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