Bad News: Massive Layoffs have pushed Unemployment to 6.7%
Good News: 93.3 % of us still have jobs
Are you helping anybody else find one?
The news of additional job layoffs is especially disheartening around the holidays.
Spread some goodwill by keeping on the lookout for jobs in your industry or company and connecting them to others in need of employment.
When we work to help others, we inevitably help ourselves. This is no time to be selfish, hunker down and hope to ride out the storm unscathed.
Link others with opportunities so you strengthen your connection to the investment pool of goodwill. In doing so, you’ll discover the ROI will be tenfold.
And besides, at this time of year – the best gift is the one that keeps on giving.
It’s always interesting to me when people tell me about a job they got, and then say “but I only got it because I knew someone…” which makes it sound like a bad thing that they got a job through their network and sounds a little self-deprecating. It may not seem as cool as the idea of getting a job 100% on your skills and achivements, but it’s how the world works now, so it surprises me that so many people are still afraid to embrace it…
I agree Nisha. I don’t understand the stigma some people try to apply to networking (and thus getting a job through a friend). In this current state, that’s probably the best way to get a job nowadays…the tried and true methods are proving harder to negotiate…