Hi Kekhome,

I started replying to your post, got a call about my business,then for the life of me I hit the wrong key and had to start over again.

I thought what you were saying is very interesting and having that much experience in IT,i'm sure health would'nt be your biggest thrill.

I belong to a company that is expanding right now. forbes calls our Industry a $100 Billion Dollar Mega Trend. Should you like to learn more please send me an email.

All the best!

Hi Kekhome,

I understand your pain and have been there before too. My recommendation is to do something that you are passionate about. Work really becomes that when you are not passionate about the tasks you are doing.

Have you read the book, "Now Discovery Your Strengths"? If you have not it is worth getting. You can find out more about it by going to my blog Interview Teacher, and you can find the link on my profile page. Go to my suggested readings page on the blog and click the book cover, You will see a description and rating of the book there.

There are a number of tips on resume and interview skills on my blog that you may find helpful. If you would like to contact me you can do so at Info@InterviewTeacher.com

Best of Luck to you and remember to follow your passion first and make a job of it.

Kevin

The Interview Teacher

kekhome - sounds like you have a number of items to sort through.

It's hard to say why, but you'll want to hold up a mirror to yourself to figure out why you're not getting an interview. Is it your background? Is it something you're saying - or, NOT saying? Or, are you perhaps sabotaging your efforts in other ways, without even realizing it????

You mention a desire to focus on a web development and internet service business. What's happened with that? Have you put plans in place to build your business? Have you even started?

Sounds like you may wish to think about placing some priorities next to your wishes. What can you "afford" to do at this juncture? Oftentimes, we need to step back from our situation so that we can figure out a plan. I can share with you that I was in the corporate world for about 15 years. Towards the end, I was really hating it. Every weekday morning, I cursed my alarm clock and every Sunday was depressing because it only meant that a new work week was starting.

I HAD to do SOMETHING. I just didn't know exactly WHAT that SOMETHING was going to be so in order to gather my thoughts, I went on vacation. Little did I realize the power of that vacation because being away from my job gave me the peace of mind to actually THINK about what I was going to do. When I returned to work, I was armed with a plan and resigned. My life today is NOTHING like what it was back then. I've re-engineered it completely and am a much happier person but I did it with a plan. And yes, things happened along the way that caused me to change my plan but I made any and all the necessary changes.

i am new to this roundtable. i quit my job a week ago do to a stressful job with a coworker who i commuted with. i am a recent widow who has moved to a new town, and need a new career as my skills do not apply to this town, i came from a tourist industry. I am thinking of school , medical but feel i have to get to work to bring in money for mortgage any suggestions

Keeping up with the mortgage is certainly scary for a lot of folks these days. Are you looking to get another job or are you thinking of doing something totally different? Your post mentioned school but it sounds like that would be done alongside another job.