AboutWes Schaeffer Experience Since 1995 I have been a certified instructor, starting in the Air Force and transitioning to the public sector in 1997. Since 1997 I have been in sales, sales management and/or sales training in fields as diverse as financial services to high tech.
Organizations Temecula, Irvine and Murrieta Chambers of Commerce. Temecula Rotary. BNI.
Publications The Valley Business Journal, Ezine.com.
Education/Credentials Graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1992 and Texas A&M in 1993. I held securities licenses (6, 7, 63 & 65), insurance licenses (life and P&C) and real estate.
Awards and Honors Many President's Circle awards.
Past/Present Clients Dell, Money Mailer, Bear Designz, WestCap Securities (to name a few current clients)
Expert: Wes Schaeffer Date: 6/21/2008 Subject: I hate my new job
Question I've been working a sales job for about a month where I work the phones all day. Anyway, I've only been here a short time and I thought that this is the job I wanted but it turns out I hate it. I am becoming depressed from the long and awkward hours and from sitting in a cubicle all day. Its not even a matter of me doing bad or good, they tell me I'm doing good for someone new. Its just a matter of this job depressing me. How long should I wait to leave the job?? I don't want to have a short period of work like 1 month on my resume. I was thinking of leaving after the summer, maybe in September. What do you think? In my old job I was selling face to face with clients and I enjoyed it. But this phone stuff is killing me.
Answer Freddy,
Life's too short to be miserable. That being said, things are rarely as bad as they seem and the grass is never greener on the other side.
Had enough cliches?
Think back to why you took the job in the first place. What attracted you to it? What drove you from your other job? Take a DETAILED inventory of EXACTLY what you like and do not like about your current job. You'll need that type of info to help you decide what to look for in your next job and what to avoid. You may also end up appreciating your current job a little more if you're looking for the positives vs. the negatives.
What can you learn while at your new job? Can you practice your prospecting and qualifying skills? If you need help there we offer a free CD called "Prospecting to Fill the Pipeline". Just go to www.newschoolselling.com and hit the photo of the CD on the top right and we'll mail it to you 100% free. Listen to that CD and then gobble up everything else you can on prospecting. Become a calling, qualifying, closing machine and then tell me whether or not you like your job.
If you become a closing machine it will also become easier to find a new job. You'll come highly recommended and the confidence you bring to the interview will get you a higher comp plan.
So my advice is to pinch your nose and see how you can leverage this time to become as strong as you can be on the phone, which most pansy sales people are afraid of, then move on once you sharpen your skills.
If, however, you're suffering from migraines, bleeding ulcers, loss of hair and seizures just quit. A short stint on your resume will not kill you. If it's been less than a month and you have a history of job stability before this I might just leave it off my resume altogether.
