Your Job is Not Your Career

Our theme last week was “Your Job is Not Your Career”. Referring to everybody who doesn’t feel happy with your current job and feeling of getting a better one. There’s of course always another way: try to love your current job.

Immediate Past President Praw was the TOM, and he showed a good set of slides about job vs career. A job is a paid position of regular employment, while a career means an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress. Which one is the one you’re doing right now, a job or a career?

Puspita delivered her BM5, recounting her experience using the social network “Tinder”. As a single lady, it’s normal for her to seek a partner. Her friend recommended her to use Tinder application to try searching for that special “The One”. She made several friends and met with a few guys. One man she met for lunch was too touchy, so she had to say, “Don’t touch, we’re not muhrims!”. She had lunch with him and it was far below her expectations.

This guy proved to be so different from her type, so she started to avoid him after they met, but he kept constantly trying to contact her. Because she’s annoyed, she deleted her Tinder account. When she told her friend who recommended Tinder in the first place about her unpleasant encounter, her friend said, “I’ve succeeded after trying so many more times than you. How can you give up just after a few tries?”.

Puspita still haven’t started searching for “The One” again in Tinder, but she agreed that to find the right person needs an effort. She will make the effort when her heart says so.

What I like from her speech was her comfort in speaking in front of us, and her natural hand gestures. It’s nice to see and made us understand everything she said better.

Tika delivered her BM2 about being the Master of Ceremony for a big company’s event. She was very excited and nervous at the same time, even leaving early to avoid traffic. Thankfully the traffic was smooth, so she arrived (way) too early. She remembered one advice from her evaluator, Ratih, and tried to make an eye contact to everybody in the room before starting.

She prepared seriously and managed to become a successful MC that day. It’s nerve-wrecking, but something she’s really proud of when it’s done well. From Tika, we learned that preparation would pay a good result. Arriving early would also make us calmer on all events. And most importantly, joining Toastmasters really has its applicable benefits!

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Our theme tonight is all about personal branding. What image do you show to public? What image does your friends at work or your good friends outside work see you? What image does your bosses see you? And what image does potential job interviewers see you? Let’s talk about that at Mots tonight!