Comments on: How to find a job — stop competing and start excelling https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-find-a-job-stop-competing-and-start-excelling/ Social media speaker, social media consultant, job search coach Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Walter Akana https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-find-a-job-stop-competing-and-start-excelling/#comment-39428 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:43:44 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=5309#comment-39428 Excellent post, Miriam!

You’ve nicely woven you own wisdom and perspective with Laurie’s. And your concluding advice is right on the money:

“Focus on what you offer as it relates to the targeted positions. Think long and hard about why you are the best person for the job and do what you need to do to convince everyone else. … Since you are the best candidate and well differentiated, don’t spend all of your time obsessing about job search. Use that extra time to focus on how you can help colleagues and other job seekers. Think about what you can do to create a team of partners instead of adversaries.”

At once you’ve substituted a benefit for a barrier. Actually, and paradoxically, what you can do for others can go far to lift your own prospects!

Well done!

]]> By: Megan Fitzgerald https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-find-a-job-stop-competing-and-start-excelling/#comment-39175 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:13:45 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=5309#comment-39175 What wise words Miriam! The only rule is no rules. And stop competing and start cooperating. If we are clear of our own value – the thing that we offer that no one else can in quite the way we do – then there is definitely no competition. Reframing the game like this can completely change a job seekers experience for the better.

It’s great to be a part of this wise group of career professionals!

Megan

]]> By: Meg Montford https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-find-a-job-stop-competing-and-start-excelling/#comment-39150 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:28:49 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=5309#comment-39150 From fair to fit – Yes, this is the shift that job seekers need to make to succeed in finding their next position. Everyone wants to be treated fairly, especially after being laid off – that just wasn’t “fair,” was it? Accept that employers do control the job search process – to a point. Where the job seeker has control is with his/her “fit.” It’s important to be your best self, polish your appearance and interview skills, and do your company research. Know exactly what you want, talk to others who do what you want, and find the key to unlocking how you can make yourself stand out. Become proactive instead of reactive – lose the blame about this whole process being unfair!

]]> By: Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter (@ValueIntoWords) https://www.keppiecareers.com/how-to-find-a-job-stop-competing-and-start-excelling/#comment-39131 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:15:57 +0000 http://www.keppiecareers.com/?p=5309#comment-39131 Miriam,
“EMBRACE the system instead of raging against it.” I think this is my favorite line of your moving post! Oh, and this line, “Hiring someone with the ‘right fit’ for the job is as nuanced as it gets.” Yes, yes, yes!

I always, ALWAYS tell my clients that we must write career positioning messages (resumes, etc.) that are full of texture–their nuances of how and why they do what they do to evoke emotion, to differentiate them!

Moreover, I am equally inspired by the language you quoted from Laurie Ruettiman’s post. It is SO key to focus on yourself in the marketplace and not what everyone else is doing. Believing in yourself while also partnering with those whom you might otherwise consider adversaries is a unique and interesting key to refocusing energies.

When job seekers focus in on THEIR value wrapped around the needs of the positions they are targeting, the message crystallizes and resonates!

Thanks again for your continued excellence in career reporting!

Jacqui

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