What was your best and worse career move?

lemontart

worst move was taking the last job instead of one of the 2 other offers I had on the same day now on dole and worried sick about money whilst having to job hunt over the holidays

dmg24

Best Move - going to a posh school. It amazes me the doors that it will open ten years on ...

Worst Move - having an affair with my boss (many years ago, not proud, but a good lesson) ...

Gemmzie

Best Move - volunteer work, it's opened up doors I never would have thought of.

Worst Move - choosing one bank over another when given the choice, staying at the same place for three years and working a higher level position than I'm paid for for about 15 months, getting taken for a ride by the LA.

lamb7994

Best move- Current job - Working for a charity running charity shops for them in a local area.

Worst move: Leaving school and working for a major retailer as every one was trying to out do each other.

Although it was a bad move it gave me the experience to get my current job.
James

London_Exile

Best career move; Joining the Civil Service. Great people, great place to work, nice environment and interesting job

Worst move: Allowing myself to be outsourced to IBM - unbelievably stupid thing to do! The only positive I can see is that I now know where I want to be. Just wish I knew then what i know now.

kj*daisy

Worst move - leaving the public sector to go and work in Private Practice

Best Move - leaving Private Practice to go back to the public sector, even though it was temporary post it got my foot back in the door, been there ever since:)

wisbech_lad

Best move - leaving management consulting.

Worst move - being responsible for a chain of events that led to the son of a friend of the owners spending a night in a third world gaol and being deported... Still paying for that one!

Phirefly

TNG wrote: »

Only have regrets if you are comletely unhappy where you are, because every decision you've ever made (good or bad) has contributed to your current situation

That is ABSOLUTELY my philosophy to the letter. You only regret the things you don't do.

My best move was allowing myself to be forced by Mr Phirefly to attend a job trial as a fashion graphic designer even though I was convinced I wasn't up to it. 6 years on and I'm top of my game in the field and see people walking down the street wearing my designs every day

studentphil

I had some good advice the other day that you just have enjoy what you do now and not miss out on now by thinking about the next target.

dmg24

studentphil wrote: »

I had some good advice the other day that you just have enjoy what you do now and not miss out on now by thinking about the next target.

I half agree with this. Yes, definitely focus on enjoying what you are doing now. But unless you want to be in the same job in twenty years time, you do need to keep an eye on future opportunities ...