a new year update. after returning to Canberra after a great Christmas holiday in Sydney I was feeling pretty blue. It has gotten a bit better and the fact that i know everyone else is feeling the same way helps a bit, but basically I’m bored. I did get some interesting challenging work today and yesterday but that has been approved and sent off to the big wigs, so now I am back to not having much to do at all.

I got this quote off news.com.au and it sums up exactly how I am feeling:

‘ I think looking at graduate level is a good example of why people become frustrated at the under use of their skills. Employers seek graduates who are high performers both academically and personally. They want graduates to have demonstrated so many skills, such as leadership, decision making and so forth. These are the ’stars’. They are then placed in junior roles where the skills they have built up are not being utilized. Frustration and boredom soon follow. In the future employers will need to create a working environment that provides a level of flexibility and independence still not accepted, in order to engage staff.’

There is nothing more to be said.