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BLINK. Light bulb moment. I get it. Wrapping my head around this. I’m the Wolf (for Pulp Fiction fans). Wayner yep, looking forward to that call. I had to laugh about this Forbes article. Mountain bike ride? Chocolate tasting? Hahaha https://www.forbes.com/sites/marissaperetz/2018/01/31/here-are-the-subtle-tricks-companies-use-to-find-the-right-person/amp/ |
Sound advice in this thread....been out of the game forever now but....use your personal, professional network to get to the hiring managers, avoiding the extraneous bs and HR entirely....the rest will take care of itself :)
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John: not sure I can offer any more advice than what Wayner and Stomachmonkey have offered, but for whatever it is worth, I too am out of a job after having been constantly employed for the last 23 years in international sales. Unfortunately for me, it has been 5.5 months without a job and the future doesn't seem too bright as it stands now from a "corporate chasing" perspective. To further complicate matters, I am living overseas and the economy is in the tanks vs. a great run for over a decade, but wife is not too thrilled about the idea moving back to the States. I still have some funds to hold me over for a while, but will admit, it is starting to get to me....
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John, you ARE the wolf
The fixer You got this! Gus, you are an awesome sales person. Sell! Sell to the buyer ( the head and of sales) Move into marketing Find the next national sales conference and books yourself a seat in advance Work the phones Work your network Set up meetings for the conference date Establish your minimum and maximum for those meetings Recognize each meeting as a step in the sales process Your there to establish relationship You follow up If they don’t need you then find out who they know that does Have them come to you Good luck! |
Thank you Wayner. Been looking for such events, but have yet to find any. Considering going into the consulting side of things and see what happens. Gotta do something, I am not one for just laying around "doing nothing", plus, with three homes, two kids, and a wife, let's just say "life is expensive"....
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Well, if anyone gets down on themselves remember this:
Last year I went from living in a nice big home on the river, with a happy family (so I thought) By January I was sleeping in my truck in the depths of the Canadian winter for many months. My home, my home office, and my wife were suddenly no longer mine. I slept in my truck, I showered at the gym, I ate in foodcourts and coffee shops were my new office. I'm back on track, and its not by laying around feeling sorry for myself, (although there was plenty of that) Go get em. The opportunities are out there. P.S. Gus, if you can't find events, call buyers, not looking to be hired, but to offer them something of value, followed by some questions about what information sources they read, and what events they attend. DO NOT ask them for a job. Build a relationship and gather this information. You may simply call in the guise of a writer doing an industry survey |
I'm all in with tabs and stomachmonkey............their views are in direct confirmation with what I've personally witnessed and gone through.
I'll share a little more with you regarding the hard truth - told to me via my consultant. BTW, I'm 58 - "Todd - it's not 1960's anymore. It's a World economy where your views and some skills are as antiquated as that. You are trying to compete with much younger people, who in some cultures, are raised from baby's to be soldiers of education / career....................that's the reality" It's true......... |
Rather than buy in to the doom and gloom, why not focus on the opportunities and constant reinvention??
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Seems that according to Monster, I’m highly qualified to sell insurance, and the recruiters are filling my inbox about it.
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I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that selling insurance could prove to be a very good business to get into. It is what I want to do, but family commitments make it very complicated to just pack our bags and move back to the States and do this. Since I'm a US citizen, I'm not allowed to sell insurance locally...
Regarding insurance: it takes a bit to get started, but once the cumulative efforts get rolling, then it gets to be very interesting. Recurring revenue on a monthly basis and you get to be your own boss! |
I had only had 4 days of unemployment in over 45+years. I always worked for small family businesses. My last good boss died of cancer and turned the business over to his idiot son. He fired us all on a Thursday. Not one cent of vacation, sick leave or even the rest of the week. Just done.
It was a weird feeling the next day and not getting up to go to work after 45+ years. One of the other former co-workers and myself just started our own business from scratch. We are starting over and kicking butt and taking names. When we get the contract signed for one client we will be buying two airplanes. We are ready to buy one for local flying already. We will need to hire commercial pilots to fly a Cessna 172 and they will build left seat time fast. We laugh about maybe "accidentally" sending the insurance policy for two or three airplanes to the idiot son. Most likely we will just forget him life the mud on a pair of work boots. |
Lots of irons in the fire. Job sites are a bit discouraging, had a few screening calls but nothing further.
Consulting may kick off soon, meeting with a company tomorrow. Might have some progress with another venture this week also, business startup. Be my own boss. My therapy targa is getting great progress too, hope to get paint on her before the day job takes off. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1520771719.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1520771719.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1520771719.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1520771719.jpg |
You have that little empty feeling in your Solar Plexus don't you. It is knawing doubt caused by uncertainity.
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Been a busy guy. Fixing stuff.
Most importantly I got a fresh coat of moss green on my carrera. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1522255852.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1522255852.jpg |
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