Six Steps to a Paycheck
- Getting into college was a big deal.
- The day you walked off the stage with the college diploma was a triumph.
- You persevered over many obstacles.
- Let’s take a look at that person..
- What are your goals, now?
- Getting into college was the 1st goal.
- Graduating from college was the 2nd.
- What’s next?
- Have you set a new goal yet?
- Start Dreaming. Real goals start out as wishes.
- As I got better at job searching, I only worked at jobs I wanted to, I had input into my job search.
- In setting your goal, you bump up against limitations.
- The limitations are the job requirements
- Your plan deals with the limitations.
- All you have to do is execute the plan.
- We need to discover these limits and overcome them.
Four Points
- Keep your friends
- Make new friends
- Go where the action is
- Go with the flow
- Part of creating opportunities is being able to take advantage of them.
- Serendipity (coincidence) happens if you are available.
- People can’t come in if the door is closed.
- You can’t “afford” to say no.
- Anything worth doing take time, skill, and learning.
- Learning to use keywords to describe yourself and your skill set
- Do's and don’ts of interviews
- You’ll always get a feeling of pride in its accomplishment.
- Beware of distractions but give of your time to family and society.
- Enjoy.