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[Post New]04/13/2009 15:51
Anonymous
quote=Anonymous]just wondering how an HR specialist could be more fulfilled than a lunch lady.
LOL I am an HR pro and I LOVE it. And get well paid too.
[Post New]04/13/2009 18:41
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:quote=Anonymous]just wondering how an HR specialist could be more fulfilled than a lunch lady.

LOL I am an HR pro and I LOVE it. And get well paid too.

Glad to hear it, but I have a hard time understanding what there is to love! I do get that it is important to the overall functioning of the organization and requires a certain practical know-how, but I don't get how it fulfills any needs for intellectual inspiration and passion. Fair paychecks are nice, pleasant, social offices are nice. Paperpushing is necessary but not (in my opinion) love-worthy. It's a living.
[Post New]04/13/2009 19:15
Anonymous
I don't work in HR, but I think there's a lot more to it than paperpushing. Among other things, HR involves recruitment, designing incentive schemes, managing appraisals, etc. It's easy to underestimate a job if you don't do it!
[Post New]04/13/2009 20:17
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don't work in HR, but I think there's a lot more to it than paperpushing. Among other things, HR involves recruitment, designing incentive schemes, managing appraisals, etc. It's easy to underestimate a job if you don't do it!


Yeah- I see that, but its all practical rather than intellectual. That's not to say that it doesn't involve the brain, just that it doesn't involve its most sublime functions. I don't love practical things. I do them because they need to get done. Some of them might be kind of interesting, but I don't see how they can be lovable.
[Post New]04/13/2009 20:30
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.



high school, right?


Yes!


I don't get why some teachers seem to bristle when others admire their hours/breaks. This isn't even 7 hours a day and it's considered full-time! Sounds pretty good to me.


Why are you teacher bashing on this thread? Why don't YOU try getting up at the crack of dawn to face a group of teens? And then when you return home, you're faced with planning and grading - sometimes working late into the night. The day hours are family-friendly, but the quality time AFTER work hours is sorely lacking.

So before you comment, educate yourself.


This teacher clearly does a lot of work at home. They posted the hours they are with the kids/teens. Trust me, this teacher works after they put the kids to bed. And, he/she probably works through their lunch and any breaks they have during the day. I agree, please stop the teacher bashing!
[Post New]04/13/2009 22:45
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't work in HR, but I think there's a lot more to it than paperpushing. Among other things, HR involves recruitment, designing incentive schemes, managing appraisals, etc. It's easy to underestimate a job if you don't do it!


Yeah- I see that, but its all practical rather than intellectual. That's not to say that it doesn't involve the brain, just that it doesn't involve its most sublime functions. I don't love practical things. I do them because they need to get done. Some of them might be kind of interesting, but I don't see how they can be lovable.


I'm not in HR, but work in IT sales. You are strange. How can you judge someone else's job that you have NEVER done? You don't sound so intellectual yourself.
[Post New]04/13/2009 23:07
zumbamama
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I know an HR lady who loves her job. She says she loves finding talented people and matching them up with career opportunities.
[Post New]04/13/2009 23:28
Anonymous
Well, okay. I can see how that involves more problem-solving than lunch ladying, but I still wouldn't call it intellectual work. To each her own, I guess. I'm not arguing that either is unimportant, just that so many women condemning cashier and foodservice jobs as unfulfilling do bureaucratic work that doesn't strike me as engaging that much more of one's mind or soul. There's a lot of emotional investment in DC in claiming dedication to a white collar career. Some of that seems to me to be misplaced when I consider how many of these white collar workers are functional cogs. Cogs help the whole wheel turn, so I'm happy we have them, but I can't see how they can love being a cog. If they do, great.

I actually see selling as anti-intellectual, though I agree that there's a place for that, too. Great that you like it. There's a frequent poster who says it pays well, which is very, very good, and requires little formal education, which (I think) is less good. Again, to each her own and thanks for the contribution to society, which I am not disparaging.
[Post New]04/13/2009 23:48
zumbamama
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But I also know another HR lady who isn't quite as enthusiastic as my friend.

I know someone who left the rat race publications world and now works as a food sculptor PT. The many stress-related medical conditions she had working FT for 20 yrs in a deadline driven environment are now gone. Although she is not making as much, she's happier and much more relaxed now. And I get free chocolate strawberries.
[Post New]04/13/2009 23:54
Anonymous
What's a food sculptor and how do you get that job?
[Post New]04/14/2009 10:03
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm a full time teacher and work 7:25 to 2:05. I'm home by 3.



high school, right?


Yes!


I don't get why some teachers seem to bristle when others admire their hours/breaks. This isn't even 7 hours a day and it's considered full-time! Sounds pretty good to me.


Why are you teacher bashing on this thread? Why don't YOU try getting up at the crack of dawn to face a group of teens? And then when you return home, you're faced with planning and grading - sometimes working late into the night. The day hours are family-friendly, but the quality time AFTER work hours is sorely lacking.

So before you comment, educate yourself.


This teacher clearly does a lot of work at home. They posted the hours they are with the kids/teens. Trust me, this teacher works after they put the kids to bed. And, he/she probably works through their lunch and any breaks they have during the day. I agree, please stop the teacher bashing!


OMG. WHO is bashing teachers?! And maybe instead of trusting you, we should trust...I don't kow...the teacher who wrote the post?! Don't you think that perhaps the poster in responding to a thread asking for good part time job ideas would have said "I get home by 3...but I spend the hours of 3pm to 2am, every lunch break and all weekend working from home"?? No one's bashing teachers. It was a TEACHER who wrote in about what she found to be great hours.
[Post New]04/14/2009 10:35
zumbamama
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Anonymous wrote:What's a food sculptor and how do you get that job?


She started as a receptionist for Edible Arrangements (I think that's what its called). After a year she moved up to food sculptor (I don't know the actual job title), but she makes these wild creations and beautiful party platters with fruit. Whatever doesn't get used she gets to keep and give to me! It doesn't pay that much, probably $12 an hour....but worth it to let go of all that deadline stress.

I eventually want to get away from my FT job...I can't see myself behind a desk for the rest of my life.
[Post New]04/14/2009 12:39
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Well, okay. I can see how that involves more problem-solving than lunch ladying, but I still wouldn't call it intellectual work. To each her own, I guess. I'm not arguing that either is unimportant, just that so many women condemning cashier and foodservice jobs as unfulfilling do bureaucratic work that doesn't strike me as engaging that much more of one's mind or soul. There's a lot of emotional investment in DC in claiming dedication to a white collar career. Some of that seems to me to be misplaced when I consider how many of these white collar workers are functional cogs. Cogs help the whole wheel turn, so I'm happy we have them, but I can't see how they can love being a cog. If they do, great.

I actually see selling as anti-intellectual, though I agree that there's a place for that, too. Great that you like it. There's a frequent poster who says it pays well, which is very, very good, and requires little formal education, which (I think) is less good. Again, to each her own and thanks for the contribution to society, which I am not disparaging.


Ok, I admit it. I'm now curious to hear what you do for a living.

Also, it sounds to me like you're taking a rather superficial look at the jobs you describe. How intellectual and even soul-engaging a job is often has a lot to do with the person in the role and the context, as well.

For example, you view selling as anti-intellectual. I think a lot depends on the person and the selling process they use. Whether you're selling cars, clothes or coffee or expensive software systems, complex insurance policies or high-end professional services, it's what you make of it. There can be a whole lot of thought, strategy and even science behind sales . . . or it cam be a completely mindless job. And for some, the skill and success at sales comes fairly naturally while for others it's a difficult and learned skill.

And here's some personal context re sales, for what it's worth. I am a big firm lawyer who is very focused on business development -- generating new clients and growing relationships with existing ones. In a word . . . sales! And yes, I find this part of my job to be intellectually stimulating. Going back to OP's question and some of the responses it generated, this part of my job absolutely reminds me of my PT work in retail back when I was in law school! I think sales is all about engaging people, reading them, and connecting. The challenge and stimulation is often what you make of it.

[Post New]04/14/2009 13:01
Anonymous
I still see precious few part-time job opportunities. If you are happy working at Whole Foods, that's great. If you like retail or selling or whatever, that's great. None of these things appeals to me. I want a serious professional job that is part time, and I can't find one. Networking doesn't help me. Every opportunity I come across that someone says is "perfect for you" is full time, and I don't want full time work. When I say I'm available part time, the discussion stops. It happens over and over. I'm frustrated. I hope the situation is better for my children when they have children and want to work part time, but at this point society is not ready to embrace part time professional work. I'm resigned to not working until my kids are out of the house.
[Post New]04/14/2009 13:05
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I don't work in HR, but I think there's a lot more to it than paperpushing. Among other things, HR involves recruitment, designing incentive schemes, managing appraisals, etc. It's easy to underestimate a job if you don't do it!


THe HR staff in my building is most giggly bimbos - the work can't be THAT difficult.
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