tension, and you being back in the employment market - and not to mention burnout. Instead, it's time that you search for a place that aligns with what you value, love, and appreciate in a company. Personally, I have actually rose from my seat, buttoned my blazer, and walked out of interviews because they don't match what I'm looking for. Sure, at the time, I wasn't employed, but that doesn't mean I was assed out to the point I was looking for anything (If that was the case, I can make some good money working a male review...). Being unemployed doesn't mean being desperate, it just means you're in between blessings (I know I made that sound so simple, but I, too, have applied for 489 jobs in one day and curse the Monster and/or InDeed gods...I know!). Working at a job you actually didn't want or need, only means you're reducing your chances at the job you deserve and truly want. I've come to look at the word employee to be just that. An employee. They clock in. Clock out. Take 15-minute breaks, do work, and decorate their cubicles with the shit "they're doing it for", like kids, and parents, and a picture of their car. Strange shit. When the more tenured employee is showing you around your new job. But we're not employees. We're way more aware of ourselves. But would you hang your vision board in your cubicle? Probably not, because you have dreams and goals often conflicts - and sometimes frightens - your employers. So that is the conflict. That is where it's all dilapidated. It almost feels as though once employed, the company is firm on giving you "flat rate this" and "flat rate that", while being completely unmoved at the opportunity at providing you more. If you manage to work at said company long enough, you come to not question anything and accept that that's just how things are. Then you realize, damn, that is the exact idea of "The Employee Mindset". "Get Back To Work. We can't afford to have you out here, dreaming and shit!" Sadly I know far too many individuals who were stellar academic standouts in college, who became employees and now hate their jobs. Now, however is not the time to become an entrepreneur, and only because you've got to learn how to build the environment and lifestlye you want to have, not the one that's given to you. In My Next Post, I'll Be Breaking Down Some Habits I Formed, And Habits I Lost In Hopes Of Taking Better Control Of My Time.
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