| When you're job campaigning the old-fashioned | | | | |
| way it's not hard to wimp out! | | | | This means it's your responsibility to |
| | | | identify a prospective employer's needs and |
| For example, one of the biggest mistakes we | | | | goals and then demonstrate how you can |
| can make when we're job campaigning is to | | | | contribute to them. To put it another way, |
| think someone owes us a job. After all, here | | | | you won't be hired based on the passive |
| we are . . . the perfect resume, a terrific | | | | expectation that when an employer sees your |
| track record, great references, marvelous | | | | credentials the rest is history! |
| credentials. In short, we're looking good . | | | | |
| . . very good. What more could an employer | | | | If you're unable to be assertive in pointing |
| want? | | | | the contributions you can make, then you're a |
| | | | de facto WIMP. And no one wants to hire a |
| So we proceed on the assumption that when a | | | | wimp! |
| prospective employer gets a look at our work | | | | |
| history -- well, how could anyone resist? If | | | | A wimp is someone who mails out dozens, even |
| that's the way you think about yourself and | | | | hundreds of resumes or posts them to dozens |
| you're job campaigning using old-fashioned, | | | | of job sites on the web. And then sits back |
| passive methods . . . you're a WIMP! | | | | and waits for the phone to ring. Chances are |
| | | | you'll wind up settling for the first thing |
| Here's a shot of reality! | | | | that comes along . . . probably out of |
| | | | desperation. |
| Most employers aren't interested in hiring | | | | |
| you because of what you've done for someone | | | | Employers are looking for someone who has the |
| else. They hire with an eye to their own | | | | smarts to take a proactive approach to job |
| bottom line, their own security and career | | | | campaigning. They know as well as you do |
| growth, and how you can make their own job | | | | that searching for a job is tough work. It's |
| easier. | | | | tough work for them too, even though you may |
| | | | not think so. If they're serious about |
| In other words, you will qualify for a | | | | advancing their organization (and their own |
| position insofar as you can respond to the | | | | career, for that matter) they're not going to |
| employer's basic needs. If your own | | | | risk it on some wimp. |
| accomplishments and goals fit into that | | | | |
| scheme, so much the better. | | | | Without assertiveness and a sense that you're |
| | | | in control, your job search and career growth |
| If, however, an employer cannot perceive you | | | | is at the whim of others. Would you allow |
| making a contribution to his/her cause, | | | | someone else to control your financial or |
| you're NOT going to get the job no matter how | | | | medical decisions? Not unless you're a wimp! |
| terrific your credentials are. | | | | |