My Dads Resume
Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to talk about something I never thought I would have to help with: my dads resume!
My Dads Resume
As an adult man, one of the weird feelings that I get is when my dad asks me for help with something. I am not put off by it, I really appreciate that he looks to me for help with something that he thinks I am good at. That's a really wonderful feeling, especially because I have my own son and know that it's really important for me as a father to be able to impart knowledge on my son and that he feels confident in me and my abilities.
My dad is going through some issues at his job where he's just got an overall shitty work environment. He has people that he works with that are just assholes and it's a back-stabbing environment. It's pretty messed up too because he's been there for over 20 years, given so much to the place that he works at but all of that changes when you have pieces of shit that you work with. I think we can all relate to that situation!
One day my dad turned from ranting to asking me for help, can I help him fix his resume so he can put it out there and apply for jobs? I was taken aback for sure, because he's complained about the people he works with before but never to the extent where he is thinking of saying fuck it and going to work somewhere else. This was a pretty serious step, but I was also a little nervous that he was instilling a lot of trust into me, to help him build a resume that works! Ahh what the hell?!
I took my resume which is much different than his in terms of the various skills since he works in a different industry than me, but I took my shell and applied a bunch of the things for him so that he can at least have a starting point. It really felt weird putting his name at the header, info and all that and then trying to figure out how I would break down his work experience and all that shit. I spent a good hour on it one morning and really got it to where I thought it was something half decent, but it just needed his professional touch to add in the details of his job that I really had no idea about.
I wonder if he would ever go through it, and get a new job? I don't know because he's had challenges in the past with other things in life and instead of saying fuck it and throwing in the towel, he digs in and gets things figured out. With this situation, I don't know if there is a lot he can do because of the shitty people around him but it was definitely a strange feeling to have to help my dad, who I've looked up to for so long and tried to work to be as good of a man as him, needed my help with something.
It was a very somber moment for me in a lot of ways, and a sign that we are indeed getting older. It reinforced a little bit of the finite nature that is life, and how beautiful but sad at the same time it can be. I've seen a bunch of memes lately that I think I'll drop in the comments but it's the dad taking pieces of himself so that he can put his son together as whole, and things like that choke me up thinking of how I have gotten those wonderful experiences with my dad, and I'm in turn doing the same with my son. I know these are really important things to have happen in life, because they are normal but man it doesn't prevent them from being emotional and hard to deal with!
I think at the end of the day though, I am just happy to have been able to help my dad in whatever small way I did, considering how much he has sacrificed for me. Whether or not he actually goes and uses the resume to apply and subsequently accept a position is one thing, but just being able to help my dad even take that first step was huge for me. I'm getting a little choked up writing it but it's a proud and sad moment for sure.
What about you, have you had to help your parents with something big like this? How did you deal with it?
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I kind of hard a similar experience but with my mom. I had to help with a certain aspect of her work, which deals with information technology, database stuff. I felt honoured to be that useful and give back something. I think understanding the finite nature of life helps us make better use of our time, especially with regards to family and loved ones.
That's good you were able to give back to your mom like that! It's certainly challenging especially when it's anything database related haha but it's good she had you around to help her out. It does bring things into perspective quite a bit! Life is short we need to appreciate what we have!
My father is self-taught and I think of him as a person who has not stood still, he has done many different things in his life. But your dad wanting to start a new phase may not be a bad thing, it's new experiences and opportunities.
Yeah my dad has done a lot of things in his life and career, all in the same field and with the same company but it comes to a point where you have to move on. It's not easy but it's important and empowering to have the resume built out so you can take it to other job applications if you want to.
It must have taken a level of frustration for someone to decide to leave a job he has been doing for over twenty years
Also, I’m glad you could help your dad with his resume and I hope he finds a better job that he won’t have to complain all the time
Yeah there was a lot of issues and sadly poor management so it made everything more challenging.
It must be very daunting for your dad to job search after being with his current company for so long. Hopefully he'll also have connections who can help with networking and referrals
Yeah he's pretty stressed out about it but I think having a resume that actually helps him is a huge step and weight off his shoulders. He doesn't want to leave but when you are backed into a corner with poor management then you do what you have to do.