April-May 2009

The Economy’s in the Toilet. Where are You?

Remember Ross Perot and the “giant sucking sound” he heard in 1992? It was, he said, the sound of thousands of American jobs, literally headed south.

Now it’s 2009, and the sucking sound is back. Disappearing jobs are sucking the vitality out of the global economy. And if your techcomm job is part of the downward spiral, it may be sucking the life out of you. 

The STC-SWO job hunters featured in this issue haven’t let that happen to them. You can adopt their strategies.

Stay Busy (Kristen Recupero)

Like Kristen, polish your resume, apply at online job sites, and beef up your portfolio. And do something to further your job search every day.

Adjust Your Attitude (Marge Roberts)

Like Marge, choose to be optimistic. Take advantage of your downtime to add to or brush up on your skills. Replace that “little discouragement bird” with a positively affirming phoenix and stay focused on your action plans.

Network, Network, Network (Craig Kupras)

Remeber the networking directive in a previous BTL article (Networking for Introverts):

…[Looking for a job] but not doing any networking is a lot like expecting a made-to-order pizza to materialize at your door just because you’ve decided you want one; it’s possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it as a best practice.

In Craig’s words: “It’s all about networking!”