By: Shawn Desgrosellier
You don't have to take life the way it comes to you. You can design your life to come to you the way you want it. This is your life, your one and only life, and you don't want to miss any part of it. So what's it going to be? You decide, starting today you can make your life the most exciting, satisfying, productive, and amazing journey imaginable. Time to forget about telling those stories and memories of the past and work on creating those stories and memories for the future. Let them go and set yourself free.
There are different areas of your life that require you to take a fresh look at and honestly evaluate or even call upon the insight of your close friends and relatives to help you see what you are and where you may be falling short. A great place to start.
What are the "areas" of your life that fall into the equation: career, family, health or physical, financial, charitable, spiritual are the big ones.
I thought to keep this short and sweet I would list a few questions that will get you thinking about you and your mission, values and dreams and it is up to you to take this to a deeper and more applicable level for you based upon what you want to accomplish in 2010 and beyond.
What are your talents? What are you doing with them? What do you dream about? Do you dream about the things you used to dream about when you were younger? What is the next step for you? Are you surrounding yourself with the people that will help you get there? Why not? Do you say "someday I will"? What are those things you want to achieve, places you want to see, things you want to have, the person you want to be? Why someday and not today? How high are you aiming? Are you satisfied with comfortable? Are you stretching yourself spiritually? When is the last time you looked deep inside at yourself and were happy with the who you are and what you have become? Did you cry? Did you regret? Did you do anything about it to change the future? Are you working hard at all the things that are important to you in life? Are you lazy? Are you taking care of yourself? Are you getting the right exercise and eating the right foods? Do you you need to wait until that wake up call comes before you take action- but then will it be too late? Are you kind to others? Do you procrastinate? Are you trying new things? Are you open to possibilities? Are you spontaneous? Are you taking risks? Are you trusting your crazy ideas? Are you grateful?
I think I can keep on going literally forever, but just writing it down and thinking about it will hopefully inspire you to do something or change something.
Make 2010 one to remember, prioritize your life and set goals that are important to you, not necessarily others and go get them!
LIFE IS NOW!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The Numbers Game
By: Shawn Desgrosellier of Vitality Group
Here we are, week two of the new year and for some reason and I would say some very strange reason resumes have not been flooding my inbox. I wonder why that is, and I wonder why those millions of job seekers that are in the market seeking employment are not pursuing the recruiters who are market makers in a specific industry.
I have heard from the current job seekers that at one time or another I have spoken to, recruited for a position, or placed in a new company- but still the new candidate is the hot candidate as far as a recruiter is concerned and the numbers are way down. Why are they not using every waking moment of every day trying to reach out and connect to those recruiters who have tenure, contacts and relationships, and influence to make or create a job for the right person?
I am quickly approaching 20 years in the recruiting industry and have placed hundreds if not over a thousand people in mid to senior level management positions across a number of industries with an emphasis over the last decade in Commercial Construction and Real Estate. If I get a Linked In request from a job seeker with a track record in my niche and area of specialization I accept them immediately- I want to help them anyway I possibly can and if I have a connection that they need to get a job right now I am happy to be that pathway. Remember the movie "Pay it Forward" it holds true right now and if you take the time to reach out and help someone it is the right thing to do. So why are job seekers not using Linked In and trying to connect with people of like backgrounds and like industries. I have had conversation after conversation with Executive Level contacts in my industry and they are happy to add someone new to their network and connections, but they are busy so the job seekers has to at the very least take the initiative.
If you have been recently been affected by a downsize, lay-off or have been seeking employment for 6-12 months or in some cases even longer- what are you doing about it? Don't give up, suck it up and with a carefully created plan you too can take this time to deepen your network and diversify your industry knowledge and relationships- depth and breadth you can call it. All I ask, is that you get up early and get after it each and every day and give it your best shot, reach out and touch someone and by using the strength of numbers and law of averages you can tap that right person tomorrow or next month- it all depends upon your velocity.
I wish you success out there and hope this inspires you to take action tomorrow!
Here we are, week two of the new year and for some reason and I would say some very strange reason resumes have not been flooding my inbox. I wonder why that is, and I wonder why those millions of job seekers that are in the market seeking employment are not pursuing the recruiters who are market makers in a specific industry.
I have heard from the current job seekers that at one time or another I have spoken to, recruited for a position, or placed in a new company- but still the new candidate is the hot candidate as far as a recruiter is concerned and the numbers are way down. Why are they not using every waking moment of every day trying to reach out and connect to those recruiters who have tenure, contacts and relationships, and influence to make or create a job for the right person?
I am quickly approaching 20 years in the recruiting industry and have placed hundreds if not over a thousand people in mid to senior level management positions across a number of industries with an emphasis over the last decade in Commercial Construction and Real Estate. If I get a Linked In request from a job seeker with a track record in my niche and area of specialization I accept them immediately- I want to help them anyway I possibly can and if I have a connection that they need to get a job right now I am happy to be that pathway. Remember the movie "Pay it Forward" it holds true right now and if you take the time to reach out and help someone it is the right thing to do. So why are job seekers not using Linked In and trying to connect with people of like backgrounds and like industries. I have had conversation after conversation with Executive Level contacts in my industry and they are happy to add someone new to their network and connections, but they are busy so the job seekers has to at the very least take the initiative.
If you have been recently been affected by a downsize, lay-off or have been seeking employment for 6-12 months or in some cases even longer- what are you doing about it? Don't give up, suck it up and with a carefully created plan you too can take this time to deepen your network and diversify your industry knowledge and relationships- depth and breadth you can call it. All I ask, is that you get up early and get after it each and every day and give it your best shot, reach out and touch someone and by using the strength of numbers and law of averages you can tap that right person tomorrow or next month- it all depends upon your velocity.
I wish you success out there and hope this inspires you to take action tomorrow!
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