Rassas - Secrets to Getting a Job, Keeping a Job, and Earning Income for Life in the Loyalty-Free Workplace

INTRODUCTION:

EMBRACE THE LOYALTY-FREE WORKPLACE

Today should be the best day of your working life. The shriek of your alarm should be music to your ears, because it signals the start of a glorious day. Pour yourself a cup of hot coffee and skip over to your breakfast table with a smile on your face. Today is a great day, because there has never been a better time to be an employee or a job hunter.

I know it might not seem like it right now, but there are more workplace opportunities out there than you could ever imagine. There is simply no reason you should ever again be underpaid or experience an unwanted gap in your employment. This is the perfect environment to ensure that you have a stream of income for life.

First, Im going to take a stab at why you picked up this book. Perhaps youve responded to ads for about fifty job openings, reached out to ten people for informational interviews, and scheduled a handful of meetings or job interviews. Despite all your efforts, youve yet to receive a job offer. Or, maybe youve excelled in the same job for five years, but continue to be passed over for promotional opportunities. Or you might be changing jobs in the middle of your career, or are out of work for a reason that is no fault of your own.

Whichever scenario fits you best, Im fairly certain you have a very strong work ethic. But Ill also bet that youre having trouble fully committing to a robust job search, because it seems like forever since your efforts produced any meaningful results.

How did I do? Well, I understand where youre coming from because Ive been exactly where you are. Ive experienced the highest workplace highs and some pretty low lows. Ive worked at jobs where I was underappreciated and jobs where I was underpaid. Ive applied for jobs, and Ive been rejected from jobs. Ive met with friends, friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, and even neighbors of friends of friends. Ive even met with strangers who were wondering what I was doing and why was I there.

Ive been rejected via mail, phone, email, postcard, and text. Ive been told no to my face, and Ive been told no behind my back. Ive been told no in a gentle, kind, and supportive tone, and Ive been told no in such a harsh manner I can still feel the sting. In many, many, many cases, I have been completely ignored. Ive moved through the interview process with prominent employers that, objectively speaking, should never have considered my application. And, Ive been rejected for positions that were a perfect fit.

Once, I made it to the third and final round of interviews for a job to provide legal counsel to the president of a large academic institution. I spent a delightful morning getting to know the university president and was escorted to a catered lunch attended by the entire presidential cabinet. I left that interview confident that a job offer was forthcoming and glad I decided to spend my last paid vacation day from my current job at the event. That was five years ago, and I still havent heard from them. The only notification I received that I didnt get the job was an announcement on the universitys website welcoming the new hire to the presidential team. And this was from a potential employer who consistently marveled at how much value my experience could bring to the institution and who pressured me to rearrange my work schedule to move quickly through their process.

My having gone through what youre going through isnt the only reason you should give my optimism a chance. This is my business. I am a successful employment attorney, career coach, and negotiator. I provide guidance to executives, entertainment personalities, and even recent college graduates. Ive worked with people looking for their first internships or entry-level jobs, people looking for career advancement opportunities, and people looking for jobs to take them in entirely new directions. Plus, Ive sat on the other side of the desk and have represented employers. I understand how the workplace works from both sides of the fence.

Ive also worked as an advocate for employees looking for and trying to keep their jobs, and for employers looking to hire new employees and looking to maintain those currently employed. Ive worked in human resources, counseling entry-level employees about the importance of requesting a day off instead of demanding it. Ive counseled employees about how to manage the anxiety associated with reporting to a new supervisor younger than their children. Ive worked to develop the skills of employees who had contributed decades of their lives to an employer, only to learn that their inability to create Excel spreadsheets with pivot tables suddenly made them obsolete. Ive worked with individuals who were making a lot of money, not making enough money, or making no money at all.