THIS is the problem with unemployment

Question from Job Seeker: Should you jump on the first job offer you receive?

I say NO, absolutely not, because people are stressed & anxious, they may end up taking on a job they do not really want out of fear, which will be obvious to all in the short-term, this could also lead to job-hopping.... Your thoughts?

ANSWER from Dennis:
My guess is your currently living on the government dollar, giving you the right to be selective. I have many candidates that would prefer to be on unemployment then take a short term deal - that is in their skill set.

But what I find and my guess is your question might confirm it, is that people equate Unemployment with receiving unemployment benefits. The idea of the benefits is for you to find work...period. If people had no money coming in at all, any job offer would be a good one.

If you were looking in your skill set and you had a reasonable offer then yes you should take it.

Take it to take care of you, take care of your family and participate with the working class.

You mention in your question people are stressed and anxious, why might that be? Because they are unemployed, they have bills and some one is going to help them make that right by paying them! You might have to think about taking it. You might not get a second chance considering where we are in our economy.

Job Hoping, personally, I appreciate all and any people that are working during these times and are trying to take care of themselves and their family. I will take an person that had a good skill set that is currently working at Starbucks® then someone unemployed sitting on the couch eating Cheetos® waiting for the "right" opportunity.

What do YOU think?

Dennis

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Employers aren't hiring deadbeats

Your unemployment extension might just get long and longer with NO governmental help.

The fact is that you might be the cause of your own lack of finding work. Jobs are out there, companies are hiring, but what I have been hearing and seeing is that they are not hiring people that have been sitting on the couch for the last 99 weeks, collecting unemployment.

I have had plenty of fortune 500 clients in the Chicagoland area tell me that they want to see people that have attempted to work, keep up their experience , and they appreciate even if they had to take short term work in another industry.

They feel that people that have been sitting around on unemployment to long didn’t have the initiative to find a way to better themselves and they will not consider see these candidates.

Good Luck.

Dennis

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I really need work bad

Desperation and neediness are most unattractive qualities.

People can detect it, they can sense of it, and even if they can’t, candidates continue to spell it out for their potential employers through their communication.

First of all, it starts with an insecure way of thinking about your current situation.

If you are heading into communication with a potential employer, networking, phone screen, interview, and you have thoughts of:

• I need this job to feed my kids;
• I need this position or I will lose my house;
• I have interviewed so much and nobody is hiring;

This will also reflect in your outward communication, and it comes across in simple statements so I want you to be aware.

You might not notice your communication but hiring people do – when you have statements like:

• I really need this job;
• I don’t have enough money to pay tolls;
• I can’t afford a baby sitter;
• I have to borrow a car from my parents;
• I make more on unemployment;
• My unemployment is running out that is why I am looking;
• More worried about the pay and start date then earning the position;
• Talking about nobody hiring;
• Conveying how bad your life is going, your search is going;

How do you make the shift internally to change your desperation into inspiration? You need to shift what you focus on and what importance you put on those items. You need to look at what you are capable of, what you have accomplished, all the things you have. You can do it. You have what it takes to get a new position.

You can shift your thinking to –

• I am strong and confident and nothing will stop me from getting this job
• My past doesn’t equal the future and today is a new day in my search for a new position
• I talk health, happiness, and prosperity to everyone I meet

You need to dim down and eliminate the pictures in your head about all the things you feel desperate about. The fact that you have a mortgage, that you have kids to take care, that you have a car to put gas in, are items you can be grateful about, focus on the positive pieces and utilize those pictures to bring up a more positive outlook.

You can change your feelings and when you come across with a feeling of more confidence, security and well-being your outer presentation will reflect the same.

That's my clink of change in your cup. Now go out there and find out where your success works.

Dennis

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