101 Small Rules for a Big Job Search by Tony Beshara

Author:Tony Beshara [Beshara, Tony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 2017-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

67. RULES FOR MILLENIALS.

I’m only addressing this generation because there are more of you in the workplace than any other generation, and, at this writing, the 75 million of you (surpassing the baby boomers numbers of 74 million) are beginning to begin settling in to your careers. As with previous generations, you’re going to change jobs more often early in your career (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics) and you need to be aware of some of the issues you are facing relative to getting a job. Please pay attention!

Consider these traits that you, as a millennial, have and how they impact, for better or worse, your job search:

Your expertise and reliance on technology. Most of us would agree that 99% of the advancements of technology are good for business. However, in the real world of getting a job, being “connected” is only of value if you can get an interview. Somewhere along the line, you’re going to have to have real-world conversations with people in an interview in order to get a job. Many of you rely on “just text me” to communicate, but you cannot get a job by texting. Speaking with people face to face, learning to look them in the eye, and expressing yourself verbally in more than 140 characters is going to be necessary. This takes practice if you are not used to it. GYHOOOYB.

Confidence. It is said that you have been raised to believe that everyone gets a trophy for participating and that has given you confidence. Well, in business most people do not get trophies. True that the first step in being successful is actually showing up, but you don’t get confidence by simply being there. I have no problem with confidence, but it needs to be tempered with humility. As Dizzy Dean (Google him if you don’t know who is) was quoted as saying, “It ain’t bragging if you can do it.” Let your successes and accomplishments give you confidence, but realize that your confidence will be interpreted as arrogance without performance.

Multitasking. It is said that you all think you can do this well. If you research the studies on the subject, you will soon discover that success at multitasking is not only a myth but it is actually a deterrent to quality work. Don’t go into an interview touting the fact that you’re good at multitasking. Any interviewer with any brains will discount you if you tell this as one of your workplace attributes.

Friends come first. Try convincing a prospective employer that your friends are more important than the job you are applying for and you will continue to be unemployed. A few years of working in the real world, a spouse, a mortgage, a car payment, a couple of kids, and the realization that it is likely that their college tuition per year is going to be more than you make in one, your friends will be far down the priority list. Don’t embarrass yourself by even mentioning how important your friends are in the same breath as your needing a job.

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