I sent my resume to a recruiter last week (it turns out she owns the company!). She was recommended to me by an old coworker (who ended up coming back to be a current coworker).
Anyway, I just got off the phone with her, and I don't have a good feeling about my job prospects. She currently doesn't have anything for which I might be a good fit, and also didn't really have any suggestions for transitioning to other different-but-related fields. She did say her team would keep my resume & contact me if anything that might be a fit came up, but to be honest, I'm doubtful it'll happen. I've known for years that I'm in a very niche field, and while my specialized skills are valuable to the right person/company, the job opening are are few and far between.
I did (and do) expect finding something new may take quite a while, but really, I'm somewhat disappointed that she didn't have anything at all. I suppose this could just be a sign that I should be happy with what I have & not let financial ambitions drive me?
Ugh, the more I think about it, the more it bothers me. I was just calculating how much my coworker must make by now, and I kind of wish I hadn't. When I got hired back into my old position in 2011, we had a discussion about salaries, and we each shared approximately how much we made then. Even if he only got a 1.5% raise a year (typically we get 1.5-2%), by now he's making 50% (of my annual pay) more than I do. I realize we have different job titles, and he has a degree, but when it comes to the actual work we do, I complete the majority of the requests that come through our department, and I'm the one who actually schedules everything in the lab and keeps it all running smoothly. I feel guilty/childish for thinking it's not fair (because we all know life *isn't* fair), but that's how I feel.
It's just discouraging.
4:13 p.m. - 2023-03-23
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