Change your focus from 'job searching' to 'job creating'
The hard, cold truth is here...some jobs will disappear and never to return. In some industries this reduction will be greater than in others but nevertheless where we are now is the start of a resource reallocation shift.
I've just read an article on CNBC that mentioned that many financial jobs will not be able to be supported simply because of the reduction in leverage in the market. The same is happening in London and every major financial centre around the world. In property the same is happening where the drying up of bank credit will not only reduce the volume of property transactions but the revenues available to real estate agents. Same for retail, if the focus is consumer discretionary due to credit drying up and the consumer cutting back.
But for all those thinking doom and gloom this is an event that had to occur. This is not only going to re-create a balance in our society but give many of us the opportunity to do things we want to do but never had the courage to start - for one reason/excuse or another.
If your job is gone create one instead
I speak with many recruiters and job seekers these days and am amazed at the fact that many hundreds of CVs are submitted for each job...Presidents going for VP roles and MDs going for Director roles. It's almost desperation to find something or anything. Is this the approach to take? Humans are creative and amazingly resilient in times of adversity and now is the time to see this come through. Rather than send your CV for the one role that is similar to what you used to do, but is competing against 500 others, look at your skills and consider about how to apply them to another area of the economy. This may be in role that already exists or better still, be entrepreneurial and apply your skills to something you think is missing in the market. You may never get this chance again.
The way to look at it is this. If we are going through a huge resource reallocation then jobs will not reappear. Hoping for your job to reappear is not going to help - get in control of your destiny and create demand for your skill instead.
I've just read an article on CNBC that mentioned that many financial jobs will not be able to be supported simply because of the reduction in leverage in the market. The same is happening in London and every major financial centre around the world. In property the same is happening where the drying up of bank credit will not only reduce the volume of property transactions but the revenues available to real estate agents. Same for retail, if the focus is consumer discretionary due to credit drying up and the consumer cutting back.
But for all those thinking doom and gloom this is an event that had to occur. This is not only going to re-create a balance in our society but give many of us the opportunity to do things we want to do but never had the courage to start - for one reason/excuse or another.
If your job is gone create one instead
I speak with many recruiters and job seekers these days and am amazed at the fact that many hundreds of CVs are submitted for each job...Presidents going for VP roles and MDs going for Director roles. It's almost desperation to find something or anything. Is this the approach to take? Humans are creative and amazingly resilient in times of adversity and now is the time to see this come through. Rather than send your CV for the one role that is similar to what you used to do, but is competing against 500 others, look at your skills and consider about how to apply them to another area of the economy. This may be in role that already exists or better still, be entrepreneurial and apply your skills to something you think is missing in the market. You may never get this chance again.
The way to look at it is this. If we are going through a huge resource reallocation then jobs will not reappear. Hoping for your job to reappear is not going to help - get in control of your destiny and create demand for your skill instead.
Labels: business startup, entrepreneurs, future careers, future demand, job create, job search, new business, new job, professional development, self employed
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