What are employers looking for?What are employers looking for ? The greatest thing about getting older is the stories I collect as I go through life and it can be a series of continuing adventures or it can be an assortment of random events that make no sense whatsoever until I look back on them. I have confidence that there is a reason for everything and the experiences all have hidden lessons in them if I am patient and try not to smother them with meaning and interpretation. The dots connect in fascinating ways and eventually I look back and see the path did indeed lead somewhere valuable. I firmly believe it is bad business to start reviewing the past and wishing something didn’t happen or start revising history in a way where I blow things out of proportion. The temptation to start ruminating over less pleasant aspects of the past flies in the face of wisdom because then I have 2 things that are unpleasant..The moment of morbid reflection and the perception of the past…how does that help? Instead I prefer to consider the lessons of past events as valuable courses that I can draw from in the future and hopefully pass my experience on to someone suffering from something similar…but I am aware the best advice is asked for…never given. The benefit of my experience is infinitely more potent when the painful mistakes teach me not to do the same thing over and over. I say this because for those that feel they are short changed in the job market, one should look at your knowledge bank as a valuable treasure chest of things that can make life easier for you and others! But…it is all in the packaging, if you are sheepish about how you fit into to a company’s culture then they can smell the fear and indecision but if you are quietly confident about how it is an asset they will detect that too. One of the things I do when I am on the job market is to take a good hard look at my “brand” and before I ask anyone to give me a reality check I carefully think about the impression I am forming on the person looking at my resume. Am I listing every fast food job I ever had going back to before high school? Isn’t that like shooting myself in the foot by seriously overdoing my time in the job market? Wouldn’t I be better served by highlighting my relevant experience instead? Am I being lazy by shoving a one size fits all resume complete with a defeatist, take it or leave it attitude? Employers want to know one thing…”What’s in it for me?” They don’t want to hear about how once you get in the door you will roam around like a predator looking for internal postings…or looking for all the reasons why your previous company did things more efficiently. Employers want you to fill an opening; first and foremost…everything else is a distant second. People sometimes think it is a good idea to come across as flexible when the employer wants to see specialization and relevancy. Save your flexibility skills for when you talk about your experience working with the various departments of your previous employers…how those people of various ages and backgrounds were your internal customers. Most of all…age is not the barrier we make it out to be…it is one of many factors..remember…more love for oneself sets the tone for what others see..And if you want to list jobs on your resume from the 1980’s and before, be my guest…but I ask you…is it relevant to the position? "What are employers looking for" written by Ken Bownes "What are employers looking for" DiscussionWhat do you think employers looking for?Share it! Home page - What are employers looking for |
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