It seems my professional skills are in high demand. I've gotten a slew of calls this week. Why is it companies are hesitant to hire someone part-time? Taking a job is like getting a new boyfriend - except you don't have as much wiggle room with the new job. It's almost more difficult to find the perfect job because you'll spend a LOT of time at it, with people you barely know. It's amazing that anything gets done in business with people's personalities, egos and objectives... let alone those that the company has.
In my few months of time off, I've been redefining my dream job. I've simplified it to an elevator pitch. Here's the current description:
- Working with/for super smart people
- Working on a fabulous product (I'm a product manager)
- Working with people that are fun and down to earth
- Working sustainably (part-time / flex-time as needed / not a 40+ hour work week)
Plaxo has a pretty good write up of characteristics, so I'll steal it from their site (thanks Rikk)
1. are extremely intelligent and analytical
2. think and act for themselves
3. have courage & experience to solve problems
4. do whatever it takes to be successful
5. find ways to make mundane tasks important
6. understand & love very fast & scalable systems
7. hate s/w & system bloat -- love lean & mean
8. prefer small teams over large, complicated orgs
9. enjoy and are good at working w/ smart people
10. can laugh at themselves
So universe out there - where's my dream job for 2004? I'll be out there looking for you - inside corporate HR departments, on job posting websites, on Craigslist (thanks Craig) and through my friends and professional colleagues.
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