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Job Search News – November 17, 2017

This is your job search news – THE PRE THANKSGIVING EDITION- with articles and resources so enjoy! I’ve read them, and you can feel free to comment on them in any form you’d like. Leave a message on the “send voicemail” button on your right. I’ll try to keep it short, fresh, and informative. If you have some news I need to know about, tweet me @MarkADyson!

🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗 Layoffs🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗

Holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) are times to be grateful and joyful, but what spoils it for everyone are layoffs. Cook County in Illinois may face layoffs because people are complaining the soda tax is silly, ridiculous, and downright repugnant. Payless headquarters reported they are considering deep cuts to their workforce. Even the Mandalay Bay hotels in Las Vegas started cutting employee hours as the union is beginning to jump into the fray. Sadly, layoffs are happening before Thanksgiving.

For you to have a useful resource in case you believe layoffs are a part of your immediate future, check out Tom Spiggle, attorney at Spiggle Law Firm and past podcast guest (hopefully he’ll be back for a Winter episode) article on severance packages.

Get the specifics of the areas about your departure:

Payments 💲💲💲
Benefits 🏥🏥🏥
Unemployment
References ✔️✔️✔️
Obligation‼️‼️‼️

I also have an eGuide as a resource, “So You Got Fired” for $5.oo (psst! Cyber sale starting Thursday, Nov. 23 will be 99 cents!). Be proactive if you feel layoffs are eminent in your company. It’s never too early to prepare!

Daily Job Cuts is a good site to check on reported layoffs. They provide the links to the announcements.

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Open enrollment time!!

One of my mentors told me “…always attend open enrollment sessions whether it’s a presentation or talking to someone.” It’s possible you’re leaving benefits or cash on the table:

In fact, Aflac found that more than half of employees estimate they are wasting up to $750 a year because of poor benefit choices.

~CNBC, 5 employee benefits that could save you hundreds of dollars a year

If you’re not taking advantage of the employee benefits available to you, you’re leaving money on the table.

In fact, Aflac found that more than half of employees estimate they are wasting up to $750 a year because of poor benefit choices.

Before the open enrollment period ends, look into these five benefits that could save you hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars.

You may save hundreds of dollars through:

Healthcare flexible spending account (FSA)
Dependent care flexible spending account
Health savings account (HSA)
Healthcare flexible spending account (FSA)
401(k) match

I hope you have a great “Turkey Day” and enjoy family, friends, and the beginning of the holiday season.

Oh yeah, even the eGuide will be FREE during Thanksgiving!

Don’t forget if you want to be a modern job seeker by being proactive remaining in job search mode, get my free eGuide, “118 Job Search Tips for the Modern Job Seeker in 2018!”

by Mark Anthony Dyson

Saying No Could Give Your Career Life

Editor’s note: Be sure you pick up the updated, 118 Job Search Tips for the Modern Job Seeker in 2018!

Saying “Yes” to every single suggestion in finding a career, or handling conflict could drive you to failure. No one loves a people-pleaser, brown-noser, a suck-up, and just so darn dishonest. Being agreeable to everything does not add cash to your account, nor does it aggregate favors from everyone who has done right by you.

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You do not need inspiration from “Yes” every day, any day, any minute, every hour, or from everybody.

“Yes” will not bring you eternal happiness, or bring you internal pleasure in its entirety. It will not bring you philanthropic opportunities, and it will not bring press when you engage in charity. Not letting the right hand know what the left is doing is the blessing, and it’s between you, your conscience, and God.

Taking a job, you will fail at doing should be “NO!” Say it politely, tactfully, and respectfully, “No.”

If someone gives poor advice routinely, tell them “no,” and why, so that they can have a chance to change course. Maybe they will stop giving everyone else unwelcome advice. If that is too much, then for you, say “No.”

Lawd knows you will have to tell your spousal and parental units “no” if the advice is redundant. They do not realize the mouse on the treadmill is tired. Unless you love misery, do not say “NO” hastily or prematurely. Administering the “drive-by” look will not be enough, you have to say “no.”

“No” has to be a part of the job search lifestyle. Without it, soundness of mind is impossibly unreachable.

“Yes” will not revolutionize television, nor will the revolution be televised (shout to Gil Scott Herron). YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook revolutionized everything. Social media already has bought “Yes!” to its needs, made it a slave, and canonical. Check your email monthly, and you can make it your slave too.

“Yes” is so good, it will make you slap your mama. Only “No” will make you think twice. Bad advice, bad opportunities, and offers too good to be true life in the world of “Yes!” Sound judgment, preparedness, and discretion create a filter for stuff too good to be true.

“No” is a second consideration, part of the job game, use it to launch a successful revolution.

by Mark Anthony Dyson

Job Search News Special – How to Use My Job Search Tips eGuide

What’s hot? My updated eGuide “118 Job Search Tips…”

If you don’t have my job search tips eGuide, you can get it right here. I feel the need to explain how to use my tips guide. You can apply this to any checklist, article, or presentation. I wanted to provide you with relevant advice to get you started. If you’re parents or friends tell you the job search is a numbers game, tell them to get my eGuide. It’s free for the taking and using.

Set them free today from old and stale advice!

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There are more than 118 tips! There are about 14 areas I cover to get you started!

People are still giving advice their parents gave them from years ago hoping it would work. Then again, people are always assuming the most popular advice others follow is the best advice. Frustration and confusion overcome strategy and logic, which results in job seekers doing what is comfortable and passive. Many job seekers go months and years without interviews and jobs when they can just click and apply.

They will rely on job boards by applying to everything.
They will depend on a few friends to offer leads.
Maybe they will read some advice columns or blogs; a few will read books.
They will attend career fairs in desperation mode, annoying the attending employers.
They will go on social media only looking for someone to give them an opportunity (rarely does it ever happen if at all).

Then at the end of their ropes, when they ask for advice, it’s out of desperation. If you ever noticed, everyone runs from a desperate job seeker. Everyone.

Job tips send you in the right direction. They are the arrow pointing you where to go to start.

It’s up to you to seek out what the entire process is for you to succeed. But remember, it is only a tip.

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Tips work best: Experimentation is good. If it doesn’t feel right, you can back away, although, in my eGuide, no workout equipment is needed. Decide which tips are worth being patient for to succeed. Plan on being patient but diligent.

Tips fail: When you experiment half-heartedly and without a strategy. Why would you conduct a job search without one? Admittedly, you’ll need to make some moves requiring advice.

Tips work best: You want longevity for your career, especially the ones about brand building. Writing articles, doing videos, or creating podcasts takes time to get views and takes work to create quality products. The payoff isn’t the instant gratification of being noticed and getting hired on the spot. The payoff comes in creating a body of work and positioning yourself as the go-to person in the industry.

Tips fail: When you are impatient and desperate. Networking can be an out for desperation among the people who know you and understand you. For people who are minimally familiar with you, not so much.

Tips work best: Any strategy requires treating, rinsing, washing, and repeating. Consider how you approach people with your wants and needs and ask yourself, “What will this relationship look like a few minutes, months, and years from now if I’m only asking for stuff?” Most of the tips shared in my guide involve how you interact with others (if you have thought deeply about them).

Tips fail: No advice works when you miscommunicate the goal. Asking an awkward question such as, “Can I network with you?” breeds a lack of confidence. It would cause people to pause even if you have good intentions, but are not grasping the big picture.

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Tips work best: By sharing these tips (I love attribution, but give from your heart), you will get back in the long run. But more important, give without any expectation of return. My spirit about it all is to help people no matter how far and wide it reaches. Some of these tips were given to me by mentors and teachers. In return, using my experience with coaching and training job seekers, I created a guide for others.

Tips fail: If it’s all about you! Share with others what you’re doing. I have an attendee from my Job Lab who sends his contacts a newsletter to let them know how he’s doing and to share what he is learning. Capture this spirit, and you can take a load off yourself.

Tips work best: Be open-minded to change, pivot, and recalculate. The job search is not designed to be comfortable or painful. You get results when your resolve exceeds your comfort and embraces your willingness to be uncomfortable.

Tips fail: When you are looking to minimize your efforts. None of these tips are magic. They will take some trial and error.

Today’s modern job seeker stays engaged whether in career development mode or job-search mode. Preferably, you’ll stay engaged in both. As we move towards a gig economy, the job will matter much less than the work itself. As time goes on, I will renew these tips and add new ones yearly.

I hope you’ll stay with the newsletter and this blog as I share the changes in strategies and tips as they happen, or as you give me feedback.