| I've gotten a lot of feedback about job seeking passion | | | | next employer. If that's all you have going for you, you |
| over the years. | | | | ignore the real underlying requirement of passion at |
| Some of it concerns the passion with which you | | | | your own peril. |
| attack the job seeking process itself. Some of it refers | | | | For those of us committed to the alternative job |
| to the passion you must show an employer if you | | | | search revolution, we've known about the importance |
| have any hope of getting hired. They're both important. | | | | of job seeking passion for years. We've understood |
| But there's a subtle difference between selling passion | | | | that in the final analysis an employer would rather have |
| about something and being passionate. | | | | someone on his/her team who was passionate than |
| In either case, there's no doubt in my mind that | | | | someone who had all the required experience. |
| employers want to hire people who are passionate | | | | Understanding this and focusing on it as part of a |
| about the work they're doing. If you're unable to show | | | | comprehensive non-traditional career advancement |
| passion you have only a small chance of being | | | | program has turned our customers into winners time |
| hired--though a prospective employer will probably | | | | after time. The reason for this is very simple. Things |
| never tell you that's the reason. | | | | have changed a lot, especially since 9/11 and Katrina. |
| For example, just wanting a job isn't enough to get it. | | | | Employers have much higher expectations. And one |
| It's not enough just to be passionate about the job. | | | | of these expectations is that they're only interested in |
| You have to be able to demonstrate that you are a | | | | candidates who show job seeking passion. And this is |
| passionate person on the inside. Employers look for | | | | shown by taking the time to learn something about the |
| that. And if you're serious about job seeking, then you | | | | organization and the hiring decision-maker--specifically |
| better take a close look at yourself to see if you are | | | | their goals and passions. |
| communicating job seeking passion. It's that important. | | | | The candidate with job seeking passion will come |
| Unfortunately, we've been taught that the way to get | | | | forward with ideas about how he/she can make a |
| a job is through the resume. Resumes don't get jobs. | | | | difference to the organization and contribute to the |
| Only people with job seeking passion get jobs. | | | | passion of the employer. |
| It's not enough to go into an interview determined to | | | | Check out the alternative job search revolution. It can |
| answer all the questions directly and honestly. It's not | | | | turn you into a winner, too! |
| enough to rely on your work history to sell you to your | | | | |