The goal is to create your own job opportunities!
Your complimentary business plan will be your job description when you do get hired.
This plan will effectively showcase the practical application of your experience and skills to solve a real-world problem that you have identified through your research.
It’s your “resume”, but in a different form.
Remember this. Old-school resumes no longer work in a very competitive environment.
Think about this.
When you’re looking for a new doctor, do you check what school they went to and what training they completed, or do you read the reviews of their patients?
So, why is it any different when you are looking for a job?
With your business plan that is tailored specifically for the organisation, the hiring manager has no choice but to hire you to implement your proposed solutions!
Repurpose your 90-day business plan into a blog post on your personal website. This will position you as an expert and will increase your personal branding and chances to get hired.
The longer you are out of the job market; the odds will be stacked against you.
Consider working for free; yes FREE
Confidently demonstrate that you can effectively give or create value for the company.
Consider working for FREE to gain practical experience without any strings attached. You have more to gain in the long-run.
The try and buy approach works well for many job seekers. It gets their foot in the door.
It’s much better than doing nothing at home – at least you are doing something constructive and productive.
Employers are tired of lifeless graduates who don’t show initiative
You can have everything you want in life if you will just help other people get what they want — Zig Ziglar
If you don’t already know, employers are tired of lifeless graduates and job seekers who don’t show initiative and coming through the door expecting to be handed a job on a silver platter.
Unfortunately, most people price themselves out of a job with their entitlement mindset.
Candidates usually ask, “How much are you going to pay me?”
Here’s an interesting response.
How can someone offer to pay your asking price when that person does not know what value you can give in return? How do I know that you are worth $3,000 per month?
Instead, ask this, “If I can give you $5,000 of value, are you prepared to pay me $3,000?”
The sad truth is that after years of sitting under fluorescent lights listening to lectures, many graduates are left with few practical skills or real-life experiences that employers really want and make them truly worth hiring.
Employers don’t want to buy into university name-dropping anymore and don’t really care what university you went to.
Instead, employers only want someone whom they can trust to give or create more value for them, more than what they take out in salaries or wages.
What they really want is a person who will offer them something different – give or create value.
It comes down to knowing that everything you want in life comes through giving and creating value for others.
Money is great, but you have to learn how to earn it.
Employees generally have an entitlement mindset that gets them stuck. Learning how to cultivate an abundance mindset and going after opportunities by giving or creating value for other people rather than focusing on themselves is the future of work and recruitment.