Comments on: My Calf, My Career, Your Career http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/05/27/my-calf-my-career-your-career/ advocacy for the job seeker Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:11:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steven Savage http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/05/27/my-calf-my-career-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-399374 Steven Savage Thu, 28 May 2009 03:18:36 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2455#comment-399374 I hope things get better. Often we make the same mistakes in different areas of our lives. What I remember is that if we know this, then repairing a mistake in one area of our lives can let us correct that mistake elsewhere. I hope things get better.

Often we make the same mistakes in different areas of our lives. What I remember is that if we know this, then repairing a mistake in one area of our lives can let us correct that mistake elsewhere.

]]> By: Linda Lorenz Calvelli http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/05/27/my-calf-my-career-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-399296 Linda Lorenz Calvelli Wed, 27 May 2009 19:18:19 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2455#comment-399296 If I had written this, I would have included: It's get worse as I get older (Injuries).... My body takes longer to heal, and doesnt have the flexibility it was once had. I've got arthiritis, and other various things! I'm certainly not as fit as I was in my younger days. I worry about re-injuring myself. Sometimes I think I don't appreciate feeling good, until I am feeling bad. It gets worse as I get older (Job Searches).. Because I am not as competitive as I used to be; my skills are rusty and I realize that I need to do something to bring them up-to-date and make them more robust. I worry that employers don't see me or my experience as valuable as "young blood". I took the job I had for granted, and should have been preparing for a transition a long time ago! Feel better, Jason! If I had written this, I would have included:

It’s get worse as I get older (Injuries)….
My body takes longer to heal, and doesnt have the flexibility it was once had. I’ve got arthiritis, and other various things! I’m certainly not as fit as I was in my younger days. I worry about re-injuring myself. Sometimes I think I don’t appreciate feeling good, until I am feeling bad.

It gets worse as I get older (Job Searches)..
Because I am not as competitive as I used to be; my skills are rusty and I realize that I need to do something to bring them up-to-date and make them more robust. I worry that employers don’t see me or my experience as valuable as “young blood”. I took the job I had for granted, and should have been preparing for a transition a long time ago!

Feel better, Jason!

]]> By: Paul http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/05/27/my-calf-my-career-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-399272 Paul Wed, 27 May 2009 16:20:47 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2455#comment-399272 Hi Jason, Great post! I have another correlation for you: The experience is one you will never forget (Health) I've never torn a calf muscle but I sprained my ankle really badly once and the pain was incredible! I now take a lot of care when exercising (warming up, wearing a neoprene support, etc.) and have much more respect for the limits of my health and my body. The experience is one you will never forget (Career) Like you, I have also faced redundancy and extended job searches in my career. Also like you, my response was to create something positive from these experiences and help others who found themselves in a similar position. I have treated my own and everyone else's career with great care and respect ever since! Hope the RICE has you back to full health soon :) All the best for now, Paul Hi Jason,

Great post! I have another correlation for you:

The experience is one you will never forget (Health)
I’ve never torn a calf muscle but I sprained my ankle really badly once and the pain was incredible! I now take a lot of care when exercising (warming up, wearing a neoprene support, etc.) and have much more respect for the limits of my health and my body.

The experience is one you will never forget (Career)
Like you, I have also faced redundancy and extended job searches in my career. Also like you, my response was to create something positive from these experiences and help others who found themselves in a similar position. I have treated my own and everyone else’s career with great care and respect ever since!

Hope the RICE has you back to full health soon :)

All the best for now,

Paul

]]> By: Sophie LagacĂ© http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/2009/05/27/my-calf-my-career-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-399271 Sophie LagacĂ© Wed, 27 May 2009 16:17:04 +0000 http://www.jibberjobber.com/blog/?p=2455#comment-399271 Oh dear, take care of this. It's probably something you can recover from entirely, but only with the proper care. That's one of the problems with being self-employed in the U.S., isn't it -- health insurance issues can subtly (or not so subtly) incite you to neglect your health care. (Also, kudos for drawing parallels between a painful injury and your blogging topic. That's more dedication than I felt when I tore up my knee!) Oh dear, take care of this. It’s probably something you can recover from entirely, but only with the proper care. That’s one of the problems with being self-employed in the U.S., isn’t it — health insurance issues can subtly (or not so subtly) incite you to neglect your health care.

(Also, kudos for drawing parallels between a painful injury and your blogging topic. That’s more dedication than I felt when I tore up my knee!)

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