Jason Alba’s Comments on Old Wives’ Tales
Job Search July 31st, 2007Jason Alba wrote in yesterday’s blog about the myths many of us were told and believed, possibly still believe. It is a great article. A couple of the myths (or lies) Jason wrote about were…
1. “College is critical, masters is becoming critical. I do not regret my decision to get a CIS degree, and an MBA. And, I’m a huge proponent of furthering your education. However, please don’t think that getting degrees, even in hot fields, is going to minimize any pain or problems in a job search or your career management. Even with my CIS degree, my MBA and a
job seeker’s market I could hardly get an interview.” It amazes me how many college graduates I talk to that discover when looking for their first ‘real’ job or are in their first job that they’re not interested in what they’ve been trained for. I suggest to young people before going to college to take the time to get to know yourself and industries well by doing a wide variety of job shadowing, informational interviews, volunteering, internships, and networking of people from a large variety of industries.
2. “Job boards are useless. Well, that’s a message that I took away from a two day career management class. I misunderstood the real message at first but now realize that job boards are not necessarily the best way to find a job to apply to… but they are an excellent source to collect information for networking (or a job search, obviously) and do competitive intelligence research. And to top it all of, it’s cool that they actually do work. I know plenty of people who have found their current job on a job board.” I concur.
3. A lie that I often hear is “Since I have fear, I better not keep pursuing it.” I haven’t come across a client yet that didn’t have fears. I suggest facing whatever we’re afraid about. Sometimes we need a trusted friend or coach to go to those places of fear and conquer it with us when gremlins pop up.
Jason asked at the end of his blog, “What are some old business wives’ tales that you think need to be eliminated?” Great question!!
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