What secret is the best for getting a job?<\/b><\/p>\n
It is almost certain that most of the readers on this blog are looking for a \u201c<\/span>Secret<\/span><\/i>\u201d to finding jobs without stress. In fact, chances are that you are reading this because you are looking for that \u201cSecret\u201d. Marketing professional relish the term <\/span>secret<\/span><\/i> because it carries a huge sense of mystery and easily entices their potential clientele.<\/span><\/p>\n It is interesting because when you do not have something, when it is not in your hands, when it seems like you do not have the means or the way of getting it, then it must be <\/span>hidden<\/span><\/i>. And if any \u2018expert\u2019 could find a way of cracking the code and provide you the secrets to uncovering what you <\/span>perceive <\/span><\/i>to be hidden, then you can buy the purported solution with minimal objections.<\/span><\/p>\n How \u2018Lucky\u2019 are you?<\/b><\/p>\n Today, many youths are gambling away their futures on sports betting. It is a major daily mind game that is making the proprietors of these types of businesses very rich, yet rewarding very few participants over long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n When it comes to your career, chances are that you could be playing the gamble. You could be betting your success on luck. Probably, you are hoping that you will be lucky one day, get an interview and when that happens, you are betting that the interviewing panel would have <\/span>grace and Mercy<\/span><\/i> on you and give you an opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n Who is in Control of Your Fate?<\/b><\/p>\n You see, <\/span>hope<\/span><\/i> alone is not a complete strategy! <\/span>Grace<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Mercy<\/span><\/i> are not in your control. Contrary to popular belief, luck is not something that you experience by <\/span>chance. <\/span><\/i>No, luck is what you attract and create by a series of focused, sustained and consistent activities.<\/span><\/p>\n This brings us to this powerful \u201cP\u201d word. By now you must have guessed it. Let\u2019s introduce you to someone who will mentor us today. He was born in 4BC and died in 65AD in Rome Italy. He was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was a tutor and later advisor to Emperor Nero. His name is Lius Seneca. This is what he said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Your key word today is \u201cPreparation\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n You see, there are two things about you that a potential employer is looking for:<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, many people think that just presenting the facts to the interview panel would be enough to get the job. You would be wrong. Facts are things like your age, your academic qualifications, your gender, your work experience, where you live, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n Your Stories are the Difference Maker in Interviews<\/b><\/p>\n Stories however are what move many employers to hire you. What are the stories we are talking about? These are your <\/span>interpretation<\/span><\/i> of facts and the <\/span>experiences<\/span><\/i> you have created for yourself. The more you have of these, the more it increases your chances and your <\/span>luck.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n The only way you get this is through \u201c<\/span>Preparation<\/span><\/i>\u201d. Unfortunately, many people think that to prepare for an interview, you need to work on your CV and your presentation skills and so on. Today, Google is giving millions of CV templates for free and anybody can create a good CV in less than 20 minutes (but still we have hoards of people with pathetic CVs).<\/span><\/p>\n When you get into a job interview, the interviewing panel uses the <\/span>facts<\/span><\/i> found in your CV to ask you questions in order to know what kind of <\/span>stories <\/span><\/i>you are telling yourself and the world. The thing is that our general make-up is not merely of the facts of our lives, but of the stories that we tell of these facts.<\/span><\/p>\n So the question to you today is: How else, apart from crafting your CV are you <\/span>preparing <\/span><\/i>yourself to be <\/span>lucky<\/span><\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n Here are some thought starters:<\/span><\/p>\n The thing with preparation is that you might not see the results tomorrow or even next month. But when your chance comes, people will see that you are <\/span>ready<\/span><\/i> and that is how you can really get lucky in your job interviews. Over to you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is almost certain that most of the readers on this blog are looking for a \u201cSecret\u201d to finding jobs without stress. 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