career opportunities out there?

one of the clients has not provided 2025 PO to owner of the firm for which I am employed for me to get paid for my services. Is the PO underway? Yes.. but totally mismanaged by the owner of the firm. Total bureaucracy at the client... One hand passes if off to another for signature. The client knows the Economic Benefit of our work and continues to request our assistance on projects. Yess..... I know .. why did I work without the PO? I trusted the firm for which I am employed as we are entrenched at the client.. Do I think I will get paid? Yes.... but today, I blew a fuse! The owner of the firm requested me to provide a report with a quick turnaround time for the client's budget. I said to her (in a loud tone!) We are jumping hoops for them... why don't you ask for that PO? She said, I know.. I know.. .working it........ It is such abuse... but she knows I have alot of $$$ pending.... .. Stressed to the max. I want to get paid... and leave! Your thoughts?

I've been in my current role for about five years and have been feeling a little bored and antsy for something new. I like the current project I'm on, but I'm starting to feel like it's getting a bit repetitive, and as a result, I'm starting to lose enthusiasm for the work. I asked my supervisor for a transfer last year when an interesting opportunity popped up, but he said the project team I'm working with really likes me and it would be very hard to fill my shoes (steep learning curve). He invited me to apply and for whatever reason, I didn't get it. I got wind that the company will be offering another transfer opportunity, and it's really up my alley. However, I'm afraid that again I'll be told the project I'm on needs me and therefore management isn't supportive of yanking me from the team. Any thoughts on how to approach this again? It's not even that I don't like the work nor the team, it's just that I feel like it's time to move on and grow. I think it's fair to say even that, but again, I don't want to be told no and forced to sit in a role I'm tired of after five years. Thoughts?

https://fairygodboss.com/events/W41NQHhet/how-to-crush-your-career

This is a long one. I started my career in Design Engineering. I loved it. I enjoyed creating something from nothing, testing it to make sure it would work, moving it to prototype stage and then designing work instructions for it for the manufacturing floor and then see it run through to the customer. I got my Masters in Manufacturing Engineering because at the job I was at, Design and Manufacturing Engineering were one in the same. Around year 7 at my company, they asked if I'd be interested in moving to Quality Management and I said yes. I enjoyed some aspects of that as well and started understanding the data side of things and data mining. I then switched careers because I had hit a wall at the company I was at for 9 years. Since then, I haven't been able to narrow down what I want. I moved to Manufacturing Engineering at a large corporation and management was horrible and I got bored so I left. I moved to Continuous Improvement Engineering at another company and it was ok. There were aspects I wasn't a fan of but I continued on the data analysis trend there and enjoyed that. But, I was called up to be a Manufacturing/Plant Manager for a start up and I leaped at the chance to create something from nothing again. I did everything there except design the product. I updated CAD drawings to make them pass FAI on the floor. I created the flow of the plant, I did work instructions, I ran operations and quality. I did it all. I enjoyed it. But the company then closed its doors after a little over 2years. So, I'm stuck on where I should be applying. I've applied to Quality Manager roles, Operations Manager roles, Engineering Manager roles and then back to Manufacturing Engineering roles. I don't know where I should be going. And honestly, the Engineering Manager role is where I always saw myself before Operations Management took the reign. What would you do if you were in my position? I've read the book, Never Search Alone and I have my 2-pager sort of put together. But, I'm hoping for some insight from any others with similar "issues" as myself.

I have an advertising sales and nonprofit background. Some Key Strengths are: Development & Project Leadership and Strategy Marketing Strategy & Development Relationship & Partnership Management New Business Development I have been focusing on Full time work but have not been able to land a job in over 2 years. Any suggestions?

Anyone have suggestions on how to write KPIs when you don't have clear, concise and measurable overarching goals to align with? When what your team does supports the day-to-day business but does not match up with the grandiose generic words that make up the pillars and plans of the company? When you don't have any measurable meaningful metrics because everything the team does, while incredible vital, is dictated by transactional activities that they have no control over? I've read all the generic 'make them SMART' information but have yet to find any concrete examples of goals. Do people really do this or is it all mostly business BS? (sorry, partially ranting here)