Wiser Worker Blog

Don’t get sucked in too crisis mode; The purpose of this blog is to provide valuable insight on improving your life through finding financial security.   In short our mission is to help job seekers find jobs and it’s the hope of WiserWorker.com that job seekers with jobs will be able to achieve financial security.  

Pretty cut and dry, right?  Not so much, the media repeatedly reports what’s wrong with the economy complete with all doom and gloom, you can stomach. For instance; just this morning on MSNBC.com there was an article titled “Hard times have some flirting with survivalism” which essentially talks about people panicking and hording food, the person that was interviewed for the article (who refused to give his real name) was quoted as saying he felt we were “entering the Greater Depression.” Doesn’t it speak volumes that the interview subject doesn’t want to give his name?  

My point, yes let’s get back to jobs and the mission….don’t you think it would serve the American people better by talking about how we can fix the situation we are in?  How you can prevent further doom and gloom? Oh I don’t know maybe let’s talk about how we can create more jobs or maybe how people can find a job with the skills they have or learn new skills to find different jobs. Let’s focus on how to fix the problem and not how to survive as the world gets worse. We have an obligation to each other to get out of the situation.

How can you help?  Well start with the basics: Stay focused, keep your resume updated keep your eyes open and figure out how you can make a positive impact on the situation.  For me I am going to make sure I have the best possible website for jobseekers and provide as many resources as I can.

I am reminded of something I read by Helen Keller “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”     

I heard this phrase “the power of crisis” some weeks ago and it stuck with me, it’s an abstract phrase but it’s so powerful and I think I have finally figured out why I am stuck to this phrase “the power of crisis”.  Everywhere you turn you hear the word crisis, in one fashion or another the word crisis is used in conversations taking place across the globe and it’s powerful. The word crisis has the ability to stop you in your tracks and causes you to pay attention. Regardless of what you are talking about you stop and pay attention at the drop of the word crisis, it has the ability to gets and hold your attention.

I would imagine that there isn’t anyone in the workforce that hasn’t been affected by the financial crisis, but those who are looking for work are probably feeling the crisis stronger. Last week one of my associates spoke up in a meeting and said we should all be grateful that we have a job.  At the time what she said struck me as powerful but I didn’t know why, today I know it’s because I have a job with a company that I love and a product that I am passionate about. So she was right I am fortunate to have a job helping others find jobs during this time of financial crisis. Today more than ever job seekers need online job boards and resources to help them get through their job search and we are here to help.

Today I found a quote that Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company said that is perfect for where job seekers are at the moment. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”  Mr. Ford couldn’t have said is better for a time like NOW.  At WiserWorker.com we are here at the beginning of your job search and will be here until the end. We know the power of crisis.