New Job, New Me?

The new job part is not really news, as it's something that I've gradually morphed into over the past couple of months. This is also no more than the simple transition from one role on the graduate scheme to another.

Whereas before I was Project Support Co-ordinator, my role now is as Business Systems Analyst. I work on the same team, doing a similar job with the same people. But it's a new role, and as of such a new job.

I'm quite enjoying this role, there's a lot more to it than I realised, and it gets me involved with more parts of the business than previously. It also allows me to actually utilise some of my skills and fits a little more with what I want to do. The nature of the role - working on the core recruitment system used by Reed - is one that means I'm a lot more involved in what I'm doing. The size of the task also means that it's less downtime and a lot more ad-hoc. This is quite an enjoyable part of the job.

New me is more metaphorical than actual. This is perhaps because over the last few weeks I've been trying to be more positive and slightly less cynical, and in turn placing greater stress on the positives than on the negatives. This is admittedly somewhat of a contradiction to my usual traditional self, but I think it's something that is having benefits for me.

This hasn't necessarily been a concious effort, but something that I have been gradually working on where possible. Being negative, pessimistic and cynical all the time probably isn't too good anyway!

Whether anyone else has noticed this change or attempted subtle perspective alteration is a good question though!