Years Experience: 20 years or more (United States)

How to start the human engine and engage others through Natural Management.

Worked for a company for years and only one raise through a five year bankruptcy. The company is making almost 10 figures now and there are still no raises or bonuses in site. Foreign owners will always think that those in the US are too highly paid. So my advice to those taking a job with one - negotiate as hard as you dare from the start because raises are too few and far between.

I'm 55 years old and nearing retirement with a Federal Agency. 6 years ago I read Dave Ramsey's Book, "Total Money Makeover." At that time, I was in so much debt that I truly believed that I could never retire. After reading the book I realized that I needed to get control of my spending. To make a long story short, I paid off all my debt, including the house, in 3 1/2 years and I can't tell you how great it feels to not owe anyone any money. So, if you want to feel truly free, get out of debt. You will find that you enjoy your job quite a bit more if you know that you don't really have to keep working forever.

I am a 54 year old career LPN. I enjoy my job but have recently found out I could be more competative with certifications as well as degrees. While gettin my RN, I am also doing some certification classes. This will make me more marketable in this fast moving feild. So I'm Keeping it Moving. My Dream Job is to be a CNA teacher. They are the foundation of the medical profession.

The only advice for anyone in Field Service related fields that I have is be honest with your customers, strive to be better at what you do, keep open communication with everyone, and continuing education can only benefit you. Remember, the guy that knows everything...is usually over-confident and probably looking for a job. Flexability with a good employer is well worth it. Examine where your company is going and how they invest in their employees.

I worked in an OB/Gyn Office 11-06 till 06-10 I loved my job. I was the Doctor's only nurse. The job was very stressful as the Dr. sometimes was unreasonable. I kept working there on my feet for sometimes 10 hours per day. My legs started swelling like the pregnant girls we cared for.

Then I started feeling sick. The kicker was in January 2010 the Doctore, in one of her fits, threw charts at me. I gave my letter of resignation for the end of February.

The Dr. asked me to go on a leave of absence and get my medical needs taken care of. I gave her 3 weeks before going on leave.

I found out what was wrong with me medically then I fell and fractured my left wrist. The Doctor found out about my illness and that I had a fracture. She sent me a registered letter stating my inability to respond in a timely manor to my return to the office. The L.O.A. was terminated. This was my dream job and I miss it every day. I am hoping another doctor's office will give me another chance.

Job security is changing in the teaching field. My advice is to be honest and loyal to the job. Principals will respect your work if they are honest people. I think principals should not have a great deal of power over the teachers that work in their building because some or not loyal to the job but use the job for other purposes. There are good principals out there but when you choose principals that don't understand the grade levels then the district will have a problem.

I have been a dental hygienist for nearly 20 years but moved to a new area recently. I was subing in an office near my new home and the boss told me there was one day a week open and offered it to me. Yeah, I thought. The doctors like me, the patients are all requesting to see me again and the office staff really get along with. Then out of the blue (2 months into my job) he tells me he has a friend that he wants to help out and that she has been given my job??!!?? Sometimes these dentists just do things we can't understand. But I am still a little bitter about how he gets to play puppetmaster because he said I would still get to sub when their in a bind!!!!

MY best advice is that when moving to an area that your work skills are not known write a really good cover letter. Explain your qualifications, management style, any degrees or awards,and basic philosphy concerning the culinary field. Prospective employers need to get to know a little about you.

Five years ago today my life situation was very different. One day,...I had a great job (for a 48 year old high school graduate) working for a major title insurance company in the midwest making $46,000 per year, with 401K, annual bonuses, fully paid health, dental & vision insurance for myself & my spouse, 4 weeks paid vacation & paid sick leave & 18 of the best co-workers ever to work with. The next, I found myself in a small start-up company making less than 2/3 of my former salary, NO benefits (including retirement of any kind) except a ridiculously horrible major medical plan that SERIOUSLY pays squat & that I have to pay almost $5000 a year out of my own pocket in order to include my self-employed husband on. This turn of events is based solely on our immediate area's economical woes since the onset of the "recession" (which according to financial projectionists we're not in by the way). When the bottom started dropping out of the real estate market a few years ago, so did it drop out of the economy's need for some of us. The only bit of advice I can offer to those of you who seem to be having a rough time of it in the position you now occupy, I'd like to say, "Enjoy it!" It may not be there tomorrow.