In my last post on Monday, click here to read it, I talked about broadening your skills to make yourself more marketable to as many industries as possible. Today, I found this article online. The article highlights how you can use any opportunity to learn new things, but you have to be the force behind making it happen.
This all helps to get back to the idea that even if you are currently employed part-time or on the Transitional floor, you can never stop your job hunt or stop learning new skills from your employment. For instance, you may not like your current job as a cashier of a fast food chain, but could you see yourself as the manager of one? Are you using the skills that you are learning on the Transitional floor to see what other type of industry jobs are opening up around you?
The job hunt, just like learning a new skill, should a be continual process of searching, expanding, reevaluating, marketing, managing, and networking in order to move forward. As Jodi Glickman states in her article, "no one cares more about managing your career than you do."
If you would like more information about managing your career you should attend Job Club on May 5th. I will be giving a presentation entitled, Marketing Yourself to Move Up the Ladder.
Still need help? You should contact the Workforce Development team at MPRI, 734.327.9717 x685. In housing? Please contact Rebecca Rowland, our Income Stability Liaison, 734.327.9717 x695.
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