How many people can say they love their jobs? How many people actually like their coworkers? How many people out there are working in a profession where they feel like they’re making a difference?
I feel incredibly lucky that I can answer YES to all of the above. Can you?
Today was my first day at Mzinga and it was a great start to what I predict will be a rewarding and exciting next chapter in my life. Talking to Aaron Strout this morning, Mzinga’s VP of Social Media, I asked him how transparent I could be about what I do day to day and he said exactly what I expected him to. “Go for it.”
I found it amusing that when I first walked in this morning, Aaron commented that my hair was gone. I said, “Yeah! I cut it and donated it the other day.”
He said, “I know. I read your blog.”
This completely exemplifies one of many reasons why I love Mzinga. I have the satisfaction of knowing that people I work with, individuals like Aaron, have an interest in who I am as a person.
When a career adviser in college told me to monitor my blog and online activity before looking for a job, I remember saying, “If an employer has a problem with what I’m saying and doing on the Internet, chances are I don’t want to work for them anyway.”
Since then, not ony have I worked with individuals who don’t mind that I blog, they’ve hired me because that’s what I do. I can cite at least four employers, Mzinga included, who have all at one point or another said, “I read your blog” or “I saw your tweet.” This is the new face of employer-employee relationships and I love it.
Anyone who can’t write a blog post saying something good about a coworker or their job should seriously reconsider what they’re doing. I’m finding that it is the best feeling in the world to say you get to do what you love to do every single day. Regardless of what job that is that allows you to say that, the satisfaction alone is something that no paycheck will ever substitute.