Yesterday for the fun of it, I pulled out one of the spiritual sayings that my cousin gave me a bag of for Christmas oh so many years ago. This one read...
Our power doesn't lie in our resume or our connections. Our power doesn't lie in what we've done or even what we're doing. Our power lies in our clarity about why we're on earth. We are here to contribute to the healing of the world. Everything else is trivial in comparison. Where you went to school is no big deal, or even wheather [sic] you went to school at all. God can use the flimsiest resume.
Well I better be the lone person whose power lies in my resume and connections because I just found the ideal job as an instructional designer with my current employer that I know I would be great at and am applying for it officially today. I know why I am here on earth...to produce user-friendly manuals and if you have ever tried to use a not-so-user-friendly one, you will know that it is not a trivial thing. I love it and I'll heal the world that way. I love asking the "subject matter expert" a million questions until I grasp it and that moment when you try to translate it from your head to paper and you begin writing and go into "the zone". Heaven!
There is one kicker though...it's only a 1 year appointment. It took me all of 2 minutes to decide that if offered, I'd still take it. Risky but I took the safe route before. I quit work to get a certificate in web design in 2001. As I was nearing the end of the program, I heard that my old job was again available and I made the decision to apply for it and finish up the program part-time to insure that I had health coverage and a steady, albeit small, income. I'm still at that job. I often wonder where I would be if I hadn't taken the safe route, the road most traveled. I'm pretty sure I would not still be in a job that even I see I am well overqualified for as I am now. I won't be doing that again.
Of course I write all this before I've even sent in my cover letter and resume. Keep your fingers crossed!
5 comments:
I must say, user manuals have come a long ways in recent years. The last couple I have received have a table of contents page and an index so I don't have to read the entire thing or even page through it when I first fail to figure it out on my own.
That's just wrong. Heck, I even throw in a glossary in the one I'm doing now.
TC - Sure! You would fit in perfectly. The people are fun.
Need help writing that cover letter? :)
Yeah, I get tired of taking the safe route sometimes.
Good luck, Murf.
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