If you think its difficult to be looking for you next job right now as an experienced professional (especially as a Workforce Nomad) spend some time listening to the folks who have recently emerged from college. Imagine if you haven’t been building up a network in the professional world aside from family and neighbors the only people you know are your friends and they are in the same boat as you! It can be intimidating showing up at networking events even with a great background but I imagine if you are green and don’t feel confident in telling your story and everyone seems older than you, it must really be difficult. If you even know how to find networking opportunities
So you are left with internet ads for entry level sales positions. Even I’ve been tapped by some of these silly things. Door to door sales of financial products or some equally unlikely prospect, but they go anyway and hope that this one will be different. Herded into rooms for sales presentations in sketchy locations. Taken for all day “interviews” out to remote neighborhoods where they have to actually sell as part of the interview. And today I heard a really good story. One particular young man entered the room of a sketchy downtown building with others like him only to be told “this will be a no talking interview.” They proceeded to show a presentation of the company which said young man did not stay to witness as he had seen it before or something much like it anyway. I would leave too. The absurdity of the job search really is at its height when you find yourself in a no talking interview.
The only thing I can say is networking, networking, networking….Its the only way.
