Start NOW To Guarantee A New Position For 2021.

“I need to find a job.”
”I need to find a better job.”

Is this you? The month of December is a time to slowly power-down and relax. People tell themselves they will begin their brand-new job search on January 1, 2021. What happens?

Get on stage with a cast of thousands.
You'll be just commencing your search again, with thousands of other aspiring job searchers. The competition is fierce where you will be seeing hundreds of applicants for the same job. You need to start earlier to escape the onslaught.

Now is the time to act.
Many people come back from the holidays with renewed energy and a fresh focus. They will be starting to finalize their materials — so you need to get a jump on them.

”It’s too busy this time of year.” “No one is working now.”
It's easier to reach out to a potential target now instead of January. Most organizations tend to start slowing down at this time of the year, final sales have been made, everyone is more relaxed and waiting for the onslaught of holidays and parties. They're more approachable — they know they have a budget next year to hire, why not meet with potential managers NOW?

YOU can be a powerful slingshot.
Psychologically, this will be the time for you to start pulling back on the rubber band and stretching it as far as it can go. When January 1st hits, you release the slingshot and rocket off into the marketplace with your best face on prepared to dazzle your interviewer. Everyone else is just starting.

I want one hour a day from you, five days a week.
That’s it. Instead of watching a really bad TV show every weekday night or sleeping in that morning, all I’m asking for is just one hour to plan and ensure a successful job search. So what can you do?

Research your industry to understand the big players.
Learn where it’s going and what the future holds. This will give you a better feel for who to target in your job search and a better idea of what’s out there - you’ve been in a bubble for the past few years.

Pick 5-10 companies you’d LOVE to work for.
Not just ‘like’ or ‘it would be nice’, I want you to LOVE them. Do a little research on each one, see where they are and where they’re going, find out who are the key people in your area of the organization.

Clean up your résumé and LinkedIn profile.
Add in any additional info from your current research. These two areas must shine before you begin to look for a position. Also, check all of your current (and past) social media like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Links, etc. You need to clean them up or if you can, make them private. You need to put on a perfect face for potential opportunities. Resume tips here.

Build your action plan to kick off at 7 AM on January 1.
If you’re currently employed, begin to figure out when you can allocate time to research, contact, and interview new career opportunities. If you are in transition, develop a 40-hour per week schedule that includes research, networking, etc. You need to be busy starting in January, the best thing you can do is be prepared with a comprehensive schedule.

IMPORTANT: If you feel that you can’t do this alone, REACH OUT.
Not only do I offer a free coaching session to help you understand how I can accelerate your search, but you’ll also go away with a number of key breakthroughs to help you move forward. If you want some help, message me.

All the best - Rich
www.richgee.com
richgee@richgee.com

If Life Is Kicking You In The Ass, Time To Kick Back.

“Don’t be afraid to break some rules.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

To win, you must exploit the system. I get it - you’re worried about what the outside world will think of you — that possibly bending some rules in your favor is “beneath you”.

Listen: The most successful people on this planet do not care about how they achieve it. They DON’T CARE ABOUT THE RULES.

The entire world is simply many clearly-defined systems and rules that all work together to limit you from going anywhere. Imagine a game of poker or blackjack. Most people will say that it is just “luck” or that “luck is the primary factor in the game”. This is BS and you know it.

Just like poker, the world does not have luck, it has probability. Luck of the draw is simply a term that defines your starting point, everything else is how you play your cards.

Unlike poker though, the rules of life can be argued, bent, and even broken. Do you seriously think the people in power didn’t break every rule in the book to get their hands on the biggest jackpot in the world?

Basically, life is a maze built by people at the top to reduce competition from the bottom. Some people find they exist by wasting their entire life trying every single option.

Using the basic resources out in the world and your persistence, you can increase your odds of success. This is what successful people do. By counting the cards, observing patterns, and trying what has already been proven to work, you can increase your odds of success an infinite number of times. In other words, climb the walls of the maze, and look to find where the finish is. Once you know the end goal you can take concrete steps towards it.

But we all know this. Go forward without looking back.

You just still think that you aren’t that kind of person. You don’t need to be savage. You don’t need to embody the hunter you were born to be by evolution thousands of years ago.

You can play it safe, play it cool, and play by the rules. Guess what? No one who wins plays by the rules. We bend them to their limits. We go against the grain. The trick is to keep the rules from breaking in a way that gets you in trouble.

There is no such thing as a dream job. A dream partner. An American dream. Because it’s a . . . . DREAM.

Pick the career that you know you are predisposed by biology to excel at. You are good at math? Be the top accountant of all time. Good at arguing? Be the top dog attorney that puts Harvey Specter to shame. Oh you don’t like law school? Be honest with yourself, do you want to win?

The person printing your money obviously does. We love to bash the idiots on Wall Street for making dirty money by using YOUR money to make them money. Do you think they care?

Think about it. Do you think that someone like Jeff Bezos became rich because he had a brilliant idea? No. He simply crushed the competition, out-sued the government, walked on everyone’s head who was in his way.

Successful people are made not born. And they aren’t made through some fair game. Time to start breaking the rules.

“It’s easier to apologize than to ask for permission.”

P.S. I am not advocating for you to do anything illegal, but there is significant leeway when bending the rules.