how to win the game of finding a new job

Your New World Of Career Choices

How To Win At The Game Of Finding A New “Job”

©Copyright 2011 – Paul Kaliher, SMS Design, Inc.

What’s It All About Alfie?

How to get the right start to this new phase of your lifeYour career choices, along with their advantages and disadvantagesConsider the option of starting your own part time or full time businessThe steps necessary for success in winning the “find a new job” game, or the “start your own business” game

Now is the time to reevaluate what you want to do with the rest of your life

Identify your Core Desires (What do you really want?)

Identify your strengths (What are you really good at?)

Move forward decisively (Take massive action in the right direction)

Getting a good start

What Are Your Options:

Find a new job similar to your old jobFind a new job that is very different than your old jobBuy a new job

Buy a franchiseBuy some other business

Start your own businessRetire or work part time if you can afford it

Your Career Choices

One Option To Always ConsiderMy personal opinion: At least half of all job seekers should be starting and building their own business (yes…you too), even when they get a new job (start a business part time on the side)But, don’t “jump off a cliff” and abandon your job search efforts to start your business. You probably need income right now, and you may not get enough income fast enough with any new business of your own.

More about this later

Your Career Choices

Next, Let’s Look At Each Of Your Options Separately:

Find a new job similar to your old jobFind a new job that is very different than your old jobBuy a new job

Buy a franchiseBuy some other business

Start your own businessRetire or work part time if you can afford it

Your Career Choices

Find a new job similar to your old job

May be the fastest way to a new jobYou will need:

A great resume with specific quantifiable results from your previous job(s)Good cover lettersActive networkingActive use of all other job seeking toolsTargeted mailing campaignGetting past the gatekeepersGood interviewing skills

Your Career Choices

Find a new job similar to your old job

AdvantagesLeast resistance from inside yourself and from the worldEasier transition from old job to new jobMay be the fastest way to a new job

DisadvantagesYou’ll still be “working for the man”You may be jumping into another job that you won’t like any better than your last job (that’s OK if you really liked your old job)You could be laid off or fired again tomorrowIt takes just as much effort as starting some businesses for yourself

Your Career Choices

Find a new job that is very different from your old job

Try this if you hated your old job. If you loved your previous job, and you did it well, don’t necessarily try this approach. You will need:

A in-depth reevaluation of what you want to do and what you are good atA restructured resume that focuses on skills, experience and quantifiable results in the new area you want to get a job inPerhaps a “position proposal” that includes a description of the job you really want, and a proposal that you be the one to fill that jobEverything else listed on the previous slide

Your Career Choices

Find a new job that is very different from your old job

AdvantagesYou may be happier in a new job that is a better fit with your core desiresForces you to evaluate what you really want to do

DisadvantagesYou’ll still be “working for the man”More resistance from inside yourself and from the worldYou could be laid off or fired again tomorrowIt takes just as much effort as starting some businesses for yourself

Your Career Choices

Buy a new job

Buy a franchiseInvest in a franchise and set up your franchised businessBuy an existing franchised business that is up for sale

Your Career Choices

Buy a new job: Buy a franchise

AdvantagesA business of your own that could build equityYou’ll be your own bossBusiness model may already be proven so you have a better chance of successYou have significant tax advantages compared to a traditional job

DisadvantagesMajor investment ($10,000 to $1,000,000+)May take a lot longer than finding a jobMay be working longer hours and for less money than at a job May have to pay a portion of your profits to the franchisorYour products or services may decline in popularityPeople problems

Your Career Choices

Buy a new job

Buy a businessManufacturingRetailServiceDistributorOn-line

Your Career Choices

Buy a new job: Buy a business

AdvantagesA business of your own that could build equityYou’ll be your own bossYou have significant tax advantages compared to a traditional job

DisadvantagesMajor investment (typically 1 to 10 X sales or 2 to 8 X profits)Could take a long timeChanges in the market could cause the business to failYou may end up working longer hours and for less pay than at a jobPeople problems

Your Career Choices

Start your own business

ManufacturingRetailServiceDistributorBecome a consultantOn-lineHome Based: There is a PERFECT™ Home Based Business

Your Career Choices

Start your own businessAdvantages

A business of your own that could build equityYou could do something you really loveYou’ll be your own bossYou could set it up so you have more freedomYou’ll know your business, market, and customers wellYou will have significant tax advantages compared to a traditional job

DisadvantagesInitially may require more time and effort than a job would requireSome businesses may require a large investment

Your Career Choices

There Is A P.E.R.F.E.C.T. Home Based Business

P: ProfitableE: EasyR: RealF: Fits Your Desired LifestyleE: E-FriendlyT: Testable at low cost and low risk

Find out more at: www.myPERFECThomebasedbusiness.com

Retire or work part time if you can afford it

Income from all sources must be enough for you to live the way you want until the end of your life

Part time workYour own part time or full time businessWithdrawal from savings, investment accounts, or retirement accountsPensionsSocial SecurityInheritanceWin the lottery

Your Career Choices

Retire or work part time if you can afford it

AdvantagesMore freedom to do what you want, when you wantChoose to work at something you really like (or volunteer)You could start your own business with less pressure

DisadvantagesYou may outlive your moneyYou may have a lower standard of living than before retirementCircumstances could change and you may have to go back to work later when it is harder to get a job

Your Career Choices

How to win at the game of finding a new “job”

Identify your core desiresList your core desires and how you will know you have achieved them (Set your direction)Create your emotion laden reason why you want that and how you will feel when you achieve it

Identify your strengthsMake a decision about your career choice and direction that maximizes use of your strengths and accomplishment of your core desiresIdentify steps, actions, tools neededWrite a 90 day action planTake massive action and never quitHave a relationship with God through Jesus Mark 8:36… "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

Deut. 8:17-18a … “You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But, remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.

Success Steps

What Was This All About Alfie?

Described how to get the right start to this new phase of your life by identifying your core desires and strengthsDiscussed your career choices, along with their advantages and disadvantagesEmphasized that you should consider the option of starting your own part time or full time business on the sideOutlined the steps necessary for success in wining the “find a new job” game, or the “start your own business” game