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I've been at current job for about 3-4 months and I've come to the realization that I am over email marketing. I would rather just focus on marketing in general, or an aspect that is more involved. At my previous job I was there for 1.5 years and did email marketing there as well. I find email marketing to be somewhat boring, and the same thing day in and out, not very interactive, looking for something that I can involve more brain power into
So, I am wondering if it is wrong to be job hunting, or if I should simply try to wait it out longer...Plus, the culture at my present job is not very structured and gets frustrating, I know now I like order and cubicles, as opposed to an open work environment, and everything is so high school with everyone being overly open and seemingly in a clique and the tendency to get loud during the day with people talking non work related issues.
Thusfar, my resume reads something like:
Job 1: 9 months
Job 2: 1.5 years
Job 3: Currently 4 months
I am in my mid twenties, and I am a tad confused on what to do. This is my time to explore and figure out where my 'calling' is...I don't believe in staying in a job you hate, life is simply too short. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
I think at this stage( given your age), bouncing around a bit until you get your footing isn't necessarily a bad thing. The HR managers on the job may be able to advise you better as to how they'd perceive it. If you were much older though,with a long series of short jobs, you may appear a job hopper. Mid-twenties, wouldn't worry about it too much, if you're not happy don't waste your time stuck somewhere you don't want to be.
I see nothing wrong with looking now. You are still pretty young, and it may take a while to find something else and/or what else you want to do. Btw, I'm in email marketing too. I can see the menial tasks as getting to be boring and unfulfilling. I'm personally trying to get into a more strategy-oriented position and ultimately into more broad digital marketing.
Look for something else if you're not happy where you are. I don't believe in staying in jobs I hate either, but be prepared for major push backs on this forum.
mcq, could you please provide more details on your experience with email marketing and why you would classify it as 'menial tasks as getting to be boring and unfulfilling'
mcq, could you please provide more details on your experience with email marketing and why you would classify it as 'menial tasks as getting to be boring and unfulfilling'
I didn't mean to describe email marketing as a whole as 'menial'. Many of the responsibilities early on probably fit this description, from list/subscriber management to reading/responding to customer comments. However, that is just the tip of the iceberg of email marketing. I had to start out on bottom and work my way up. Design, strategy, analytics and even some copy writing/editing are much more enjoyable to me and much more involving. You can even eventually see the ways email marketing integrates with other areas of digital marketing (eCommerce, Social Media, etc). I came from a Computer Science background, and to be honest, I didn't like too much coding. As it turned out, email marketing made great use of my background. I just happen to be in an area of the country with a subpar job market for this.
Before giving it up, I would take a look at job postings for 'Email Marketing Manager' or 'Email Marketing Specialist' to see if that fits the description of what you would like to do and if it matches up with your experience. Take a look at a lot, since this position can vary a bit from company to company. If you don't like what you see, then you might want to start thinking about what else you want to do. If it does sound good to you, not every job will need to be an environment like you describe (sounds very "startup"-like), and you may be able to gain exposure to other areas of digital marketing.
Thanks for the insight, will take a look at those job descriptions. I guess it also depends on the company, as you stated the roles may vary in different companies....And yes, it is a start up company, so there is chaos at times, and that in itself is frustrating as things aren't clearly stated or organized!
I was thinking more communication specialist or something along those lines in marketing. Anyone have experience with that?
I would stay until I could find another job at least. I know people these days don't work at the same place their entire careers like a lot of people in the generation before us did, but that's still a pretty short of amount of time for each job and you may have a hard time convincing a potential new employer that you're not a job hopper. However, I'm almost 30 and still don't know what I really want to do. My jobs have been 3 years, 2 years, and my current one about 2 months. I think there's a lot of pressure for young people to figure out what they want to do, but sometimes you don't know what you don't want to do until you actually try it out if that makes sense.
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