This is about problems in your place of business or work. Possibly, it is about difficulties in finding a career. Issues may have arisen with a co-worker. Perhaps you don’t get along with your boss. Maybe you deserve that raise.
You have the ultimate control over your personal life. Whether it is in regards to professional life or not. You make your own decisions, you can choose to take that job with the relocation. You alone can decide to confront your boss who promoted someone less qualified. I cannot stress enough, you can take the time to look neat and be prepared for that interview!
It is common for people to encounter difficulties in their professional careers. The important thing to remember is that you can make decisions regarding your employment. If you sit idle, decisions may be made for you.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with professional life problems. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Professional Life Problems
- Job searching, because I can never find something I’d thoroughly enjoy
- Jobs keep going wrong and cant do anything to stop it
- Job hunting, need to find a new job related to current studies.
- Job hunting. Frustrating because recruiters don’t seem to be able to look beyond my skin colour and age.
- Job hunting, it is frustrating because I am good at my job but don’t have a degree etc but I have plenty of experience.
- Job applications. I look for a first job since more than a year now without success. It is becoming more and more frustrating to send applications knowing that my chances to get the job are very low.
- My job feels to large for me to do with excellence.
- My job is not challenging me or providing interesting new experiences.
- My job hunting experience is killing me – i have four to five deadlines everyday each making me have to think about my own personal experience for hours on end.
- The job got very frustrating at certain points of the night.
- I am job searching and having to apply my skill set as transferable. The whole process is soul sucking and extremely depressing
- On my job one of my clients needed something I couldn’t provide.
- Find a job. Because it is insanely hard to get one right now in the current market.
- Routine job is most frustrating. If there is no personal growth and dynamics I will feel my personal degeneration.
- Apply to jobs and wait for their responses. Its frustrating to not get any positive or negative feedback on applications that are more than 20 days old.
- Apply for jobs. Because I am tired of doing it for the last 6 months.
- I hate my job. It’s been 5 n half years now n I’m tired of seeing the same place, ppl, culture, wrk, etc
- Get a new job faster, I’m unemployed since last Jan2013 and this situation really bothers me. I’m a very productive professiona, skilled, driven by results, positive and compliant.
- I lost my job,so I have to decide what it is i want to do now. I know I would let to get out of the current field that I am in.
- My current job isn’t mentally challenging and I don’t get enough variety
- My current job is very routine and doesn’t provide me a chance to develop my skills. I need to find a suitable job asap. That’s why I need to know what are my s and w.
- Looking for job is frustrating when employers don’t respond to you
- Getting the job done perfectly or there is small mistakes in it
- Apply for a job. Because I have never done so before and there was a lot of information that needed to be filled in.
- Applying to jobs because I am unsure of what my skills are and my lack of experience. These together make me question whether or not I will be a good fit for the type of industry I would like to apply to.
- Staying in a job where there’s no positive feedbacks and no growth, plain routine.
- Applying for jobs is frustrating because it’s an indirect, confusing waiting game that may not be going anywhere.
- Trawling the jobs boards for new roles was demoralising and frustrating because there seem to be no answers and nothing i’d like to do.
- Applying for jobs. Entering the same information over and over again, all the while knowing that they more than likely will not call you back.
- Looking for a job…. because its frustrating waiting for right one
- Finding a new job – its so frustrating that most jobs require CPA.
- Looking for a job last year according to my qualificatoin was a challenge
- Looking for a job; I am not sure what I am best at
- In my current job I have no frustrations, I’m very comfortable in my job.
- Finding a new job… And not sure of the two offers I potentially have, which is best fit
- Looking for a job. It’s frustrating to know that you have talents, you have abilities, but it doesn’t always translate into finding gainful employment!
- Looking for a job. I am over qualified for most A/P jobs and it is frustrating me. I am an experienced A/P person and very confident in my qualifications.
- Its a dead end job with no chance for advancement or financial stability…
- I don’t have a job yet so I can not accurately answer this question
- I don’t have a job at the moment, but i am applying for a job.
- I don’t have a job, but my live is unexciting, repetitive, and full of uncertainty.
- I can’t find a job and that is frustrating because I need a job to feel like I have some sort of purpose.
- I don’t have a job yet, due to the fact that I am not old enough to have one yet. When I am older and I have a job I will let you know!
- Searching for a job is frustrating, because I have not discovered my talent and passion.
- Searching for a job. This was frustrating because there are a few jobs and many applicants
- Unable to get a job. It is frustrating because I know I am more than capable.
- I feel as if my job is pointless. I don’t do anything useful, it’s all really dumb.
- Searching for a job. Because I’ve yet found the right one, and the right one have yet found me
- A job is a job – just do good work, provide for your family, and keep on keeping on!
- My mom lost her job and we’ve been trying to figure out what to do and my grandma said we could live with her but she wants us to get rid of our new puppy. We just got a new puppy because our other one passed
- When the current job does not fit your criteria, its a bit frustrating
- I had to quit my job because I’m having difficulties due to some pregnancy related matters,
- I’ve applied for jobs and haven’t heard back from them. I can’t tell if it’s me in general or something i’m doing.
- Applying for new jobs after being laid off from my recent employer for many years . Not getting a response from any jobs that I have applied for.
- Finding a decent job -everyone wants you to apply online and you don’t get a chance to make a good first impression (or bad) in person. Too impersonal.
- I had to quit my job to do my externship and im a person who likes to do what it takes to get things done no matter how hard it is….
- Trying to find a job. Review job postings, post for job and then never hear back from employer is very frustrating. When you know you would be a great candidate for the job because the job requirements are exactly what you have done in the past and done well.
- Looking for a new job. I don’t believe the options available to me right now are a good fit for me.
- I have applied for jobs that I do not want because of need and been turned down for a job that I really wanted.
- I have to leave my job because I had no interest in the job. However, I am not able to get a new job because of my lack of communication skills and I get negative a lot.
- Not knowing if this job is what I’m destined to do!
- I am applying for a job and i haven’t receive any calls from the companies that i had applied for
- Attempting to find a job. it was frustrating im in a new area n i don’t know my way around that well yet
- Ask for help on the job. it was frustrating because i had to put a customer on hold to get the answer to their question.
- I know how to do my job the best way possible. someone telling me to do it another way that is not efficient or useful is frustrating.
- I am not having any job.i am a doctor by profession.i had to struggle a lot to set my practice.currently I am in us on dependent visa.so can’t practice.
- Trying to find a new job…,the job market is so competitive.
- Deciding on what new job to take. Was frustrating because had multiple offers and both were cuts in competition.
- I am searching for a job for the past 8 months and not getting a suitable one is really frustrating me.
- I hate stagnancy. My job offers no exciting challenges. There is less scope of creativity to be showcased. I don’t find bigger and pragmatic challenges there.
- Trying to find a new job has been frustrating because part of me believes it is the best thing to do, and the other part of me does not.
- Nothing at my present job frustrates me too much. It is a pretty decent job.
- I don’t have a current job. I am trying to figure out what i would like to study and what a path I should take.
- The bureaucracy in the job is very unfortunate. I believe there should be openness and helping attitude rather than leg-pulling.
- I had to apply to many jobs, this is frustrating because they never tell you if you don’t get the job, you just have to wait or just assume they aren’t hiring you
- Not being sure why the job application I send out don’t get a response – I know employers are getting approx 400 applications for each job – so how do I stand out in this market.
- I had to move from one job to another without any say in the decision. I did not appreciate that I was not asked about the transfer and that no one discussed the difficulties or expectations that come along with the transfer.
- I do not have a current job but when things aren’t explained properly
- Try to do the very best job possible and not be appreciated for it.
- Wasn’t able to finish my job due to my illness — I hate being so weak and useless.
- Trying to close on some jobs, I feel pressure that I am not living to what I was hired to do. I want to show results of my hiring
- I think I need a higher job, its very routine and basic I need something which has more importance and requires intelligence. But i am lost I don’t know what I want to do in life
- I don’t currently have a job however the most frustrating thing about my last job was the lack of training available.
- That I can’t seem to keep jobs because I get bored with them easily.
- The hardest part about my job is not feeling like there is any growth.
- I hate it when i have many job desk and very short deadline
- Trying to decide between 2 jobs….and needing to make that decision in a hurry.
- When others don’t do their job properly and I have to pick up the pieces.
- Frustrating can’t leave my job due to certain reasons yet I don’t and to continue to do the job
- Make a decision about what job to take, so many factors and they are both great but differing cons.
- NOt knowing if I am doing my job to the fullest.
- The fact that I can’t find a job is killing me!
- The real rapid changes at my job and loss of direction.
- I had to do everybody else’s job for them because, they can’t seem to do there on job.
- It’s a low salary, repetitive job that anyone could do if they tried. Its the same every day.
- Applying for so many different jobs and waiting for their response.
- I’ve had to search for another job. It was frustrating because I hate starting over.
- Most frustrating thing about my job is that things are not organized.
- No clear description of what my job is and how long I am going to be establishing credibility