Rolling stone

Since i was young till now, i roll all the time, but not on the floor, neither in the river nor in the desert. It is called job hopping.

Of course, i am not a good jumper thus i could not hop high enough to get a middle management position. However, hope from the place to place. In my life of 35 years of working i worked for two sectors, namely Journalism and Education.

None can understand why i could not stay in a place for long but rather keep packing and moving. Leaving tears and laughters behind with new tense nerve to face the next sun rise.

The proverb said 'rolling stone gathers no moss." i wonder what the moss for. Many Asians department heads when look at my resume would back one step off.Some brave enough would asked: " Why you keep moving all the time ?"

"The ceiling of the organisation is too low, i could not grow well there." My straight answer.

Recently the the report

CYBERJAYA: Job-hopping once too often will not do one’s career much good, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn.

But, Dr Fong did not work in the lowest level. He did not know how the talent is being suppressed and how painful it would be.

Maybe, he is fine beacuse he is not too much power in the minitry, only a deputy, not much can be acted upon, only yes sir and yes sir kind of position.

There is always a misfit kind of career for most people. If i can find my right job, which i combine my interest and work together, i don't think i will hop like a kangaroo. I don't have strong hind legs folks.

But, to me, i found my love of job but the management is horrible. Thus, they kill my interest.

Now i would say the management is a very important part of nurturing the workers. Not the talent though.