Do you have a dead end job?

Having a dead end job can cause problems not only in your work life but in your personal life as well.

If you get bored at work and aren't sure where to turn it can start having a negative impact on your ability to do your work and can extend into your private life if your unhappiness follows you out the door at night

Having said that, is there really such thing as a dead end job, or is it something else?

Is it your employer that is the problem?

More specifically, is it your boss?

I'm assuming of course that you are in the "right job" and that you are not in an ill-suited position that does not fit your skills and interests. In this case, any similar job with another company might appear to also be a dead end job if you're in the wrong industry, wrong field, wrong profession, etc!

So what if the problem is not the job or the company but your manager?

I've worked for small companies with less than 10 staff right up to very large corporations of over 8,000 staff.

The one thing I've found is that in each case, it was my manager who determined how I felt about the company and about my job in general.

If I liked the company I worked for, it was largely because of the direct interaction I had with my manager.

If I liked the job, it was because I liked working for my manager and felt that they tried to make my job as pleasant as possible.

Sure, the company higher ups (senior management) made the policies and so forth but it was generally my manager who had the most impact on whether or not I liked the job and whether I figured the position I held was a dead end job or not.

With a good manager, I'd expect that I'd be able to approach them to discuss my desire to take on new work or additional responsibilities that might help me stop looking at my job as being a dead end one.

A good manager would also help me with my career progression within the company where possible.

Obviously the larger the company the more upward mobility you might have but I think a good manager can go a long way to preventing you from feeling like you have a dead end job.

Some people are simply not good managers of people and their lack of skills in this area can negatively impact how you feel about your job and how you perform it.

It can also cause you to make sweeping statements about your company or industry that may or may not be true, simply because of your interaction with your manager.

Carl Mueller

My name is Carl Mueller and I'd like to thank you for learning a bit more about me!

I feel that I have numerous relevant experiences during my career that come in useful when helping people with their careers:

I know what it?s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand, from 1994-1998).

I've survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.

I have also experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.

I know what it?s like to be self-employed.

I've helped many people find better jobs. I started to work as a professional recruiter in 2000 first as an Information Technology (IT) recruiter and then in general recruitment across many industries including IT, manufacturing and marketing. Since this time, I have helped many people find their dream career and it?s a great feeling.

I experienced one of the slowest hiring periods in recent memory especially during the general hiring slowdown that followed the Y2K frenzy in 1999, the bursting of the dot com bubble in early 2000, and then the employment market bottoming out following September 11, 2001.

These were certainly not great times to be a job searcher in most industries nor was it a particularly good time to be a recruiter.

Following this, I began running the day to day operations of an Internet-based company in early 2003 that focused on developing online software and subscription-based websites for consumers. It was then that I fully realized the power, usefulness and potential of the Internet which really spurred me to set up my own website which you can view in my Personal URL section below this bio.

I?m also a Platinum Ezine Articles Expert as recognized by EzineArticles.com, one of the most visited websites on the Internet. This special designation is earned by having consistently high-quality articles published and viewed on their website. All of my submissions are related to helping you find your dream career and many of my articles get reproduced on other websites by their webmasters.

Good luck with your career and I hope I have been of assistance to you!