
Treat Your Career Like Appreciating Property

Mark Anthony Dyson ★ Career Writer ★ Speaker ★ Thinker ★ Award-winning Blog & Podcast! ★ "The Job Scam Report" on Substack! ★ I hack and reimagine the modern job search!
There must be some way for you to find your truth and not get swept away by broad sweeping headlines of millions of job openings. Whether you’re unemployed or employed, hearing people land jobs right now when there are lots of job, when you haven’t yet, can trigger feelings of desperation. You can appear desperate without meaning to appear that way.
It has already ready started:
From a CEO:
“I interviewed 12 candidates this week… 60% are looking for new roles because their current company is asking them to come back to the office 3+ days/week”
It’s happening
— Chris Herd (@chris_herd) July 3, 2021
It’s sexy to have left your job in May because you wanted to take this job and shove it. You’re not the first. But if you didn’t go without having another job lined up, then you might be feeling anxious and a little desperate. Somewhere at the intersection of your ego, pride, and taking a McDonald’s job is where logic should kick in. You were caught in the spirit of “The Great Resignation” but realize that’s not the spirit you were ready to be baptized.
If you didn’t interview well before you quit, and didn’t take any steps to improve, then it’s likely you still don’t interview well now. A movement where there are many available jobs doesn’t mean employers will be “wowed” by your performance.
If your resume sucked before quitting, unless you received help to correct your grammar, employers would just trash it now.
More available jobs never mean forgiving the lack of basic skills such as interviewing required by the employer.
If you’re feeling desperate at this moment or you’re experiencing intermittent anxiousness, there are a few things you can do to find some sanity and balance. Money is often at the root of anxiety. But that’s not always the case:
There is no quick fix for needing a job tomorrow. There is no one-fix-all strategy for a job seeker feeling desperate. What’s hard to hear, yet, true: stay engaged and keen on potential opportunities even when you have a job.
After a year, have you changed your mind about how an online presence enhances your job search?
There are no tricks involved. No tight rope to walk. You’re not putting on a show for others to see other than work. It would help if you created a demand for your work.
People who found work in my private group increased their chances of finding a job after investing time in their online activities. Posting, commenting, networking, creating articles and videos, participating in group chats, and more.
If your goal is to impress future employers, recruiters, and referrers, creating an online reputation helps. It would be best if you tried to impress friends who are working where you want to work. Or people you want to collaborate with on projects to advance or solidify your career. Or how about impressing someone who knows someone working in the industry who is hiring.
By building demand for your work creates a robust referral and search engine. Think personal SEO as I have presented how you can do that. It can trump Google and Bing when it comes to being found.
You can’t do it without networking or a two-prong approach of people getting to know and demand the need for your work.
If you’re not doing this, or haven’t started, then you’ll be behind.
You should bet on yourselves if you’re satisfied with your current job. Very few people are happy with the job they have for years to come. Stop waiting to lack job satisfaction. It might be too late.
You must keep your fishing line in the water to catch fish. But you must know the best spot to catch fish, and others will tell you where they saw a bunch. You’ll go where others are catching fish successfully. Or you can play the long game, which is finding where the vacant spots where there’s much fish. My wish is for you to play the long game.
It’s not too late for the 2023 job search. You’ve got a lot of work to do for 2021. Let’s go.