Unhappy at Work? This Could be Why (And Here’s How to Avoid it in the Future).
Your unhappiness at work might have all started with something you put on your CV. Thankfully, I’m here to point out the error of your ways.
A lot of the time, unique skills are actually born from our unique traumas. Yet, at work, those special skills are expected to be dragged out with a flourish on a regular basis.
Unhappy at your job? Happy with work life but not life life? Here are three things you might want to reconsider having on your CV:
1. Works well in a highly pressurised environment.
I grew up in a pretty explosive household. As a result, when stuff goes down nowadays I barely flinch, and am usually the one guiding others through the process. There’s no doubt that being the calmest person in the room during a crisis is a good thing. But this skill is for emergencies, not daily occurrences. If a potential employer is specifically looking for it, then you will likely have to use it often, meaning you will be surrounded by stress, constantly.
Because, here’s the thing — I might be outwardly calm in the moment, and I am rarely panicked, but I still feel everything else the same…
