I Love Lucy
Growing up I can remember watching I Love Lucy everyday during lunch, mom would make us sandwiches and we would sit in from of the black and white television in the kitchen. It was our ritual to spend the lunchtime watching Lucy solver her latest dilemma. Today I was struck with a particular show memory where Lucy had spent too much money on a dress and was forced to get a job, and of course she took Ethel along where they interviewed and were hired at a candy factory.
I recently hosted job fair classes on “Navigating through today’s job search”, and it brought me back to this memory of this I Love Lucy episode. While it’s certainly true that finding a job in today’s job market is difficult it will never be as difficult as Lucy and Ethel made it.
I hit on three specific points during these training sessions:
1. Forget what you used to do, it’s different out there and you need to try something new.
2. Create a resume that profile’s what you can do for a company not what you have done in the past.
3. Do it in ONE page, recruiters only have time to hit on the highlights. You can tell your story on one page if it’s effectively written.
While you probably won’t be looking for a job at a candy factory in the quality control area and consuming all the eating; you can certainly learn that while job search is difficult but you have tools that Lucy and Ethel didn’t have and you have the ability to reach out and get help when you need it, visit wiserworker.com and I will strive to make your job search a little less of a hassle.
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