"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." ~ Bruce Lee
It’s that time again for season premieres, and one of the favorites around our home is the show, Survivor. 16 different people with varied personalities thrown together in a unique environment for up to 39 days makes for some crazy TV drama!
The unemployed are a lot like the participants of this reality show. Both groups are put in a position of giving up the life they once knew. Both are expected to keep a shelter over their heads and figure out how to survive with few resources. Both groups are challenged for endurance, strength, agility, problem solving, teamwork, dexterity, and most of all WILL POWER.
Being unemployed, you work hard to find your next job, and your “reward” is an interview or contract work. You might even find the "hidden immunity" and get a job offer. Some of you will feel like you have been sent to "Exile Island" and will feel alone or abandoned by your "team". Others of you will end up at the "tribal council" and you will have to make some hard decisions about where your family will live, potentially giving up your home, or taking a position or pay cut that is not what you really want. Most of you though will be victorious by landing the right job, with the salary and benefits you expected.
Charles Darwin said, "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
To survive your unemployment, you have to hang tough, be flexible, never give up, and refuse to lose. You have made it this far, stay the course and you will eventually survive at this game of unemployment.
GOOD NEWS: One of your fellow BACTS participants, Carol N., forwarded the following list of local networking meetings. You must network to find job leads!
Temecunet - Is open to anyone in the SD, Riverside, Orange counties that is under or unemployed. The group meets in Temecula. Go to Linkedin groups to get more information.
Experience Unlimited - Any under or unemployed professional. Through the Workforce Development office through the EDD. Contact Hugo Casian, Employment Program Representative, 951-304-5753 for information required to join this group. The Murrieta office is located at 30135 Technology Drive, Murrieta, CA 92563.
Networking Unlimited - Any under or unemployed non-professionals or professionals. Contact Hugo Casian. Information is above.
Inlandnet - Primarily professionals that attend this group in Poway twice a month. Go to Linkedin groups to get more information.
The Temecula Under-Employed - Go to meetup.com to find this group. For professionals that are under or unemployed.
The FENG - Financial Executives Networking Group - Go to thefeng.org for information about this organization. You must be sponsored by a current member to join. They meet in San Diego once a month.
Accountants in Transition - Accounting & finance professionals in transition. Meets once per month in San Diego. Contact Judy Thompson at judy@thompsonsearch.com
Judy Thompson also emails a list of networking events in the San Diego area. To subscribe go to http://www.thompsonsearch.com/newsletter/sdevents.htm
It’s that time again for season premieres, and one of the favorites around our home is the show, Survivor. 16 different people with varied personalities thrown together in a unique environment for up to 39 days makes for some crazy TV drama!
The unemployed are a lot like the participants of this reality show. Both groups are put in a position of giving up the life they once knew. Both are expected to keep a shelter over their heads and figure out how to survive with few resources. Both groups are challenged for endurance, strength, agility, problem solving, teamwork, dexterity, and most of all WILL POWER.
Being unemployed, you work hard to find your next job, and your “reward” is an interview or contract work. You might even find the "hidden immunity" and get a job offer. Some of you will feel like you have been sent to "Exile Island" and will feel alone or abandoned by your "team". Others of you will end up at the "tribal council" and you will have to make some hard decisions about where your family will live, potentially giving up your home, or taking a position or pay cut that is not what you really want. Most of you though will be victorious by landing the right job, with the salary and benefits you expected.
Charles Darwin said, "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
To survive your unemployment, you have to hang tough, be flexible, never give up, and refuse to lose. You have made it this far, stay the course and you will eventually survive at this game of unemployment.
GOOD NEWS: One of your fellow BACTS participants, Carol N., forwarded the following list of local networking meetings. You must network to find job leads!
Temecunet - Is open to anyone in the SD, Riverside, Orange counties that is under or unemployed. The group meets in Temecula. Go to Linkedin groups to get more information.
Experience Unlimited - Any under or unemployed professional. Through the Workforce Development office through the EDD. Contact Hugo Casian, Employment Program Representative, 951-304-5753 for information required to join this group. The Murrieta office is located at 30135 Technology Drive, Murrieta, CA 92563.
Networking Unlimited - Any under or unemployed non-professionals or professionals. Contact Hugo Casian. Information is above.
Inlandnet - Primarily professionals that attend this group in Poway twice a month. Go to Linkedin groups to get more information.
The Temecula Under-Employed - Go to meetup.com to find this group. For professionals that are under or unemployed.
The FENG - Financial Executives Networking Group - Go to thefeng.org for information about this organization. You must be sponsored by a current member to join. They meet in San Diego once a month.
Accountants in Transition - Accounting & finance professionals in transition. Meets once per month in San Diego. Contact Judy Thompson at judy@thompsonsearch.com
Judy Thompson also emails a list of networking events in the San Diego area. To subscribe go to http://www.thompsonsearch.com/newsletter/sdevents.htm
CONGRATULATIONS: I'm still hearing that many of you are headed to the "Tribal Council" and awaiting the verdict about your interviews. Stay encouraged! Please let me know when you have accepted an offer!
BACTS FACT: "Recruiters today are looking for those with the survival instinct." ~ Jan Smith
THAT'S IT: It's important to remind yourself each day that you have strong qualities that are desired by organizations in your field of expertise. Remember, you were not laid off because of your performance; it was due to your company not performing, and you were part of the reorganization.
There is no room for self-doubt in this part of the game. If you are truly "playing your hardest" to find work, you will soon find success.
Survivor: That's you!
"One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve. ”~ George Allen
Good luck on the job search this week.
Jan
Jan M. Smith
Inland Management Group
Human Resource Consulting & Support to the Service Industry
(951) 302-6483
www.inlandmgtgroup.com
www.janmsmith.com
Twitter: @temecula_hr
Facebook: http://facebook.com/#!/InlandManagementGroup
LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/janmsmith
Jan M. Smith
Inland Management Group
Human Resource Consulting & Support to the Service Industry
(951) 302-6483
www.inlandmgtgroup.com
www.janmsmith.com
Twitter: @temecula_hr
Facebook: http://facebook.com/#!/InlandManagementGroup
LinkedIn: http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/janmsmith
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