Im looking for a mind at work
THE SCHUYLER SISTERS - Hamilton: An American Musical
[Burr]
There’s nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk
At the students in the common
Just to watch them talk
Take Philip Schuyler: The man is loaded
Uh-oh, but little does he know that
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at
[Company]
Work, work!
[Angelica]
Angelica!
[Company]
Work, work!
[Eliza]
Eliza!
[Peggy]
And Peggy!
[Company]
Work, work!
The Schuyler Sisters!
[Angelica]
Angelica!
[Peggy]
Peggy!
[Eliza]
Eliza!
[Company]
Work!
[Peggy]
Daddy said to be home by sundown
[Angelica]
Daddy doesn’t need to know
[Peggy]
Daddy said not to go downtown
[Eliza]
Like I said, you’re free to go
[Angelica]
But—look around, look around, the
Revolution’s happening in New York
[Eliza & Peggy]
New York
[Company]
Angelica
[All]
Work!
[Peggy]
It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war
[Eliza]
People shouting in the square
[Peggy]
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
[Angelica]
New ideas in the air
[Angelica & Men]
Look around, look around
[Eliza]
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for
[All men]
She’s lookin’ for me!
[Angelica]
Eliza, I'm lookin’ for a mind at work
I'm lookin’ for a mind at work!
I'm lookin’ for a mind at work!
Whoa!
[Eliza, Angelica & Peggy]
Whooaa
Work!
[Burr]
Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
[Angelica]
Burr, you disgust me
[Burr]
Ah, so you’ve discussed me
I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
[Angelica]
I’ve been reading common sense by Thomas Paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration
[Eliza, Angelica & Peggy]
We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal
[Angelica]
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson
[Company]
Unh!
[Angelica]
I'm ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
[Women]
Work!
[Eliza]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
[Eliza & Peggy]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
[Eliza, Angelica & Peggy]
History is happening in manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city in the world!
[All]
In the greatest city in the world!
[Angelica]
'Cause I’ve been reading common sense by thomas paine
So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane
[Angelica]
You want a revolution?
I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration
[Eliza, Angelica & Peggy]
We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal
Whoo!
[All]
Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in manhattan and we just happen to be
[All women]
In the greatest city in the world
[All men]
In the greatest city
[Company]
In the greatest city in the world!
[Company]
Work, work!
Work, work!
Work, work!
[Angelica]
Angelica!
[Eliza]
Eliza!
[Peggy]
And peggy!
[Eliza, Angelica & Peggy]
The schuyler sisters!
We’re looking for a mind at work!
[Angelica]
Whoa!
In the greatest
City in the world
[Eliza & Peggy]
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest
City in the world
[Company]
In the greatest city in the world!
Hamilton Explained: The Schuyler Sisters
True to our promise, we’re becoming a Hamilton blog. Okay, maybe not full time, but you didn’t really think we’d stop at one post, did you? We’ve both been playing the cast recording nonstop, and new references and allusions rise up in the songs every time we listen. I’m sure we’ll keep discovering more, but we’re ready to start unpacking some of the many-layered references in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s lyrics.
First up – our introduction to the O.G. Kardashians, the Destiny’s Child-Made-Entirely-Of-Beyonces, the It Girls Of The Eighteenth Century… the Schuyler Sisters. Lyrics are in italics, the lines that I’m elaborating on are in bold, and our comments are next to bullet points.
The Schuyler Sisters
[BURR]
There’s nothing rich folks love more
Than going downtown and slumming it with the poor
They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the common
Just to watch ‘em talk
- In 1773, Alexander Hamilton began studying at King’s College – now Columbia University – in New York.
King’s College was “overwhelmingly loyalist” at the time. [source] - The Liberty Pole in the Common (City Hall Park) was a popular site for debates between the Loyalists and Patriots. [source]
- As a student, Hamilton wrote treatises, delivered speeches, and was known to frequent the Liberty Pole in the common. [source, source]
- From genius.com: similar in flow and topic to Melle Mell’s verses in Grandmaster Flash classic The Message. [source, source]
Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded
- The Schuylers were a prominent Dutch American family, and Philip’s wife was Catherine Van Rensselaer of the absurdly-wealthy-and-influential Van Rensselaers. Colonial power couple, right there. [source]
- And his house was pretty legit:
Uh oh, but little does he know that
His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza
Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at
- The Schuyler sisters, raised in the pretty good mansion pictured above, stayed with their aunt and uncle for a time in Morristown, NJ.
At the time, Philip was serving in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. [source] They met officers in Morrisown, a revolutionary hotspot. [source]
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ANGELICA]
Angelica!
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ELIZA]
Eliza!
[PEGGY]
And Peggy!
[COMPANY]
Work, work
The Schuyler sisters
- The repeated “work, work” in the chorus is a bit reminiscent of Do You Love Me by The Contours – possible coincidence. [source]
[ANGELICA]
Angelica!
[PEGGY]
Peggy!
[ELIZA]
Eliza!
[COMPANY]
Work!
- A Rap Genius user suggests that this might be a tribute to the roll call in Hairspray’s The Nicest Kids In Town.
[source]
[PEGGY]
Daddy said to be home by sundown
[ANGELICA]
Daddy doesn’t need to know
[PEGGY]
Daddy said not to go downtown
[ANGELICA]
Like I said, you’re free to go
- I haven’t tracked down evidence of the Schuyler sisters gallivanting through New York – although TBH if it was a stealth sneak-out like Angelica’s describing, I guess I wouldn’t find that anyway. But since New York City was occupied by the British during the war, Philip Schuyler probably wouldn’t have wanted his daughters there. [source]
- But—look around, look around
The revolution’s happening in New York
[ELIZA & PEGGY]
New York - The repeated New York, New York sounds a bit reminiscent of the Alicia Keys chorus in Empire State Of Mind.
[COMPANY]
Angelica
[SISTERS & COMPANY]
Work!
[PEGGY]
It’s bad enough Daddy wants to go to war
- Gen. Philip Schuyler was chosen as a major-general by the Continental Congress in 1775, and went on to aid the colonists in their instrumental victory at the Battle of Saratoga.[source]
[ELIZA]
People shouting in the square
- During the Revolutionary War era news and treatises were often read in public (town criers, anyone?) and public debates were common, as mentioned in the first verse. Imagine a live-action internet comments section.
[PEGGY]
It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore
[ANGELICA]
New ideas in the air
[ANGELICA & MALE ENSEMBLE]
Look around, look around—
[ELIZA]
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for
[ALL MEN]
She’s looking for me!
[ANGELICA (COMPANY)]
Eliza, I’m looking for a mind at work (work, work)
I’m looking for a mind at work (work, work)
I’m looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Woa-oah
[SISTERS]
Woa-oah
[SISTERS & COMPANY]
Work!
- A twitter user pointed out that “looking for a mind at work” seems to be a West Wing reference:
Looking for a mind at work.
🎵 #Hamiltunes @Lin_Manuel #WestWingInspirations @RobLowe @reneeelisegolds #HamiltonBway pic.twitter.com/Vr4JLGeyRK
— TheBethPenalty (@_thebethpenalty) September 23, 2015
This was also mentioned on genius.com. [Which I always thought was called Rap Genius??]
- Lin-Manuel Miranda has confirmed West Wing as an influence in writing Hamilton. [source]
[BURR]
Ooh, there’s nothing like summer in the city
Someone in a rush next to someone looking pretty
- Potential allusion: The Lovin’ Spoonful’s Summer In The City – Hot town, summer in the city / Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny
- Potential allusion: Jay-Z’s Excuse Me Miss. Not convinced because the flow sounds nothing like that one, but this verse definitely sounds like … something? Right? Anyone?
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels?
You searchin’ for an urchin who can give you ideals?
[ANGELICA]
Burr, you disgust me
[BURR]
Ahh, so you’ve discussed me
I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
- A play on “trust fund baby” – a rich kid with family money.
[ANGELICA]
I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
- Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was a 1776 pamphlet that you probably read or learned about in American history. It was extraordinarily popular and was influential in drumming up popular support for the Patriots’ cause. [source]
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
- One Burr biographer described Angelica as “witty, intelligent, and rambunctious,” which is a nicer way of saying it anyway? [source]
You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration:
[ALL SISTERS]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident
That all men are created equal”
- Declaration of Independence, 1776: “We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal […].”
- Its words were echoed 70 years later at the Seneca Falls Convention, in the Declaration of Sentiments (We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal).
Which will be relevant in like two seconds.
[ANGELICA (COMPANY)]
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson (unh!)
I’mma compel him to include women in the sequel
- So, there’s that: the words of the Declaration were an important part of Americans’ continued fight for independence. Maybe not an intentional reference, but still interesting.
- As for the Thomas Jefferson part: Angelica Schuyler Church carried on extensive correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. From his letters to her, it looks like she at least tried to talk politics, to little avail. Jefferson wrote: “You see by the papers, and I suppose by your letters also, how much your native state has been agitated by the question on the new Constitution. But that need not agitate you. The tender breasts of ladies were not formed for political convulsion.” [source] Can’t win ’em all.
- Aaron Burr, however, would have agreed with Angelica: he was really into Mary Wollstonecraft.
[source]. But he was still kind of a dick, though.
[WOMEN]
Work!
[ELIZA]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now
- This could be a reference to the ‘look around, look around, look around’ part of June Is Bustin’ Out All Over from Carousel, which I forgot was like 10 minutes long. [source] Probably not, because Carousel just doesn’t feel like an influence here. Plus “look around” is like …. kind of a common expression.
- Okay, now we’re heading into repeat lyrics, so it’s a good time to mention that I grabbed the lyrics from genius.com, where folks collaborate on explaining and breaking down lyrics. No doubt more will be added there over time, so you may want to look back in a while. [source]
- Official lyrics are here.
- And finally, we can both vouch that dropping $20 on the iTunes album was two Hamiltons well-spent.
[ELIZA, PEGGY]
Look around, look around at how
Lucky we are to be alive right now
[ALL SISTERS]
History is happening in Manhattan and we
Just happen to be in the greatest city in the world
[SISTERS & COMPANY]
In the greatest city in the world!
[ANGELICA (ELIZA, PEGGY) ((MEN))]
Cause I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine
(look around, look around)((hey, hey, hey, hey))
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane
(the revolution’s happening in)((hey, hey, hey, hey))
[ANGELICA (ELIZA, PEGGY) ((WOMEN))]
(New York) You want a revolution? ((look around, look around))
I want a revelation (In New York, woah)
So listen to my declaration ((the revolution’s happening))
[ALL SISTERS (WOMEN) ((MEN))]
We hold these truths to be self evident
(look around, look around) (hey, hey)
That all men are created equal
(at how lucky we are to be alive right now) (hey, hey)
[ALL SISTERS & COMPANY]
Look around, look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now
History is happening in Manhattan
And we just happen to be
[WOMEN (MEN)]
In the greatest city in the world (in the greatest city)
[COMPANY]
In the greatest city in the world!
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ANGELICA]
Angelica!
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ELIZA]
Eliza!
[PEGGY]
And Peggy!
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ALL SISTERS]
The Schuyler sisters
[COMPANY]
Work, work
[ALL SISTERS (COMPANY)]
We’re looking for a mind at work (work, work)
Hey (work, work)
[ANGELICA (COMPANY)]
Woah-ah! (work, work)
[ELIZA & PEGGY (COMPANY)]
Hey (work, work)
In the greatest city
[ALL SISTERS]
In the greatest city
In the world!
[COMPANY]
In the greatest city in the world!
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why it is so difficult for superspecialists to find a new job
Employers and recruiters call highly qualified specialists “overqualified” (from the English word overqualified). These are professionals whose competence and experience are wider than needed for a particular vacancy. And the point here is not at all the age discrimination of applicants over 45 - you can be overqualified even at 30 years old, and even earlier.
Both managers of different levels and non-management specialists who have become very deep experts or simply experts with a name in their field are considered overqualified. The main sign is that there are no vacancies for them with a decent level of both salary and functionality. Having no other options, they apply for lower-level vacancies - and are rejected. nine0003
Even highly qualified specialists are not immune from the risk of being unemployed against their will. For example, as a result of mass crisis layoffs or due to a corporate conflict in the company.
Voluntarily, this also happens quite often - because of moving to another region or as a result of unsuccessful employment, when you didn’t like it in a new place, but there is no way back either. It happens that due to professional burnout, a person quits “nowhere” in order to just relax for several months. Sometimes people leave because they have outgrown their functionality in the same place, they feel underestimated, and it seems to them that they will easily find a more suitable job. But in reality, it turns out that not only a more worthy, but even a job, at least equal to the level of the previous one, is not so easy to find. nine0003
In crisis economic conditions, this happens due to the fact that many good professionals are left without work, and there are almost no vacancies of the corresponding level - there is too much competition between equally strong specialists. In a stable economic period, difficulties with finding a job may be due, for example, to the fact that the scope of a professional is very narrow, all the “star” positions are occupied, and there are almost no new ones, and companies prefer to close them from their personnel reserve, and not from outside .
nine0003
Desperate, a person lowers the bar of expectations, but this does not help either. If a strong professional responds to a vacancy that he has clearly outgrown in his experience, this will certainly alert a potential employer. There are several reasons for this.
This is the first and most obvious reason for rejection. A person forced to lower the bar in position, salary, level of work tasks will not be satisfied with his position. “Working with us is just a transit point for him, he will be in constant search until he finds something really worthy,” potential employers think in this case. And they are not mistaken, with the exception of cases of classic downshifting, when a person is so tired of professional challenges and high responsibility that he sincerely dreams of relaxing in the routine of simple tasks for a couple of years. nine0003
Hiring a person who can quit at any time is unprofitable for the employer. If the newcomer does not work even a year, the company will incur double costs for the selection and adaptation of a new employee.
A highly qualified professional scares employers also because clients with whom he managed to work may leave after him, explains Elena Londar, consultant at HR-Brand Premium: “If an employee is not motivated, he will quickly leave . And maybe take away key customers. This is a risk that the employer is not ready to take. nine0003
The employer fears that less interesting or not particularly diverse functions quickly demotivate a specialist who is used to higher-level tasks. A bored employee will not work effectively, the business may suffer losses.
“Everyone dreams of engaged employees with sparkling eyes. Employers do not want to take risks and hire an overly qualified specialist. Either he will disrupt the climate in the team, or he will be difficult to manage - he will begin to sabotage some processes, argue with the authorities, ”says Elena Londar. nine0002 If the rest of the team begins to succumb to decadent moods, then you will have to solve several problems at once - negotiate with a new employee or look for a replacement for him and restore the working atmosphere in the team.
For the employer, these are unnecessary risks and additional costs. An overly qualified employee is also dangerous when, on the contrary, he is sincerely involved in a new job. His qualifications allow him to notice leadership errors that others do not see. Leaders fear criticism threatens their authority. And they see the risk that a “too smart” and “star” subordinate can “hook” them. nine0003
This happens if the situation in the team was initially unhealthy due to the nature of the leader. Knowing this, the recruiter will refuse the candidate in order to insure the company from internal conflicts. A self-confident and mature leader, on the contrary, will be happy with a very experienced subordinate and will find a field for applying his skills.
Competitive intelligence is a common occurrence in the market. The “scout”, who takes a job for the sake of trade secrets and a client base, is not embarrassed that the position is “cramped” for him. He agrees to anything, just to get access to the data.
Even if he is not accepted, some of the valuable information can be obtained at the interview, when the employer talks about the conditions and processes in the company. A "scout" goes to competitors for a vacancy that is not suitable for him in terms of level in order to learn about the tasks, strategy, goals and salaries. nine0003
Having found a resume of a specialist whose qualifications are clearly higher than required for an open position among the responses to a vacancy, the recruiter will want to understand what is the interest of such an applicant. If the vacancy does not imply a decent level of income for him or unique ambitious projects, then suspicion of dishonest purposes may arise.
“There are not so many motives: money, interesting work, complex projects that will cost more tomorrow, and a good team. If an overqualified person comes to an interview, then something from this list should move them. When basic material needs are satisfied, the difference of 10-15 thousand no longer plays a role.
Such a specialist will look for interesting projects or challenging tasks,” says Elena Londar. nine0002 The situation with hiring overqualified specialists is difficult for both parties. The employer does not want to take risks, and the applicant loses all motivation, receiving rejection after rejection. If you find yourself in a similar position, there are several ways out. - Apply for a managerial position. If you had an expert position instead of a managerial one and you cannot find an expert vacancy of the same level, try applying in the same professional field for a managerial position. Perhaps for this you still lack some competencies and they will have to be developed. But overqualification at the previous level will give you weight in the eyes of a potential employer. True, it should be borne in mind that the competition for leadership positions is one of the highest, according to hh.ru (on average, 10 resumes per vacancy). That is, finding a job in this direction will not be easy either.
nine0038 - Extend qualification. If you can't find a job in your usual narrow professional environment, try to master adjacent areas to expand your field of activity. You may need to learn something more to do this. In the event of a transition to an adjacent field, your willingness to lower the bar for your position and salary will not look suspicious in the eyes of potential employers: after all, you are actually starting a new career path, albeit not from scratch, but with a good base. Expanding qualifications is possible by mastering a related profession (were a journalist - became a PR manager), new tools in the previous profession (were an offline marketer - became an Internet marketer) or by changing the field of activity while maintaining the profession (always worked as a marketer in FMCG- companies, but switched to B2B marketing). nine0038
- Change career vector. Many office jobs involve two different job options: as an "in-house" (when you serve only your employer's business) or an external consultant (when you manage long-term or one-time projects for several clients at once, without being their employee).
Each option has its pros and cons. Often, someone who is used to working as an "in-house" is uncomfortable in consulting. And for someone who is used to consulting, it can be boring in the role of "in-house". But there are exceptions - in any case, it is worth trying to change the vector if there are still no suitable proposals within the framework of the usual format of work. nine0038 - Teach or become a coach. Deep expertise can be used for teaching or for advising budding colleagues. Teaching can be considered as an independent activity or as an additional one, even turned into your own business. If you have rich managerial experience, you can consider the option of a coaching career, but for this it is worth additional unlearning. In any case, you will need to expand the circle of people who know you as a brilliant professional. How to do this, we told here. nine0038
- Retrain. Maybe you have long been disillusioned with your profession and its related areas? If the profession and your experience in it turned out to be unclaimed, it may be worth seriously considering the idea of changing it.
If you already know where you are going, it's time to take concrete steps. And if the question "What can I do successfully?" while without an answer, you can look for an answer with the help of serious career guidance.
One way is to take our online Career Guidance test, developed by psychologists at Lomonosov Moscow State University. nine0003
Pass the Career Guidance test
leave during the probationary period - a stain on your career?
Imagine: you are entering a new job, looking forward to great tasks, dreaming of meeting new colleagues. But already in the first hours, an anxious feeling appears: “What if I made the wrong choice?”
Example 1. Camilla chose the company mainly because of the personality of the manager she wanted to work with. But on the very first day at a new job, I found out that the manager was leaving the company in a week. nine0065 Example 2. It was a surprise for Svetlana on her first day of going to work that her workplace would be in a different office, not as cozy and comfortable as the one where the interview was conducted, and it would take significantly more time to get there than she did ready to spend.
Example 3. Only after receiving the employment contract for signing, Sergey found out that the salary is less than half of the monthly income that he was promised at the interview, the rest is bonuses, the payment of which is not guaranteed. The level of monthly income without a bonus did not suit him at all. nine0065 Still lucky, if you figure out that everything is not as it seemed at the interview, you succeeded on the very first day before you made an entry in the work book. You can just leave and not remember this experience, regretting only the time spent. But what if strong doubts about the correct choice of work appear later - in the first week or first months, when you delve into the "inner kitchen"? It is psychologically more difficult to leave at this stage.
Example 4. Anton, a financial manager, in the first few days in a new job realized that the work with Big Data, for which he got a job here, does not even smell here yet. First you need to put things in order in the department, in which, as it turned out, the team has changed for the third time in a year.
nine0065 Example 5. Olga started a new job in a company where she had long dreamed of getting into, and was disappointed in the first month. She strongly disliked colleagues from the department and their style of communication with each other and with her. She felt like a stranger and realized that she would never settle down here. By the time you get a job, you are most likely already tired of the job search process, you may have passed several interviews in different companies. Finding a job is an energy-intensive task. It is usually hard to imagine that it needs to be started anew. Yes, and enthusiasm dries up, thoughts appear: “What if it won’t be better anywhere?”. nine0003
If you left another job for the sake of this job, having told your former colleagues what a wonderful offer you received, then it is all the more difficult to leave a new job right away. And it’s not always possible to figure out how justified the worries are. If you didn’t like the team, the leader, the internal arrangements, the load turned out to be greater than you expected, maybe it’s out of habit, and then “be patient - fall in love”, get involved and become easier?
According to many psychologists, sociologists and HR-specialists, on average, adaptation to a new job and getting used to the company's culture lasts six months.
In the first month it is difficult to evaluate your impressions objectively, because literally everything is difficult in the first month. nine0003
Of course, such things as gross deceit, violation of rights, insults, crossing personal boundaries, should not be tolerated for a day. In the situations described above, these are examples 2 and 3. In example 4, there also seem to be signs of misleading, although it is possible that Anton himself did not fully figure out at the interview stage what conditions he was called into. The company shows signs of trouble (frequent team changes), but perhaps there is room for growth.
But it is not worth keeping silent about less egregious reasons for discomfort, as well as about the fact that your expectations, which were formed in the process of agreements, diverged from reality. The first months of your work in the company are adaptation. In serious companies, managers and HR specialists understand this. Tell them about your discomfort, doubts, suspicions.
In companies with a strong corporate culture, you will be supported. And if you receive a negative reaction in response, this will become an additional basis for conclusions. nine0003
Alina Mudraya, Operations Director of the Values Value recruitment agency, recommends first of all to admit that you, like any person, have the right to make mistakes.
For herself, Alina identified two important indicators of self-awareness, which should be guided by when deciding whether to leave or stay in the hope of adapting.
Think of your acquaintances and friends who work in places where you could not spend a single day. Your impressions may be radically different from those of your friend, despite the fact that the company may be the same and the working conditions do not change. Keep track of what's happening to you. nine0003
The expert recommends tracking how your emotions, thoughts and feelings change in the first days, first weeks and months in a new place:
- Are you making progress and are you becoming more comfortable (clearer, calmer) in a new company? So the challenge is accepted - you have enough resources to master the new experience.
- Is it only getting worse, more stress and frustration? Looks like quitting is the best solution.
But before you leave the company, why was it so important for you to find reasons to leave or stay? If the reason for the dissatisfaction was absolutely unacceptable to you, would you probably leave right away? If the difficulties are surmountable, then Alina the Wise recommends remembering the saying "Whoever wants, he is looking for opportunities, who does not want - looking for reasons." nine0003
Try to objectively compare the conditions that you did not like in the company with those of other employers. Ask your friends from your professional circle how they are, read what is happening on the labor market in your field, what are the trends.
Watch your colleagues and your environment in general. What kind of relationship do you have with them? How do they (mostly) feel about the conditions in the company?
Ask new colleagues and management for feedback - what is their impression of you and your abilities and potential? Also remember that you have every right to clarify all doubts and inaccuracies in the agreements, and when the agreements are violated, be sure to signal this! nine0003
Natalya Dubinnikova, career consultant, advises not to delay the decision in the following cases:
Non-fulfillment of agreements by the employer.
Most often this concerns wages and registration. “Work with us for a couple of months, if we see that you are suitable, then we will issue it officially, increase the salary, assign a bonus,” if the employer is talking like that, Natalya advises boldly to say goodbye and leave. This is a hopeless story. But if everything turned out to be not quite as you imagined, although no one promised you otherwise (for example, you thought that the load was less, but the functionality was more interesting), then here you need to proceed from how fundamentally important it is for you to what you set up. nine0003 Natalia worked as the only technical writer in a small company for many years, she was known and loved, and interesting projects always appeared. However, there were no growth prospects. One day, she received an invitation from a large fintech company and went to an interview out of sheer curiosity. She was almost immediately offered the position of head of the technical writing department and a salary of 20% more than the current .
When Natalya got a new job, everything turned out to be “a little different”: although the cherished line “head of department” appeared in her work book, she did not have any team. According to the HR manager, the team was to be recruited in about six months. The promised salary was divided into salary and a quarterly bonus. It turned out that Natalya did not gain anything from the transition. In addition, the new company had stricter rules than those to which she was accustomed: she had to come to work strictly by 9:00, regardless of what time the working day ended yesterday - at 18:00 or at 22:00. were fined for being late. Two weeks later, at a new job, Natalia plucked up the courage to call her former employer. They have not yet found a replacement for her, and she happily returned.
You cannot get in touch with the team and the manager. We spend most of our lives at work, so it is very important that relationships with people and the atmosphere inside are comfortable.
Were you, as a newcomer, met with pointedly unfriendly? Do you see that there is a difficult conflict situation in the team, from which it is impossible to ignore? Does the leader have a very difficult character? And all this is a lot of stress for you? It is unlikely that you will get used to such an unhealthy environment, and you should not do this. nine0003
Company culture disgusts you. “This is something that you can immediately feel,” explains Natalia Dubinnikova. - In my practice, there were cases when every working morning began with a construction. It was necessary for all employees to line up at a certain time and wait for the arrival of the head (this was a Korean company). Not everyone is ready for this."
Sometimes in a situation where there is not the slightest doubt that you made a mistake in choosing a job, the fear of being branded as a "flyer" who does not know what he wants, or who failed the probationary period, prevents you from leaving quickly.
It's no secret that employers are suspicious of candidates with a short period of work. How to look for a new job with such a “spot”, if it is no longer possible to return to the previous one? nine0003
Leaving probation is not a disaster. Career consultant Ekaterina Troitskaya, in response to such concerns, recommends remembering: the very concept of a probationary period implies that not only the employer evaluates you, but you evaluate him.
According to the Labor Code, in case of dismissal during the probationary period, it is enough for you to notify the employer three days in advance, and not two weeks in advance, as usual. And this rule appeared not just like that.
“Unfortunately, not everything about the job and the features of the company can be formulated in the job description and told at the interview. There is information that is simply inappropriate to bring out, and there are things that are not spoken out because they are considered insignificant, although for some of the applicants they are important, they affect the work process and personal results, says Natalya.
— Even if the future employer does not deliberately deceive or distort information, applicants still have a rather large “gray” field. Inside it, there may be factors that are critical for deciding whether to work for this company. The probationary period exists, among other things, in order to look around on this field. The sooner you realize that this place is not for you, the better. Your career will not benefit from being here for a long time. nine0003
This is not a spot on a career. Do not worry too much about the history of unsuccessful employment. Every adequate employer understands that anyone, even the best employee, can find themselves in a situation where expectations diverge from reality. This is no reason to consider your professional reputation tarnished.
“Don't be embarrassed by the short period of work in the company,” Natalya Dubinnikova agrees with her colleague. - To be honest, I would not even mention it in my resume. A potential employer is interested in your results, not a formal list of jobs, but you can hardly talk about results in 1-2 months.
If you are asked a question at an interview about this period of time, then answer honestly, but carefully. Believe me, it would be much stranger to the next employer that you endured a hateful job for a year just for the sake of a line on your resume and did not bring any results. nine0003
What to say if you were asked about that experience. “Of course, you need to start from each specific case and there is no universal advice,” says Ekaterina Troitskaya. — But there are two principles that are important for any interview: to be honest, but also not to say too much. If you voice the real reason for your departure, then this will serve as a kind of insurance against the fact that the situation will not happen again in the next place. To a new employer, this story immediately shows what exactly you will definitely not tolerate. nine0003
In this case, Ekaterina calls any value judgments about the past employer, the transition to personalities, as well as attempts to appoint someone to blame as superfluous information.
