Job Search- starting over

[02ducky]

Well, i have come to the conclusion that I am not happy with where I work anymore and have decided to change directions. My place of employment has become very toxic and at the end of the day I have been finding myself coming home either depressed, frusterated and grumpy. I have done the same line of work for a majority of my life and need a change. The change will do me some good and i want so desperately to find my nitch in life.

Currently, I am a Corporate Security Investigator for a major corporation and its just not applealing to me anymore. Starting over "fresh" scares me to death and struggling with were to even begin, i have been with the same company for 12 years and was with the company before that for 15 years before they pulled up and move out of the state.

Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Mazin]

Good luck brother I know how you feel!

If if you want you can always come paint with me

[Irving]

I just met with my, hopefully, next boss today for lunch. I'm also nervous about the change. Best of luck!

[Snowman78]

They say 12 years is the breaking point, How about full-time L.E.O a lot of places are hiring now.

[ray1970]

Change is always refreshing.

I find after about two years I'm usually ready for a change. I've only had two jobs that I stayed past a couple of years.

Not quite what you're talking about, but after nearly twelve years doing the same job I recently took a different position in my company. Took about a ten percent cut in base pay and probably won't have near as much overtime but I think I'm going to be much happier and better off in the long run.

Best wishes.

[TheGrey]

Get your license and freelance. Branch into other investigations, be your own boss.

[argonstrom]

Stripper?

PM inbound.

Wait... that sounded wrong; it's not about that.

[Grant H.]

Stripper?

PM inbound.

Wait... that sounded wrong; it's not about that.

Nice... My wife is making fun of me for laughing...

02Ducky -

Change can be huge. Even if it isn't a change in actual activities, just a change of scenery/focus/etc.

I have done industrial communications for all of my professional career (started in high school), but as I closed out my 10th year at my previous employer, I was done. Burned out.

After a break, I started doing some contract work in communications, and then started a company with my older brother. Now 3 years later, I spend a tremendous amount of time working (still young-ish company - growing but small) but I am happy, I enjoy my job, and my wife likes me better.

The other guys here have suggested it, and it might not be right for you, but think about changing the position, not necessarily the career.

[Great-Kazoo]

After 15 years i parted ways with a former business partner. Starting over, so to speak, isn't that hard. Or easy. My biggest issue with the job market was dealing with the E-mail your Resume to ...... Not getting any feeling like one use to years ago was different. Power on, when it's time for that right job, you will know it.

[jgang]

1. Don't burn any bridges.....but you know that already.
2. Network, network, network
3. Open the aperture (consider any possibility)
4. Don't give up.

I finally started a new job last Wednesday after retiring from the AF in October of 14. Took 5 months off to finished our basement and rebuild the deck, but continued the job search the whole time. It was a slog trying to find the right gig. I got involved with myriad veterans volunteer groups and got myself invited to several councils and meetings. One of which revealed the job I just started....would never have known about it had I not injected myself into the situation. Biggest challenge for me was simply trying to decide what I wanted to do or be in my second career.