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Soon2BMrsSikes · April 2011

Or maybe QOTW, since we haven't had one since Friday.

Do you see your job as just a job or as a career? Do you plan on staying at your current company long term, moving up or staying where you are?

Madisen · April 2011

This has definitely been a career for me. As far as what the future holds, I try not to limit myself and am open to change.

jodippls · April 2011

I'm pretty certain that I'll stay with my company long term. I've been there 4 years this month and can't imagine leaving. I've been in my current position for 11 months and I'm not 100% sure that it's the right position for me. I'm lucky to have many opportunities and different positions within the same company that I can apply for in the future. Honestly, I get paid very well for the area I live in and I don't have a college degree. I don't think I would have the same luck anywhere else.

ETA: I consider working for my company a career, I'm just not sure my current position is going to be my career.

ashleemw · April 2011

Just a job. I'm still trying to figure out what I really want to do. I'm afraid education is not going to pan out. It also doesn't help that due to DH's career, the bulk of family responsibility is on my shoulders, makes it hard to go back to school, take classes, or open any type of business. After we move though, we're going to stay long-term so I'll have the ability to really think about what it is I want and establish myself.

clseale13 · April 2011

Definitely just a job. I'm in the right industry, but I'm not sure it's the right role and I definitely don't see a future with this particular company. Not their fault really, just not the right thing at the right time for me. I look for new options daily.

Mrs_W_Pookie · April 2011

I see my current part-time job as just a job. I have never had a career in my opinion. I'd love to find something that I want to make my career, but I don't know if I am just lacking ambition or lazy or what.

luckyinlove11902 · April 2011

I am pretty sure that my current position will not be a career for me, but I do believe that my career will develop from this role and that there is a good chance I will be with this company long-term. I'm working for a company where it's extremely common to find employees that have been there 30+ years and I can see why. It's already been made very clear to me that there's a path there for me to grow and move up, and I'm planning to take full advantage of it. I see myself having a really great future where I am.

jacmdb · April 2011

Until recent events I thought I would be with my employer long-term. I know I want to stay in the same industry but it looks like I may be looking for a new company to work for.

brittjoy84 · April 2011

I work for a great company and I think I'm good at what I do but eventually I would like to go back to school for Marriage and Family Counseling.

dollfinn19 · April 2011

I certainly could be here forever. I like the people and the work. I have the ability to move up as the company grows.....or if we stay small, I'd keep my position and take the raises that come along....also fine by me.

summer08bride · April 2011

I see mine as a career, I just won't stay at this University. When you work in the University system, you need to flexible (position wise and geographically) if you want to advance. I definitely want to stay working in higher ed. I love it!!

Luvvy1 · April 2011

I'm not sure how to answer that. I guess it has become my career (I've been here for almost 7 years). It started as just a summer job, but then I realized the pay and benefits weren't something I could find anywhere else without a degree, so here I am. Those two things are what is keeping me here as well. I like my job and I am darn good at it, but I don't feel fulfilled because of it.

Kristin&Adam · April 2011

I see it as a career, I'm directly using my degree and there is the potential to move up is there if I want it, I am happy where I am at this point in my life though.

gullterre · April 2011

Career Definitely. I have been teaching for 8 years now!

duncanpowers · April 2011

At first, it was just a job. Now I'd love to be in medical publishing for my entire career. I just hope it's feasible without needing to change location--Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, and Chicago are the main hubs for this field. Anymore you can do most of it long distance, but some editors are still very particular about needing to see you f2f, even though it is entirely unnecessary. Most physician editors are very eccentric and particular, though, so you have to go with it. Despite that, I like my fellow managing editors and the kind of people they are. I just miss seeing them all now that we don't have a travel budget and that makes me feel less professional.

LXLX · April 2011

Industry is a career. Not sure about the job. I'm open.

Temp103605875001677 · April 2011

I will most likely stay in the field, but would like to move to operational side.

jenhappy · April 2011

I'd say career, at least the industry. While my goal is to be full-time with photography in the future, I don't know that it will ever happen. If it doesn't, then I'll definitely stay in research, and probably cancer research just because it's what I know most (and so where I'm most marketable).

chinchilla fiesta · April 2011

Right now it's just a job. I had a minor crisis on Monday about it actually. I would love to stay with the company but there's not much else I can do unless we move to Jacksonville or Orlando (or a couple of other places out of state).

We'll see I guess.

Mrs_Link · April 2011

I love what I do, and I'm in the field I've always wanted to be in, but part of me has always hesitated to call childcare a "career". I'm not sure if that's just a stigma attached to it or what. I'd like to get into an administrative position at some point, so maybe I'll be able to consider it a career then.

Lanerbell · April 2011

I feel fulfilled by my job, but unless you're with some really rich family that wants to keep you on through the child's schooling, its not really a career.

I know I'll always work in some type of child/childcare related field and I feel like everything I've done so far will look great on my resume, but I dont feel like I've ever had a real "career" yet, even though I thought I did at my office job.

MrsVeeVee · April 2011

Career. I'm in a good role and company. I've been with the company for 15+ years and in this role for about 8 years now and I really like it. There's some times when it's really a lot for me, but I think some of this is my fault for being an over achiever.

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