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The first point is why we have job coaching, and the second is why people go freelance. The third point is heartbreaking, especially if the job took years of schooling and/or was a childhood dream. But sometimes the right choice is to just move on to more available positions.
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Edwin, an anthropomorphic jackrabbit, is wearing a business casual outfit and has a grumpy expression on his face. He gives job searching tips by speaking directly to the reader using a dialogue bubble. Edwin says,
"You have three options if you have been unsuccessful with your job search:
1) Change your approach.
2) Create your own job.
3) Start looking for something entirely different.
Sometimes what you are looking for is just not available. Although painful, the best thing may be to go a different direction."
Check out my $5 booklet for awesome tips for getting a job: https://ko-fi.com/s/4763a13c39
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Edwin, an anthropomorphic jackrabbit, is wearing a business casual outfit and has a grumpy expression on his face. He gives job searching tips by speaking directly to the reader using a dialogue bubble. Edwin says,
"You have three options if you have been unsuccessful with your job search:
1) Change your approach.
2) Create your own job.
3) Start looking for something entirely different.
Sometimes what you are looking for is just not available. Although painful, the best thing may be to go a different direction."
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Freelancing still needs pounding the pavement and so on. For all my skills and expertise, I am not good at selling myself, and I am not good at this constant client networking shit. Same reason why I never wanted my own business. I hate dealing with people.
I am already working freelance at the moment through a company. And it is shit in general. Barely anyone is getting any contracts. We haven't had proper client work in ages. So all I am doing is pro-bono work just to keep my expertise sharp and my name in the loop.
I am already working freelance at the moment through a company. And it is shit in general. Barely anyone is getting any contracts. We haven't had proper client work in ages. So all I am doing is pro-bono work just to keep my expertise sharp and my name in the loop.
Sometimes you have to do what is necessary to survive. There is very little workforce management that goes on during education, so folks are allowed to pursue their dreams. That is great when there are job opportunities open in the area they are seeking (or went to school/trained for), but is not always the case.
This tip is coming from a string of recent LA-based clients who are struggling to become X in the entertainment industry. Now is not the job market to seek entry-level work in LA. So, they have to make a choice between sticking it out (e.g., going into deeper credit card debit) or walk away from LA and do something completely different.
This tip is coming from a string of recent LA-based clients who are struggling to become X in the entertainment industry. Now is not the job market to seek entry-level work in LA. So, they have to make a choice between sticking it out (e.g., going into deeper credit card debit) or walk away from LA and do something completely different.
I cannot speak for the UK, but I know the US companies look down on over-qualified individuals applying to entry-level jobs. I suspect it is concern that they will push for higher wages or leave the job as soon as they find something better.
Best of luck! 🍀 I hope these tips provide you some help.
Best of luck! 🍀 I hope these tips provide you some help.
I can definitely see it in the UK too. Alas, I got so many "not enough experience" in the places I *did* think I was qualified for, it leaves it very hard to see what I could do.
It does not help that I work in a very niche field with a lot of competition. Yet, most recruiters I speak to don't even know what I am talking about when I explain it.
I got a high-skill entry position in a major company for a 2 year contract that I am working on an application for. I hope that will hit the sweet-spot of long-termism and over/under-qualification issues. Plus having their name on my CV would be immense.
Thank you! Been folllowing you a while and your tips have been of help for sure.
It does not help that I work in a very niche field with a lot of competition. Yet, most recruiters I speak to don't even know what I am talking about when I explain it.
I got a high-skill entry position in a major company for a 2 year contract that I am working on an application for. I hope that will hit the sweet-spot of long-termism and over/under-qualification issues. Plus having their name on my CV would be immense.
Thank you! Been folllowing you a while and your tips have been of help for sure.
Greetings and first of all let just me say how cool and interesting is your gallery and tips you give as well as your work directed to fellow furries and not! This tips strike deeply but they're correct and in all honesty i took a similar path on "option3" even if with a twist. I am from Europe, and here we've literally an over-production of people who ends with a bachelor AND a master degree, literally flooding the market and giving overall little opportunity aside from leaving the country or accept ages and ages of struggle.
Personally i took a degree in biology, but I quickly come to realize that fullfill my "childhood dreams" (workings strictly in the nature, to study rare species) was unrealistic... i didn't felt it "painful" however, to pick the Choice3 and find a state-employment as teacher: to me have a modest but stable and safe contract was the priority, and i've found that my childhood dreams still shape my current job because i can share, teach, instruct younger generations on things I appreciate and love (nature, animals etc.). After five years i am into this job I can retrospectively say that my childhood dreams were indeed more imaginative than realistic and I think I've found the right balance in let them shape/influence my current daily job.
I hope people that follow your tips or ask you consultancy may find also this kind of solution if they struggle with other options.
Personally i took a degree in biology, but I quickly come to realize that fullfill my "childhood dreams" (workings strictly in the nature, to study rare species) was unrealistic... i didn't felt it "painful" however, to pick the Choice3 and find a state-employment as teacher: to me have a modest but stable and safe contract was the priority, and i've found that my childhood dreams still shape my current job because i can share, teach, instruct younger generations on things I appreciate and love (nature, animals etc.). After five years i am into this job I can retrospectively say that my childhood dreams were indeed more imaginative than realistic and I think I've found the right balance in let them shape/influence my current daily job.
I hope people that follow your tips or ask you consultancy may find also this kind of solution if they struggle with other options.
Thank you for sharing your story! It can be tough when the realities of the job market clash with one's "dream job." I am glad to hear you were able to pivot to find meaningful and sustaining work!
It is a blast to connect with people regarding their job search. There is so much misery involved in the process. I am just happy I can be with folks and aid them through the suffering.
Cheers,
Edwin
It is a blast to connect with people regarding their job search. There is so much misery involved in the process. I am just happy I can be with folks and aid them through the suffering.
Cheers,
Edwin
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