Looking for employment is so different these days. No longer do we walk into a place of business, ask for an application, bring it back with a resume. We now not only have to look up the Company we are interested in working for, submit our information online, upload our resume, and pray that our resume ’speaks’ to the individual who ends up with it. Of course, if the resume goes through a scanning system, we might be taken out in the first round of ’sorting’.
Combine that with the fact that our economy is deeply in trouble, plus the fact that you may not be as technologically gifted as others may be, and it is easy to become full of fear and pull back.
I, however, believe that if you keep plugging away, someone somewhere will see that you have the perseverance and fortitude to ‘compete’, and even if your skill set is slightly different, you still have multitudes to offer.
Take my current resume, for example. You can find it in this blog under ‘Hire the Right Person’. I took an eight hour Social Online Networking course at the Urban Hive last Saturday with Mr. Alejandro Reyes. Alejandro is an up and coming ‘local boy made good’ from West Sacramento who has embraced social online networking and is starting to gain recognition for his work.
I learned immediately the power of social online networking, and am personally going to devote the next 30-60 days implementing what he has taught. Alejandro’s service, ‘Get Internet Famous’, was created out of Alejandro’s passion for talking with other people.
So, within that sometimes long, sometimes short eight hours, I came to the realization that I need to ‘put myself out there’ and blog to create interest in who I am and what my capabilities are. This is a little challenging, as I have led a very private life the last few years after dealing with some personal life issues, but really – who DOESN’T have life issues?
I had a personal blog that I started in November of 2008, when I was first introduced to Social Online Networking. I soon found myself staying up until 1:00 a.m. in the morning trying to answer every single response that was sent to me on www.Start Up Biz.com. Then, along came ‘Julito77′ who quickly advised me to just ‘be myself’ and not worry about the millions of offers to make money overnight.
This past year, I have built one Facebook page for a client, Dr. Dennis Godby, N.M.D to the point where he could take it over and manage it, and I gave some free advice to a young Christian man in Africa who shared with me his passion to ‘change his people’ with his positive messages. Theophilus Amarh, Jnr now has ‘The Leadership Academy’ and is developing a DVD!
I share all this to let the reader (who may be a prospective employer) know that yes, old ‘dogs’ can learn new tricks!
Even though I have two start up businesses, QuietProductions Conceptual Marketing and Body Blessings Massage Therapy and Aromatherapy, they are really still in the nucleus stage, and I can see that if I want them to succeed, I need to really complete the business plans. So, I am now in a position where I need funding, and this means going back to work for someone.
I am looking for an employer who knows the worth of human perseverance and a good, old fashioned work ethic. There are many things I am capable of, in fact, I eventually succeed at almost all that I try. Yes, I have fallen several times in life, but I have gotten back up. I still believe in offering the best one has to offer, and being open to learning – whether it be new technology or a new approach to sales.
So, if you are a prospective employer, please read my resume.
If you are a reader, and you live in the greater Sacramento area and you know someone who is searching for a good employee, please refer them to htrp.wordpress.com.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post!
May you be blessed.
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