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What was your biggest obstacle?
What was your biggest obstacle? What was your goal for this obstacle. How did you overcome this obstacle?
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Lydia’s Answer
The biggest obstacle I faced when starting my career was too much education and not enough experience. Because of this I had a hard time obtaining the salary I desired some employers were reluctant to offer entry level roles. My recommendation would be to gain some work experience before pursuing additional education. Regardless of the challenge you face as long as you put forth the effort and time I'm sure you'll be successful.
I will use this advice as I prepare for my career.
Hezekiah
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Rija’s Answer
Hello Hezekiah!
The biggest obstacle I faced was when I started my first job after college. I started thinking I was going to get trained and I was going to be excellent at my job as fast as I could. Turned out that we were short-staffed so I didn't have a lot of training. I shadowed my co-workers but I felt like I wasn't able to do anything there. I planned on quitting due to the lack of training. The reason I applied for this job was so I could get patient care experience for the masters program I planned to apply for. Later on, I came up with the goal that I should stick it out and learn as much as I can by myself. I had wonderful coworkers who helped me as well. Finally, after many weeks of feeling hopeless, I was able to do my job. Everyday I had started to get better at my job. I would say that if you are ever in this position, do not be afraid to ask others for help or even try to do things by yourself because everything is a learning opportunity, even if you are teaching yourself.
The biggest obstacle I faced was when I started my first job after college. I started thinking I was going to get trained and I was going to be excellent at my job as fast as I could. Turned out that we were short-staffed so I didn't have a lot of training. I shadowed my co-workers but I felt like I wasn't able to do anything there. I planned on quitting due to the lack of training. The reason I applied for this job was so I could get patient care experience for the masters program I planned to apply for. Later on, I came up with the goal that I should stick it out and learn as much as I can by myself. I had wonderful coworkers who helped me as well. Finally, after many weeks of feeling hopeless, I was able to do my job. Everyday I had started to get better at my job. I would say that if you are ever in this position, do not be afraid to ask others for help or even try to do things by yourself because everything is a learning opportunity, even if you are teaching yourself.
Thank you, this is really helpful.
Hezekiah
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Sikawayi’s Answer
Hello Hezekiah, thank you for your question. The biggest obstacle I have had in my career has been my health. I did set a goal to get past my health issues I changed my diet and started to work out every day . But the more things I changed the more things seemed to go wrong I never got past my health issues I had to learn to live with them. Best of luck
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Mark’s Answer
Hi Hezekiah,
This is a great question. One of the obstacles I dealt with was when I was working as a Recruiter for a staffing agency. At the time I was with the company for 6 years and I wanted to switch to corporate recruiting. As I looked at what companies, were hiring I realized that a majority required a Bachelor's Degree and I only had an Associate Degree. My goal was to enroll back in school and obtain a Bachelor's Degree is Business Management. I was awarded a scholarship, but the only caveat was that I needed to attend as a full-time student. I would have to work full time as a recruiter (required about 50-60 hours a week), attend school as a full-time student, while having a son and a daughter on the way (wife was 6 months pregnant). I spoke with my wife and informed her of my goal and we worked out a game plan that worked for us and our family. 2 years later I was able to graduate and secure a great job with a rebuttal company.
This is a great question. One of the obstacles I dealt with was when I was working as a Recruiter for a staffing agency. At the time I was with the company for 6 years and I wanted to switch to corporate recruiting. As I looked at what companies, were hiring I realized that a majority required a Bachelor's Degree and I only had an Associate Degree. My goal was to enroll back in school and obtain a Bachelor's Degree is Business Management. I was awarded a scholarship, but the only caveat was that I needed to attend as a full-time student. I would have to work full time as a recruiter (required about 50-60 hours a week), attend school as a full-time student, while having a son and a daughter on the way (wife was 6 months pregnant). I spoke with my wife and informed her of my goal and we worked out a game plan that worked for us and our family. 2 years later I was able to graduate and secure a great job with a rebuttal company.
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Yujeong’s Answer
Obstable would be vary, but the most important thing you should keep in mind is that the obstacle is always something you should overcome someday. Also, I'd like to comment that you can get much more experience when you're trying to overcome the obstacle and further, the obstacle can be your strong point when eventually you overcame it. So, please don't be afraid when you face any obstacles, and please think about only how you can overcome it and just make your own plan.