The more and more I Freelance for myself the more grateful I am that I started this venture. I would hate to have to be out there fighting just to get a minimum wage job or if it is more then minimum wage it is still structured to keep you just over broke.
I love the title of this article. It's called "Job seekers, and career changers, it's not about you". I had to laugh because in the eyes of the person looking to fill a void in a company to make someone else wealthy. It is about "you".
But she is right in what she says; It isn't about you. When looking for a job it is never ever about you. And that is the problem I see with going out and offering your skills to someone for whatever hours a week they feel like giving you for what ever amount of money they feel your worth. And even if your skilled enough to demand a 6 figure income; is that job really ever secure? I have heard countless stories of high paying employees making 6 figures one year and struggling to find a job the next.
Off that rant for now... on to the article. Her main focus is how people introduce themselves to the (what I like to call) prospective slave owners and points out the "bad form" that is used to create a "first impression" on their LinkedIn profiles. She goes on to give some examples. I especially liked "The next opportunity needs to leverage my skills and experiences". That is bad form for sure. Slave owners know what they are offering isn't really an opportunity. That would turn off anyone trying to fill a position that knows this person will be unsatisfied because they are not truly looking for opportunity seekers. They are looking for someone who is willing to be underpaid and overworked.
Here's where it gets good!! At this point she gets into why searching for a "slave owner" is "not about you". I don't know but the last time I went looking for an underpaid job in America it was 100% about me. I need a job to pay my rent, I need a job to buy food, make my car payment... you get the idea.
But she is right. In the person doing the buying (employer) it is 100% about them. Even if you do get hired it is always 100% about them. It is never ever about you, and if you are getting "enough" to have a good life. And God forbid you ever bring that up because you will be told. "Well, you can always go work somewhere else if you don't like it". Which is true... right? Don't you find it annoying when your applying for a job and the first thing you want to know is "what does it pay?" yet that is usually the last thing an employer usually wants to talk about.
She goes on to advise us "Do not announce to your network and potential hiring managers that you are doing them a favor by being a candidate". Of course not. We don't want a slave owner to think we are "doing them the favor". They are doing us the favor aren't they? or are they?
Other things she recommends is to make it easy to be contacted. Personally I think it would be pretty dum to get on one of these job sites and not provide a way to be contacted. But here I think she is more talking about how you word it. My impression was to make sure you start off your relationship with your prospective slave owner by showing how subservient you are. You want to make sure the employer knows you are willing to except that lower pay and long hours without question. I could be wrong... but that's my take.
Then the author goes on to tell us to "Spend more time articulating the type of job you are looking for". She used the one I liked in her example. Basically we need to be "more specific" then just saying "The next opportunity needs to leverage my skills and experiences". To me this is just saying we need to show them we can "jump through hoops", and not the other way around. Most if not all of these job boards give us the ability to post a resume, show what our skill sets are etc etc. So I would think that the "prospective employer" should already know what those skills and experiences are by the resume you either submitted to them or they were able to access on the platform.
Another point made in this article is not to appear desperate. Yes of course... If your on there submitting your resume they already know your desperate. But the reality is they don't care and don't really want to hear about how you can't feed your children. That's not really their concern.
Another point made was your specific "role" your seeking. Why not just put subservient? Oh and God forbid you put "I, me, or my". Again.... even though its all about you we don't want it to be about you. That's selfish and were not looking to better our lives... just the slave owners.
The author points out other things "not to do on LinkedIn", but you can read it for yourself if you like (the link is below).
What I think we should do on LinkedIn is try not to find jobs that rob us of our time and freedom. But to look for real "opportunities". John Greshani said it best: "If your still earning an hourly wage or monthly salary, you probably know somethings very wrong. And its because your part of a corporate system that's designed and rigged against you to take your FREEDOM and your TIME away from you like a SLAVE". That's what you will get by polishing up that ole LinkedIn profile.
You can take that authors advice. Or you can take mine. Could you imagine if 75% of Americans worked from home? Think of it!! Less traffic for one. less gas, less wear and tear on your car. Better for the environment. Just to name a few. The list goes on and on....
There is absolutely no reason in the time we live in that you can't work for yourself, create your own job. The Internet allows ALL of us the opportunity to get back our time and our freedom. And provide us the opportunity (there's that word again) to make more money then the slave owner would ever think to pay us for that resource we can never get back; our time.
I disagree with you
If you would like to have a real opportunity (there's that dirty word again). I suggest you click my link below. If you want to be part of the system that robs you of your time and freedom....well. Good luck to you my friend.
If you want to change your life and start making it about you (like I have) then click HERE
We don't care what your LinkedIn profile looks like.
If you would like to read the article I reference in this blog, here is the LINK
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