Should i just be grateful to have a job? Or would you want to change career too?

I am in Business to business sales, and i'm sick of how you're only as good as your latest sales figures. November was a brilliant month i was on top, then december went poorly, and January doesn't look promising. Its monotonous, and i hate it, i have an Masters in English Lit and feel like i am wasting my brian, i am a robotic monotonous drone calling company after company.



I want to do something else, but this current climate is scary, should i just be pleased to have work and wait a while before jumping ship??Should i just be grateful to have a job? Or would you want to change career too?
Don't feel bad about it but don't be too hasty.Should i just be grateful to have a job? Or would you want to change career too?
You should be very grateful to have work right now.

If you do want to leave, make sure you have another SECURED job before you decide to leave yours

The economy is going to get worse before it gets better
I think you may find it hard to jump ship just at the moment. No harm in looking at the job market to see whats out there. The fact you probably have bills to pay will be the decider at the moment
There is no harm in looking, or even applying for jobs.



It might be a morale booster if the job you have at the moment is better than any of the ones you look at.



I would say there is never a good time to leave a job, but i just wouldnt go screaming it from the rooftops that you are looking for a new job. Grin and bear it for the time being, and just keep your eyes and ears open for something else.



It may end up being a case of the grass is greener though.
Get into adult entertainment.
If you were told you had one month to live,would staying at that job be one thing you would have regret over?Waisting your brain?If you believe you deserve better than go for it,start looking.I would rather be happy for less money,than unhappy for more money.Life is short,don`t get stuck in a rut.
If you're young and have few obligations, and aren't supporting anyone else, then FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!! For cryin' out loud---why waste your life doing something you hate?



That makes no sense. Even if you HAVE obligations, you will not get anywhere else unless you step off the edge. The journey of a thousand miles, blah blah blah...you know the rest.



Why be afraid of the economy? After all, it's only money. Money comes and goes. Even in a good economy you might fail--so you can't blame the economy or the business climate for not pursuing what you want to do. And the only way you will EVER know if it's what you really want is to DO it.



Read this:



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You should use your current job to fund schooling for something a little more marketable than English Lit. Go to night school and get involved with IT or green engineering.



I'm not being mean, I am a senior-level professional writer with an engineering degree that wouldn't hire an English or English Lit major if they were subsidized by the government.
Stay in that job but study to be an accountant in your spare time. That career can be interesting and the safest job i know. Think of the amount of ledgers there are, then

you have credit control, taxation, auditing. and amortisation.

It can be an exciting career. There is another plus. if jobs are hard to find you can go self employed, the set up costs are minimal, and free lance work is always plentiful, business and private. You really cannot go wrong.
Be grateful for the job but its only a job, you don't have to take it home with you. Expand your mind when your home do whatever chills you out. I hate my job and the people i work with, I'm a qualified site chargehand but because of the building work going bust i now take orders from somebody who spent most of their adult life cleaning crap from lab bottles. Its unskilled and very boring with a real bad air in the place, very nasty people! not what i'm used to but hey ho its a job and i have to respect their position but at the end of the day i get paid and i never let the work interfere with my private life. The same can't be said for the assholes i have to work with. Never define yourself by your job, I'm not a labourer labouring is just something i do.
Stay where you are for the moment, but look around for something else you would like better. If you need further training to get your dream job, do it part time. Decide what you are most interested in, and go for it. Pull out all the stops and make it possible. Good luck !!