Labor Day in Honor of Job Seekers
Labor Day Evolved and Applied to Entrepreneurship
Labor Day began as a salute to the working force. The day was provided to give the hard workers an extra day of relaxation. In other words, the labor force was Appreciated.
As the author of HIRED!, I am appalled by many of the stories faithful readers share with me. Honesty and integrity appear to be lacking on the side of employers. H.R. Managers do not seem to communicate with the hiring staff, and hiring staff do not appear to be telling the truth to candidates. Now this may be a generalization, but the following sentence exemplifies what is consistently shared with me:
“You are the perfect candidate and I can’t wait to get you on our team. The offer will come this week.”
Of course the offer never comes. But adding insult to injury, the person who uttered the above statement, doesn’t have the decency to respond back to the job candidate. Has our society disintegrated that badly?
It is far better to be honest upfront so that the candidate doesn’t put all of their hopes into the one opening only to find major disappointment, anger, or remorse. The candidate begins to believe, “I must have done something wrong.”
Our economy is still struggling and the news indicates it will be late 2012 before it begins to pick up. Is it possible to bring a new work ethic to the corporate scene that includes honesty and integrity? Interestingly, many people have become so fed up, they have become entrepreneurs. In fact, the news further stated that it is small business that generates most of our revenue in the U.S., not the major corporations. Perhaps there is a lesson to be learned here.
Operating a successful business is one of the most difficult undertakings I ever participated in. But if you have the drive, motivation to continually learn and truly believe you are capable of becoming successful, then should you be in the situation of no success while interviewing, you might consider starting your own company. What do you enjoy most about your area of expertise? This is the area on which to focus and begin planning your next steps. Seek help as required.
It would be wonderful if entrepreneurs would ban together to set a new model and become the leaders for doing business the right way with clients, interviewing parties and the world at large. Let’s model incorporating honesty and integrity into business. This philosophy becomes your brand and will serve to deliver you a Smooth Sale!
Le us also band together to put “Appreciation” back into Labor Day.
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P.S. The Community Service project AmericaHires360 was developed to help Americans return to work. No Fee for Job Seekers. Take place online October – December.
You will find more information on sales techniques and strategies in these two books:
Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results
and
HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews
