What Are Other Career Change Options?

What Are Other Career Change Opportunities?
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Are You Willing To Do Your Homework Before A Career Change?

Doing Your Homework
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Are You Interested In A Career Change?

Are You Interested In A Career Change?
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Are You Willing To Move To Get A Job?

Are You Willing To Move To Get A Job?
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What Will You Do For The Hiring Manager?

What Will You Do For The Hiring Manager?
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Why Should I Hire You?

Why Should I Hire You?
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When Will Unemployment Will Return To Normal?

When Will Unemployment Return to Normal?

No matter who won the election or wins the White House in 2012, the die is cast. We are in an economic hole that has been dug for the past 30 years.

Moneynews.com just published an article entitled, “Economists: Unemployment Won’t Drop to Normal Until 2018.” “American households have lost $14 trillion of their net worth in the recession” said Albert Niemi, dean of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. The resulting shock is causing a slow down in consumer spending, which is typically 70% of the economy. When you get burnt, you don’t want to get burnt a second time.

2018 is so far out, who really knows what our economy will be like in eight years? Unless our government debt and long-term obligations are reduced, the picture could become even worse!

Now for the good news!

If you are seeing hundreds or thousands of people looking for the same jobs that you are, you can get depressed. The good news is that your competition is also getting depressed. Most depressed people will quit showing up and quit trying to get a job. If you choose to keep looking, you are ahead of the pack.

The same somber picture is causing many to have dour moods. So, even when they are looking, they display little excitement, self-confidence, and expectation of getting hired. A hiring manager will keep looking. You can be the exception. You can come in with excitement for working hard, self-confidence that you can excel, and the expectation that you should be the one hired because you know you can add value and give the company what they want.

So how do you get started?

First, get on the new train before it leaves the tracks. The world has changed. Grieve over being caught in today’s mess. Realize that you cannot control the economy. You can control your response. Don’t be a victim. Choose to learn how to be competitive in the new economy. Do what it takes to be successful.

Second, quit listening to old world thinking. What used to work is not working. So, find out what is working and do it. Listen to leaders who understand the roadmap to success in today’s world economy. Follow them.

Commit to a change of thinking from being entitled, being taken care of, being helped, being rewarded for just being alive. Instead, take ownership for your future. Help others. Deliver value to others who then will reward you because you earned it.

Third, start learning. Learn what your passion is. Learn what you really want to do. Learn where your dream job can be found. Learn how to communicate with others what you want to do. Learn how to brand yourself. Learn how to effectively network in the area you want to work. Keep learning as a lifestyle.

If you do these things, you can be successful regardless of the economy or who is in Washington DC.

Unemployment may still be high in ten years; but not for you.

Jobpreneurship™ 101 – What the right steps to take to get a job?

I encourage you to re-read last week’s blog. It discusses the wrong steps to take; which don’t work in today’s market.

Let’s review the housing market, which is a downward valuation and hard to sell marketplace. Does that sound like jobs today?

When your house value is declining, you want to move fast before the value goes down further. When you are out of work, you feel pressure to get a job before your savings runs out or your value in the marketplace goes down further. That is why so many immediately put out their For Sale Sign (resume) and are willing to take a lower price. They are either scared, just don’t know better, or are not willing to do what any insider would do regardless of the economy.

So, what are the right steps to take?

1. Learn the Roadmap that successful people always use.
2. Identify what you really want to do, what you are passionate about, and where in this economy those jobs exist – by company name.
3. Find out what the hiring managers in those companies need and want.
4. Identify any red lights (gaps that may cause them to reject you) and proactively develop yourself as a product to meet and exceed what the hiring managers want.
5. Develop yourself and your message to show off your value in easy to remember simple language that others can understand.
6. Learn to network with those who know others who can help you.
7. Get referred into influencers, trusted advisors, and decision makers to have the opportunity to demonstrate your value, message, and passion to be the perfect job candidate.

Will that guarantee you a job? Of course not! There are too many other factors, such as a company hiring from within, that you cannot control. But this process will give you the greatest chance for success in the shortest time for the highest salary. Done right, this process will help you win over other candidates who may be more qualified but did not follow the Roadmap. Skip a step and you may wind up at square one.

Will you still need a resume, need to network, and need to put in the time to make this work? Of course! The difference is when and how you take each step on the path to success.

Why does this process work best?

Simple. You are selling yourself into a buyers market with declining values and a sea of competition. If you don’t distinguish yourself, you may not even be seen. If you are seen, your true value may not be recognized. Whose fault will that be? You. You are the one trying to be hired; not them.

Second, the Roadmap is the process that businesses use to develop their products, market their products, and sell their products. The only difference is that, in this case, you are the product.

That is why these are the steps we teach to everyone looking for a job.

Jobpreneurship™ 101 – What the first steps to take to get a job?

Traditional steps have been:

1. Re-write my resume.
2. Telling my network and everyone else that I am looking for a job.
3. Telling everyone in a long monologue of all the wonderful things that I have done in the past.
4. Buying business cards and passing out as many as possible.
5. Going to network meetings to let everyone know that I am available

Are these steps wrong?

If the job market were begging for people to hire, then announcing to the world your availability might make sense.

Remember the good old days when everyone who wanted a job had a job? Employees were needed. The best employees were highly valued and paid handsomely. Those days are gone – for now.

Now, people are begging to be hired and companies seem to have fewer and fewer jobs. Many who were highly valued are now just one of a large number of formerly highly valued talent. Today, being one of many means that you are being commoditized and, if the industry has changed, may even be unwanted.

The difference is that now your first steps should be what insiders have done.

What are those steps that everyone should be taking today?

First, what NOT to do:

1. DO NOT start by re-writing your resume.
2. DO NOT start telling your network and everyone else that you are looking for a job.
3. DO NOT start telling everyone in a long monologue of all the wonderful things that you have done in the past.
4. DO NOT start buying business cards and passing out as many as possible.
5. DO NOT start going to network meetings to let everyone know that you are available.

Why not?

Because we are no longer in a buyer’s market. Competition has increased.

Think of today’s housing market. More houses available are available for sale than the market is willing to pay for them.  We are in a buyer’s housing market. The buyer gets to decide which house she wants to buy. The buyer gets to decide which price she is willing to pay the seller. So, if you wish to sell your house you are going to have to do more than merely putting up a For Sale Sign in your front yard. Otherwise, you may have a long wait and never sell your house.

When looking for a job, you also need to do more to attract the right buyers who are willing to pay you the best price possible for your services. How do you do it?

Come back next week to find out!

If you can’t wait, check out our new book, Jobpreneurship™ 101. The process applies to anyone trying to find the right job at the right price in today’s market.

Jobpreneurship™ 101 – Why Can’t I Get A Job?

How long of a list do you need? Let’s first examine a few of the reasons.

• The economy is not what it used to be. The recession, debt levels, value of the US dollar, and future trends are scaring companies into hiring less.
• The geo-political and rapid pace of new US laws and regulations are scaring companies into freezing hiring decisions until they can feel more confident about the future.
• A tight economy threatens company survival. When you are in survival mode, you do not expand (hire or invest in the business).
• Even when the economy recovers, companies will likely outsource more and automate more, and hire less than in years past.

So, the first set of reasons is that there are fewer jobs! No one can predict when those factors will change. This is a long term trend.

The second reason is that there are a lot more people competing for fewer jobs. That trend will also continue for at least the next few years.

The third reason may be that you may not be a fit for the job. As bills pile up, it is not unusual to apply for any job that walks! Many are willing to take a lower level and lower paying job than they had before. Here are some reasons you may be frustrated:

• You are over qualified. The company is fearful that you will leave when the economy turns around.
• You are not currently working, so you must be damaged goods.
• Your education or certification may not meet job requirements.
• Your experience does not match the job requirements.
• You blast out generic resumes that don’t fit the job description
• Your appearance, attitude, or ability to speak “their language” does not match what they define as their “cultural fit.”

The fourth reason may be that you are assuming that the process for getting a job is the same as before. In my opinion, this is the biggest reason. Old ways used to work when companies were competing for employees to hire. New ways are required in today’s reality. Now unemployed, underemployed, career changers, industry changers, college graduates, immigrants, formerly retired, and high school graduates are competing to be “seen, wanted, and bought” by a company from a sea of applicants.

The market has changed from a seller’s market (you wanting a job) to a severe buyer’s market.

The real question is, “Am I willing to learn and do what it takes to sell myself in a severe buyer’s market?”

There are jobs created every day. You will either choose to hope that a job falls down your chimney into your lap or you will choose to compete in today’s real world.

In my opinion, almost anyone can learn and be successful. The challenge will be if you want to learn and do what it takes to be successful. My new book, Jobpreneurship™ 101 is a great way to get started.

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