Wanted: A job where I have to think. Where others look to me for what needs to be done because I can do it. I want to have people believe in me and trust me to do a good job. I want to be a secretary or personal assistant. I would love to research and take notes. I want to plan things out and keep track of schedules. I would prefer to be in a more casual setting, but wearing a suit would be nice too.
I am currently working in the mail room of an insurance company at the moment but I am looking for a different job. I never actually stopped looking when I was hired. I work 20 hours a week, at a location that is a 45 minute drive from home. Monday, Thursday, Friday are 8-noon and I have to have childcare for those days. Saturday is an 8 hour day, but thankfully, my husband is home to watch the kids. I don't have to think to do this job. All I do is open envelopes, sort the contents as to if something is marked or not and count them into stacks of 50. They are scanned by someone else (usually, they did just train me on using the scanner) and I check the images on the computer to make sure that they are in the right groupings and can be read clearly. That's 90% of my job. I feel it is a waste of my talent to do it.
I am intelligent and very creative. I am a fast learner and can figure out most tasks on my own. I have been praised at how quickly I pick up new things and the quality of my work.
Right now the biggest thing holding me back from a better job is experience. There are approximately 100 people in this town of 8000 applying for the same positions when one comes along every couple months. I think that if someone were to hire me they would be impressed with my skills and feel I was the best choice, however, no one will hire me when there are so many potentials out there with years of experience. I can't get the experience without a job, but i can't get a job without the experience. Yes, I do have a job, but sorting papers won't give the kind of experience I need to become a secretary or personal assistant.
