PALM BEACH, FL – To land a new job in troubled economic times, you must first know the process for doing so. If you don’t know the recipe (process) for baking a cake, odds are you’ll just wing it and hope for the best – and in most cases, come up short. So let’s discuss the 5 steps to land a job in a recession:
1) You must have a positive mindset and confidence that you will succeed
▬ “Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” – Shakespeare
2) You must have a clearly defined goal
▬ If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you ever get there?
3) You must have the right communication tools
▬ Résumés and other ‘sales’ tools that market and promote you
4) You must have a plan; a well thought-out strategy
▬ A Meticulous Action Plan (MAP) that will be your GPS system to your next job
5) Master a few self-marketing skills
▬ Such as developing your own sales force (networking) and taking action
Final thought: This too shall pass. Although he doesn’t make clear how the phenomenon happens, Sullivan writes that “any review of history will reveal that the majority of wealth in modern civilizations is more often than not created during times of significant economic crisis.” Economic conditions are always cyclical. Sooner or later, things will be better.