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<blockquote data-quote="PepeLePew" data-source="post: 822737" data-attributes="member: 4895"><p>Ok hope this doesn’t meander too much: it’s basically what should go in to the white space in my CV</p><p></p><p>I had denied my natural mathematical ability to flourish as I hadn’t pursued it hard enough as a kid, even though I was ace at it and very logically minded; believing it not to be a “mans” job; or allowing my eyes to see the world of opportunities that actually existed; just lived life for the weekends. </p><p></p><p>I had a career going nowhere, being a labourer, hard graft, what I thought was an okay wage at the time, fairly good craic </p><p>But unhappy </p><p></p><p>I threw the towel in on labouring and went to uni in my late 20’s; had a ball; did reasonably well in studies; again didn’t see how to channel myself in to a career; just believed I would become an accountant; be boring, but be handsomely paid doing a job. </p><p>The yellow brick road and pot of gold did not transpire; I had missed the boat on graduate training; and started at the bottom of the ladder, and very slowly acquired different jobs and skills; as I had no driving ambition. Slowly climbed a tree; but I could see all along that I was helping the organisations do well as I generally outperformed most people. I wasn’t really content at this point. That was until I was ousted out of a job; completely out of the blue; although in hindsight I should have been more aware of the corporate shafting that was coming and could have easily taken them to court and kept the job; but I decided no, my life would have been made hell if had stayed. </p><p></p><p>So there I was, out on my ass and shaken by the experience; taking a knock to my confidence after 10 years of doing accountancy.</p><p>I knew I had good skills; and decided I was not going to give my all to organisation that would shit on me at the blink of an eye. But would give them to people that were more deserving. So turned my eyes to the NHS. I got my toe in the door; and people recognised my skills, commitment and abilities. I moved around a few jobs internally; polishing me off as a good all round accountant; and climbed quickly. And changed organisations with confidence. I’m still climbing and believe I give more and more as time marches on. </p><p>The NHS faces as tough a time as all government bodies at the moment. And whilst the government says it needs to cut the overheads and waste; it is only the likes of me that will help to identify those wastes, and help reorganise the services to run more efficiently. The government could do away with a lot more overheads and inefficiencies if it took some more control centrally and made it one NHS organisation, and then I would be happy for it to get rid of me; I digress...</p><p></p><p>I close my eyes and feel content that I am making the best use of myself where I am, proud to put all my efforts in to it, valued and with likeminded people; and for the main enjoy it .</p><p>I can’t choose the challenges I will face in life. But I can choose where I want to be when I face them; i.e. with a smile on my face</p><p></p><p>I sometimes wish I had good careers advice from family or school or anywhere down the line; but knowing how stubborn I was/am I’m not sure I would have listened to someone saying “do something with your life that makes you feel happy”. </p><p>I do sacrifice happiness for some reason or other at some points; but there’s no way I will do it knowingly for any length of time without a damn good reason. </p><p></p><p>No two people are the same; but this very much works for me. I’m sure we all have to find our own paths by trial and error. Sometimes it takes a push.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PepeLePew, post: 822737, member: 4895"] Ok hope this doesn’t meander too much: it’s basically what should go in to the white space in my CV I had denied my natural mathematical ability to flourish as I hadn’t pursued it hard enough as a kid, even though I was ace at it and very logically minded; believing it not to be a “mans” job; or allowing my eyes to see the world of opportunities that actually existed; just lived life for the weekends. I had a career going nowhere, being a labourer, hard graft, what I thought was an okay wage at the time, fairly good craic But unhappy I threw the towel in on labouring and went to uni in my late 20’s; had a ball; did reasonably well in studies; again didn’t see how to channel myself in to a career; just believed I would become an accountant; be boring, but be handsomely paid doing a job. The yellow brick road and pot of gold did not transpire; I had missed the boat on graduate training; and started at the bottom of the ladder, and very slowly acquired different jobs and skills; as I had no driving ambition. Slowly climbed a tree; but I could see all along that I was helping the organisations do well as I generally outperformed most people. I wasn’t really content at this point. That was until I was ousted out of a job; completely out of the blue; although in hindsight I should have been more aware of the corporate shafting that was coming and could have easily taken them to court and kept the job; but I decided no, my life would have been made hell if had stayed. So there I was, out on my ass and shaken by the experience; taking a knock to my confidence after 10 years of doing accountancy. I knew I had good skills; and decided I was not going to give my all to organisation that would shit on me at the blink of an eye. But would give them to people that were more deserving. So turned my eyes to the NHS. I got my toe in the door; and people recognised my skills, commitment and abilities. I moved around a few jobs internally; polishing me off as a good all round accountant; and climbed quickly. And changed organisations with confidence. I’m still climbing and believe I give more and more as time marches on. The NHS faces as tough a time as all government bodies at the moment. And whilst the government says it needs to cut the overheads and waste; it is only the likes of me that will help to identify those wastes, and help reorganise the services to run more efficiently. The government could do away with a lot more overheads and inefficiencies if it took some more control centrally and made it one NHS organisation, and then I would be happy for it to get rid of me; I digress... I close my eyes and feel content that I am making the best use of myself where I am, proud to put all my efforts in to it, valued and with likeminded people; and for the main enjoy it . I can’t choose the challenges I will face in life. But I can choose where I want to be when I face them; i.e. with a smile on my face I sometimes wish I had good careers advice from family or school or anywhere down the line; but knowing how stubborn I was/am I’m not sure I would have listened to someone saying “do something with your life that makes you feel happy”. I do sacrifice happiness for some reason or other at some points; but there’s no way I will do it knowingly for any length of time without a damn good reason. No two people are the same; but this very much works for me. I’m sure we all have to find our own paths by trial and error. Sometimes it takes a push. [/QUOTE]
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