Starting Over can happen many times-even in your Career

Ever wonder when it is too late to start a new career? Many people say it NEVER too late, but from a practical real life stand point, it can be unless you have a LOT of resources available to you. For anyone that ever read this Blog, you know I was financially WIPED OUT in 2007. I am still "starting over" from that experience. I have hit many walls I never saw coming. So..I am going to share a few of them with you so maybe you can see them coming.

This post is primarily about careers. I am an ACCOUNTANT by profession and have a LOT of fantastic experience. What I find now in the job market are several issues.

Employers use a couple of things to "weed out" applicants. In the olden days (I use this term loosely) experience counted for something. While I am a degreed Accountant, I am not certified. I worked for a Public Accountant for my last year of college and despised it!!! Doing accounting for any John Doe company and not caring too much about his operational results held no motivation for me. Make no mistake, I love accounting, but I also like personal involvement, so I looked for jobs in industry rather than public accounting. Sure a CPA would have made me worth more on the market, but sometimes there are things more important than only MONEY and I was anxious to get my career on the road, and I wanted to ENJOY it! In today's market not being a CPA is a method used to weed out applicants. Many positions I would love and could make a GREAT contribution to I am blocked from be considered. I have so much more to tell you, so come back-it may mean something to your own career or job search down the road!

BEWARE Temporary Employment

As I have been explaining, I had an unfortunate thing happen to me this past summer and it left me below BROKE. Because I had been self employed (a contract wasn't paid) I was left without income and couldn't even file for unemployment.

I have an incredible 16 year old son (I am truly BLESSED to be his mom) and I am trying to keep our home. I went to work IMMEDIATELY for Accountemps, a division of Robert Half & Associates; whom I also registered with as they list 80% of the jobs in the north end of the county-the cream of the crop. I had to keep food on the table, lights and yes Internet...it's the best tool for generating an income, and for finding a REAL job!!

I have been a temp now since August. One can only live on half of their regular pay for so long, now I get another day behind for every day I work. I cannot get off square one with Robert Half, it would be bad for Accountemps as they would have to replace me and they make great money from my labor. It is a catch 22. I think some of the jobs they post are really fakes anyway, just a means of increasing their data base of potential employees.

I realize I am not their client, that the companies doing the hiring are. But I am a damn good accountant, ready willing and able to work my butt off for someone so that I can pay my mortgage. I have been doing it for 30+ years, and now I am beginning to feel "DEFECTIVE" in some way. I've had some really excellent interviews and I know the competition is stiff, but WOW...I want work!!!

I HAVE to trust in the LORD to lead me out of this place. If you stop by-pray for us!!