Morning vipers, shamelessly hijacking AIBU to ask for help!
I am currently in a job I absolutely love, working for a small business. In a few years, however, the plan is to sell the business and if all goes to plan I'll end up with a decent chunk of money from my shares when it's sold. The money would allow me to retrain, or take a pay cut, and then I'll need to find something else to do.
But what?
Things I like(d) about my current job/previous jobs/I'd prefer
- Small teams
- Relatively flexible (wfh etc)
- Mindless admin - filing stuff, stamping things, inputting data... my job is pretty high up, but I really enjoy having basic officey things to do. Imagine a kid playing as a grown up in an office - that kind of stuff soothes my mind!
- Creative element (although not crucial)
- LOTS of small, defined tasks; I love being very busy, but would rather do 30 small, clear tasks with a definite outcome per week week than 1 project that lasted a month. This isn't crucial (I have project management experience and enjoy it, but this is my dream job shopping list so why not add it in?)
- Largely self-contained, or at least not directly relying on other people for things; for example, going to a briefing for a project and then going away to do my own part, rather than collaborating the whole time (again, not crucial!)
Things I don't like about my/previous jobs/would prefer to avoid:
- Overly corporate
- Too quiet - need to be busy or I get bored easily
- No autonomy/decision making - obviously if I started an entirely new career I'd have to work my way up, but something where I'd get a bit of leeway to make decisions would be nice
- Sales
- Recruitment
- Shifts - Mon-Fri only!
Things I'm good at:
- Media and comms-related stuff, especially copywriting, social media, report writing, PR, bits of marketing
- Problem solving
- The practical aspects of management (identifying ways to help a team and implementing them, solving problems, overseeing projects)
- Conceptual stuff - ideas for new projects or events, designing training, thinking up new employee engagement ideas
Any ideas? Ideally I'd be in a smallish business, with a relatively young/diverse team, with the possibility of wfh sometimes, but all of those are negotiable!