The data shows wages are trending up. Bridget Quigg shares details in her post “Wages Trend Up to Finish 2011 Ahead”. Read it and assess the data for yourself.
The national and state data for unemployment in many areas is also positive. Yet if you are looking for a job this may or may not be important. Also it may or may not be good news or bad news.
To improve your situation and your results, being focused on you may be more helpful than being focused on trends, data, comments, news, etc. Are you focused on you and your results? Are you ready to accelerate your results?
I hope so. That is what you can most impact.
Just a month ago, I was celebrating a client’s new job. When we talked the other day, he shared how he is enjoying the new job, the work, the people then he paused and asked me “Why didn’t I take action and get focused sooner?”
Boy, that is a powerful question and one that I can’t answer. So a turned the question back to him. His answer was the he was sad about losing his job, the news, and everyone around him was telling him things were bad. He shared he was unsure what to do. The day after we talked about what to do, he had 2 simple action steps and my I challenge to him to take action.
He took the action. Now he is working! I just offered the two specific action steps. Two simple steps changed his entire search and resulted in the job he landed. Look accelerating your search does not have to be slow, lonely or hard, but it can if you want it to be.
If you lack focus or are focused on less productive things. Stop worrying about the unemployment numbers or the wage trends. Focus on the things you can impact. Here are action steps you can take today.
Action Steps:
1. Look at your network, your contacts and your current leads. Group them into three categories: Ideal, Referral, Influencers
2. Create an action plan; include who you will contact and when you will connect.
3. Make the connection.
The client above, made the call. That is how he landed the job. My challenge to him was simple “make the call” and he did. What action will you take today?
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