Dream job vs actual job.

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  • onequirkygirl
    onequirkygirl Posts: 303 Member
    Actual job (hotel guest services) is not a career....it has room for advancement but that's not what I want to do. Dream job would be interior designer (only if I owned the company) or wedding photographer (only if I owned the company.) Ha.
  • Actual job: meteorologist/parachutist (military)
    Dream job: beach bum
  • Actual job: Receptionist
    Dream job: Retired

    Awesome! I was thinking the same!

    Actual jobs: Medical Reception- 16 hrs/week & Supervised Access- 14 hrs/week

    Dream job: social worker (or any gov job really hahaha)

    Thankfully, I've applied to the school of social work. here's hoping I get in!
  • Shelbert79
    Shelbert79 Posts: 510 Member
    Actual job: Clerk (data entry/customer service) at a courthouse. Dream job: housewife/stay at home mom. I do love what I do and I have great benefits and make good money so I can't complain. Only 6,383 days left until retirement! :laugh:
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    I think it would be cool to work with animals....
    actual job. US Navy
  • PeaceCorpsKat
    PeaceCorpsKat Posts: 335 Member
    My dream job is to be an entomologist who studies vector diseases in the Congo. My real job is doing program support for a federal government agency.
  • PrinnyBomb
    PrinnyBomb Posts: 196 Member
    Dream job: Running and owning a bakery/deli - I love baking and it makes me happy

    Actual job: Office worker (boo).
  • archadtz
    archadtz Posts: 33 Member
    Actual Job: IT (Programmer/Analyst)
    Dream Job: Veterinarian or Doctor
  • Vaibhav_ace
    Vaibhav_ace Posts: 93 Member
    (Dream Job == Actual Job == Computer Engineer) // Evaluates to true :)
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
    Actual Job: Computer programmer
    Dream Job: Freelance outdoor photographer or architect
  • Juliet_622
    Juliet_622 Posts: 165 Member
    Actual job - Admin. Assistant in a wealth management firm
    Dream job - Criminal profiler
  • Dead_Darling
    Dead_Darling Posts: 478 Member
    Dream job: lead singer of a heavy metal band...or a Sales Operations Analyst

    Actual job: redundant :( I've been working hard at getting back to work really soon though! Fingers' crossed :)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Actual job: Journalist.
    Dream job: Journalist earning enough money!
  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    Actual job: Loss Prevention Investigator in retail
    Dream job: Forensics (here you have to be a police officer first which I would love if I didn't have a messed up foot), criminal profiler or own my own Private investigations company.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    My dream job is the career path 2 promotions from what I'm doing right now. Getting there =)
  • dream job: author

    actual job: fast food :sad:
  • mzkezh
    mzkezh Posts: 74
    Dream Job: business owner, who specialized in real estate (rent/owner finance homes for people who cant get bank qualified) also private investigator/towing company

    Actual Job: Bookkeeping (boring)
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    dream job: anthropologist and natural historian/photographer

    actual job: corporate *kitten* for a pharmaceuticals company
  • gdortiz
    gdortiz Posts: 169 Member
    Actual job: making videogames

    Dream job: making videogames

    I am very lucky. (Well, luck + lots of sweat and tears.)

    awesome! good for you.
  • maremare312
    maremare312 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Dream job: professional crafter
    Actual job(s): English tutor and daycare provider for my nephews
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    dream job: Owning a holistics retreat, being a travel blogger that gets paid mad cash...

    actual job: secretary for the oil patch
  • WhiteCoc0
    WhiteCoc0 Posts: 160 Member
    Naturopathic doctor or Forensic analyst vs. Laboratory Analyst/Lab Manager....Pretty close to one of my dream jobs!
  • nichalsont
    nichalsont Posts: 421 Member
    Actual Job: Banking - Commercial Loans (for 25 years - UGH!)

    Dream Job: Interior or Landscape Designer (since retired and beach bum are spoken for):laugh:
  • Jauryn
    Jauryn Posts: 73 Member
    Actual job: Accounts Payable

    Dream job: published author (working on it though)
  • Cheer up...Only your mind can defeat you.

    "Whether you think you CAN....or think you CAN'T...

    You're right"

    Pick a goal, and go after it....Move to Florida, first!:wink:
  • mandiemma
    mandiemma Posts: 128 Member
    Actual Job: Lawyer
    Dream Job: Travel and/or Food Writer
  • Erisad
    Erisad Posts: 1,580
    Your posts about jobs are depressing me! I feel like a loser. I work at a fast food place 2 days a week and front desk at a hotel on weekends. My dream job would be to work with dolphins... but won't happen.

    At least you're working. Since I'm unemployed, I guess that makes me a double-loser. :(
  • ScientistStudy
    ScientistStudy Posts: 249 Member
    Dream job would be as a researcher of forensic genetics and DNA fingerprinting
    I have no job currently :( just left university so on the search but theres nothing about here.
  • still_crafty
    still_crafty Posts: 682 Member
    Actual job: Financial Advisor - what lead me here? the money, duh.

    Dream job: own my own bakery cafe - I'm happiest when I'm being creative in my kitchen especially if my daughter is "helping". And the praise I get from friends and family gives me the warm and fuzzies. Nice bonus.
  • Jugie12
    Jugie12 Posts: 282 Member
    Actual job: desk jockey (account manager at a transportaion brokerage)

    Dream job: Own my own cupcakery (Don't worry, I'll make healthy treats, too, and not just cupcakes!!) while doubling as a fitness model and gracing the pages of MuscleMag, Muscular Development, Oxygen and Flex. Maybe even American Curves.

    How did I get to my actual job? Well how does anyone get into a boring desk job?

    I'm here to get into fitness model shape!! Let's go!!