Your true calling
28 April 2008 | Steve Bagshaw
In this issue’s Knowledge Zone, Jakki Ballard discusses how uncovering your values can help you decide where to take your career. Taking time to think about what makes you tick can lead to enhanced job satisfaction and increased success.
What are you looking for in terms of job satisfaction? Is it responsibility? Travel? The opportunity to work flexible hours? Working for a good cause?
How do most purchasing jobs measure up?
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One great advantage of a career in purchasing is that you could work for almost any employer. If working for a good cause is important, then there are charities and foundations. If flexible working is, then there are public sector jobs that offer this. Other companies offer lots of travel opportunities or responsibility.
Personally, since my daughter was born, flexible working hours and time at home are increasingly important. With us trying to buy a house, job security is more important than a higher paying job at a small company that could go bump at any time. Working in the public sector gives me all that, as well as a feeling that I’m really contributing something to society and getting involved in something big.