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So you research the company extensively, put your thoughts together, ensure the suit works, think about the right colours, the documents, the correct tie, and all the other things that goes into preparing for the interview. Sometimes you do know what the job entails and in those situations you have the opportunity to prepare at length. However, in other situations you might not have the information to really prepare like you know how to. On decision day, they call you into the office and you are seated before your employers.


In this economy, the unemployed or those wanting to switch jobs are all in the job market jostling for created jobs or those vacated by others. With the pushing and shoving of resumes around, human resource teams struggle to find the best employees to fit in their organisations. Somehow, if it is with luck or a good network, you are called with an offer for an interview.

I have been in jobs and I have been at interviews where I know from the start this job is not for me. For the ones you are able figure out it is the wrong fit, it takes a while for you to accept it because you want to pay the bills and live independently. Many people today stay in jobs they hate because of this same reason and it is wrong on some levels. Moreover, it means you are not going to perform your job to the best of your abilities because it is the wrong fit for your personality among other factors.

There is no perfect job where everyday everything runs just the way you want it to. We will have tough days and co-workers who are hard to work with. I fully understand that. However, there is a ‘perfect’ job for everyone. When we really love our jobs, we will wake up motivated for the day’s activities. In my previous job, I would wake up and want to cry because I am going to an office where I will be emotionally drained and stressed not by the workload per se but there were other factors that made the job a wreck. I went for months on end talking about resigning and changing jobs. My heart wanted it so much. I cannot understand how others do this for years teaching in a classroom, on the police force, clerical work, or managing a company or department. Days before I resigned I would be sick. Back then, I did not think my job would have been the cause but in retrospect I think my job was the cause. Currently, my friend who has a managerial position at a top company has been having cycles of illness and a few days ago shared with me that he thinks his job could be the real cause of it.

We have one life to live and it is not worth it to die because we were so stuck to the wrong job. There are many jobs out there filled with sad faces and stressed out lives. If we were in the right fields, then most of the problems we face would be solved. Sometimes we blame persons for providing a particular level of service when in fact they are in the wrong job. We have had our share of impatient teachers, grumpy customer service representatives and greedy, corrupt policemen. The world is in a mess. Can you imagine if men should wear women clothing for one day? That is how mismatched some of us are with the jobs we are in.

I know what makes me happy. I am in a better position now to know if I will be comfortable in a particular job. As employees we need to interrogate ourselves to find out if we are in the right job. Does my personality really fit my job? Am I treating the people around me well? If no, is it because I dislike my job or is it that I am not motivated in doing my duties? These questions are critical in analysing our evaluations at work and how we find the state of our private lives. Who knew being in the incorrect job could affect other aspects of our life?

We owe it to ourselves to find out if we really love our job. To find out if you are the right fit in a job, you have to work in it. I would say give yourself some months, years before you make any decision. Living in a recession you have to be wise. You can’t just resign and then sit at home, the bills are to be paid, and mortgage, rent, electricity etc they will pile up. The best time to move on is when you have something else lined up; where you start another job after. It can’t be about the money all the time. Do it for the heart, it will thank you in the future.