Creatively Finding Work
June 17, 2013
Yahoo Finance has an interesting section called “Ask Stacy”. A recent question came from the parents of an unemployed MBA: “Why Can’t My Son Find Work?” Apparently this particular recent graduate has still not found a job after two and half years and chalks his lack of offers up to his lack of experience.
Stacy outlines several more optimistic reasons: he’s not applying for the right job, not applying in the right industry and not interviewing well are some of the no-brainers.
We found it intriguing that the author also suggests the elusive advice to “think outside the box”. Instead of simply asking a friend who works for a potential employer for a connection, someone who thinks outside the box would do the following:
“You’d use the Internet to find out everything you could about the company and the specific people doing the hiring. Then you’d use that information to get close to them. You’d find out what clubs they belong to and join them. You’d find out what kind of volunteer work they do and do it. You might even “accidentally” run into them at their favorite watering hole. Heck, you might find out where the company president plays golf and slip a course employee $50 to make sure you were placed in his foursome.”
Thinking outside the box to us means something more along the lines of creating a new company or forging an innovative career path that merges two previously less connected fields. However, chasing down employers in creative ways can work too. That is, if the candidate is truly up to snuff — which will still remain the most important factor.
Megan Feil, June 17, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Beyond Search
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