You know all the bullshit some advisors tell us in universities and jobs, that you need career advice, and experience and that you are not good enough for that role and that you don’t have the skills for that role.
Telling me in job interviews that they would have already kicked me out in the first round if they had not seen that I worked at a famous automotive manufacturer before.
Requiring skills I would never need afterwards.
Not being able to learn new skills which did not fit my role or supported what I have already learned
Telling me to prove a company why I am the right person but not getting insights into why they are right for me.
HR manager telling me that my studies would not fit the role and I should stay in marketing, although I had only worked in marketing for 2 years.
Me telling companies (when I had the chance and had not been kicked out in the first round) that I am able to learn, that I am motivated to learn everything which requires the role.
Companies preferring 10 years of the same, specialised role instead of having worked in different roles and industries.
You know, after all these experiences I made in the last years, I learned something from this.
It is not about how to program Java or improve job interview skills or how to fulfill requirements as close as possible.
I learned that I do not need a company to put me in a role, to define me. You are just a “Marketing Manager”. You are a Business Consultant. This is your role. This is who you are.
You know what I really needed?
Confidence.
Courage.
Confidence in that I use all the skills I have learned and use all the experiences and insights I have learned by just observing, processing, reflecting and making use of it.
Courage to quit a job which does not make us happy and to grow up and become who you really are.
Because you are more than that. Define yourself by verbs, not by nouns.
Obviously nobody in my working life was able to teach me that.
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