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