Are some women more likely to want to have more social interaction/or want more social interaction than their partners/husbands at the end of the day or end of the week? And are some men more content to just not caring as much to the extent that some of their partners/wives do at the end of the week? Are they more likely to lean on their wives and maybe children because that’s enough of what they need, and during the week their career/job friends give enough to them — but maybe for some women that’s not enough?
Hi Penelope,
My fiance (40m) has been fired from his last two tech sales jobs in the past 2-3 years. Both times for not meeting his quota. He has been insanely stressed (and taking it out on me/bringing it home) and wants to switch to a less quota-based role with a different kind of stress. He had been doing quite well in sales up until that point (well, actually until he was PIPed in early 2020). But the company he worked for and the general tech working environment was a lot easier at that point in time.
He tried to apply for channel management roles (where you are managing the relationship with the channel partner that sells for you) and even almost got in by being an internal hire at his last company, but they ended up going with an external hire with 5 years of experience. The hiring manager told him he wowed them in the interview and that there wasn’t anything he could’ve done differently, just that they needed someone with more experience for how the company is doing at this time. His former coworker who he worked with at two jobs has vouched that she thinks he’d be much better suited to channel management than to tech sales. But he can’t seem to get a foot in anywhere (he’s applied elsewhere too).
He hates personality tests, but he is extremely extroverted and everyone’s best friend at the office. A “personality hire”, if you will. Not only that, but he’s extremely tech savvy. Coming from a family of teachers, I feel like he has that rare gift of being able to explain and clarify complex tech to people in a way that isn’t patronizing or insulting. He also knows quite a bit about personal finance.
Part of his issue is also that he never finished his college degree and left after two years, so some of the temporary jobs that might be available to someone else (i.e. substitute teaching) aren’t available to him.
So my question is, what should he do next? What type of job should he look for? Or should he start doing something on his own? Are there any certificates he should try to get?
Thank you in advance,
E
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