This blog and book are about:
discovering your true nature, figuring out how to make money
from doing something you like:
picking a field and researching it
getting educated and licensed
the job-search process; resumes, cover letters, portfolios
and interviews
the online job search
a social media business/ branding guide
backdoor ways to a job like internship, volunteering,
part-time work
how to keep a job
job issues at work
a U.S. job search
recruiters, headhunters, career counselors
job websites for cities and states
company websites worldwide
In an ideal world, you decide what you want to do in a
leisurely way as you grow up watching the world, discovering what you’re good
at and like to do then after grade school, you go to a trade/ career school or
college, get trained and educated and after that, a job is waiting for
you.
This is the artistic view, the traditional Montessori
approach, let the kid develop naturally but in the real world, you can’t just
be an artist and do what you want.
You have to be useful to other people in a practical way.
Cuteness and the fun musings of school don’t cut it like all
that history, archeology, literature kind of crap that has no relevance in the
real world of function.
When I was a kid in the 1960s, I remember some of my
father’s friends with unskilled jobs earning enough money to support a
family.
In the 1980s, I paid my way through college with part-time
jobs; tuition, books, rent, gas, recreational substances and I had fun
too. Life was good.
What happened?
There are not enough jobs for all the people who want to
work. As time goes on, this will get
worse because of automation which includes robotics and artificial
intelligence.
Overpopulation is supposedly the biggest problem within the
human race. There are finite
resources. I don’t understand why they
keep letting immigrants in to compete for jobs with the people already here.
Woody Guthrie and Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project, in the
1930s and 40s, both thought the country was wealthy based on magazines, radio,
movies, news reels, etc. but when they went traveling around, they saw poverty
everywhere.
My point is don’t believe anything on TV or in the
media. They’re selling a fake glossed-up
world.
Take care of yourself.
Do research to find the best fields and the best places to work then do
it.
This book is about the process of exploring career options,
finding a job then keeping it.
It’s a blueprint job-hunting book for anyone anywhere. I talk about the job-search process, where to
look for a job, resumes, interviews, social media, linkedin, etc.
I created other books with job websites for specific places
like the United States, Canada, Europe, UK and the world and specific
categories of people like minorities, college grads, seniors, etc.
There is a hidden rate of unemployment that is not reported
by government and mainstream media. The
Government Dept of Labor reports the number and percentage of people getting
unemployment checks from them.
They don’t report the many unemployed and homeless people
not getting government unemployment checks.
If they did, the people would realize our countries are nowhere near as
prosperous as they look on paper or on TV.
Go on youtube and watch Gary Null’s movie Poverty Inc. to
start to see that you’re being lied to all the time about how prosperous our
societies supposedly are.
Go on youtube, type in los angeles homeless or any city
homeless to see that the Unirted States is not as prosperous as it looks on TV.
Free trade allowed a lot of jobs in prosperous Western
countries to be outsourced to foreign countries for a lot cheaper. This includes factory jobs, customer service
and anything that can be done on a computer.
Banks don’t need tellers much anymore.
Walmart has no-cashier cash registers.
Driverless vehicles will replace bus drivers, taxi,
limousine, subway, train operators, etc.
Air flight is almost automated. They can send drones anywhere and land
safely.
Businesses shrink in unexpected ways like amazon and online
sales is killing retail stores.
Jacques Fresco of thevenusproject saw all this 50 years ago
or so but he’s mistaken when he thinks that the powers-that-be will give all
the unemployed people enough money to live fun, free, creative lives. It won’t happen.
The few people at the top will get richer while the masses
get poorer. They want people to die off
anyway. Overpopulation is in the UN’s
Agenda 21.
Take care of yourself because no one else will.
Government jobs seem safe but many are meaningless make-work
programs that destroy the souls of people who work them but then again many
people don’t have strong souls. They’re
happy doing anything that earns money.
If you want a safe, secure, boring job, shoot for a government job at
any level; federal, state/ provincial, county and municipal.
You have to be intelligent and inspired enough to earn a
living one way or another.
You have to get an education but I say forget about all that
soft Social Science stuff in college.
Get a real practical skill that is needed like electricity,
welding, plumbing, medical, engineering, etc.
Some skills are saturated like journalism, computer science,
law, etc.
The hidden job market rules.
People get jobs by having friends and acquaintances who know what’s
going on then tell them when there’s an opening somewhere.
I know the solution to create a prosperous economy
anywhere. It’s to manufacture most of
the goods we use and grow most of the foods we eat in the home country wherever
it is plus the government has to create its own money not borrow it from banks
who create it out of nothing thus eliminating income tax.
The government or the fatcats are not going to help
you. They want to suck everything out of
you they can for their own greed and power.
This book covers thing like:
the new ways to present yourself as with linkedin
exactly where to find jobs
find the places in your field as easily as your local
phonebook then target them
how to stay grounded in reality where nothing changes much
in the hiring process
The boss wants to see you face-to-face to get a feel for who
you are so you need a certain sociable, positive exterior to get any job
anywhere
Bosses want people who show up. You have to give off that kind of serious,
I-want-a- job vibe, not a casual, I’m-looking-for-fun vibe.
Some people don’t want fulltime jobs.
Some bosses want to check someone out before they give them
a fulltime job.
Some people want to work at a flex-option job like
telecommuting (working at home through a computer), working part-time, sharing
a fulltime job, working weekends or nightshifts, doing temporary work through
temp agencies, doing contract piece-work, being in business for one’s self,
doing jobs or gigs for clients, selling stuff online or in real life
(cosmetics, sex toys and lingerie still sell locally) or maybe being an artist
or some kind of specialized
craftsperson.
Another gig is substitute teaching or being a visiting
nurse.
Before you decide to get into any trade or profession, my
advice is to do at least the most basic employment projection research for that
field simply because you don't know all the variables that affect the future
viability of a profession.
Nobody knew that computer technology cuts out the need for
accountants and architects in half. How
about lawyers? Nowadays we have
do-it-yourself forms and paralegals doing the job for most basic law issues at
less than half the cost of a lawyer not to mention there is a glut of lawyers
on the market.
How about real estate agents? Are they scrambling because people are
selling their own houses because of the internet?
When are people gonna get tired of psychobabble and stop
getting psychotherapy because they know it's doo-doo although I doubt this will
happen because medical insurance now covers mental health even though a lot of
people are starting to see it's a big fake industry?
Technology will almost eliminate some professions.
A lot of software and video games are made in India and
Eastern Europe on contract for American companies. Even though a piece of software is supposedly
created by an American company, it was really made in Hungary.
Why should they pay you $25 an hour when they can pay a
Hungarian guy $5 an hour?
Several government agencies compile statistics then analyze
them to help them make educated guesses about which occupations will be hot in
the future and which will fade away or die out.
You can use knowledge to help you pick a career that has a
good chance of being around for awhile.
Nowadays you have to brand yourself online or fix up your
online presence to present a professional serious image because a lot of
employers check potential employees out online.
You could use social media to find a job.
Most companies now want e-resumes only.
The two hard and fast old school rules are that:
you have to pound the pavement, find employers in your local
area and don’t just send emails.
Actually go there and ask for a job, a job application, to speak to the
boss, etc.
It’s always hard times everywhere for many professions and
unskilled workers but at the same time, it’s like Charles Dickens said in the
first sentence of A Tales of Two Cities, these are the best of times and the
worst of times.
If you’re motivated, upbeat, confident, believe you have
worthy skills and are relentless in your pursuit of a job in your field or any
unskilled job, you’ll find one because the unwritten rule of the work world is
that every boss is always looking for a new good worker. If you show up everyday knocking on doors
looking for work, you’ll get a job. You
might not get one if you send out resumes and application forms on the internet
and wait. People like people who show
up, ask to meet the boss then ask face-to-face if there are any jobs. They might be caught off guard but they’ll
remember you when an opening comes up.
There are at least 30 or more career aptitude tests out
there, some for free and some charging $50 or more claiming to be able to give
you a good feel for what your career aptitude is. I don’t go for tests much because you are already
what you are in your soul. Tests might
measure what you’re good at but not what you like to do naturally. That’s why I’m telling you not to let
yourself get brainwashed into a career when they give you an aptitude test
somewhere like at a government career center or in the military. Stick to your guns as to what you want to do.
The biggest thing in life for most people aside from
personal relationships and health is to earn a living. This comes down to several things:
1.) Education, skill
2.) Your ability to know where to look for the jobs
3.) Your ability to be nice around people
4.) Your ability to show up everyday
5.) Your ability to do what you’re told
6.) The brownnose factor, how to play job politics
7.) Your motivation and desperation for work
At the library, related books are at:
jobs, #331
college, career education, #378
looking
for a job, job prep, #650.10-14 or HF5382-HF5384
business books, #650-659
money, #332
companies, #338
Go to bls.gov for lots of free career descriptions.
Try publications.usa.gov for free practical knowledge.
These are what I consider to be the best job websites out
there:
quintcareers.com
job-hunt.org
transitionsabroad.com, world jobs
khake.com
monster.com, lists jobs, no links to niche job boards or
professional/ trade organizations.
indeed.com
careerbuilder.com
employmentspot.com
It was the best of times
It was the worst of times
It was the age of wisdom
It was the age of foolishness
It was the epoch of belief
It was the epoch of incredulity
It was the season of light
It was the season of darkness
It was the spring of hope
It was the winter of despair
We had everything before us
We had nothing before us
We were all going direct to Heaven
We were all going direct the other way.
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“Your time
is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by
dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let
the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Steve Jobs
In the end, what is life but a journey of an individual
soul. You need money and a job but if
you ain’t happy, so what.
An excerpt is from a speech frequently called "The Man
in the Arena," given by President Theodore Roosevelt in Paris in 1910, a
year after he left office.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who
points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds ould have
done them better.. The credit belongs to
the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat
and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again
because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great
devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the
end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring
greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who
know neither victory or defeat."
Another great one is the poem If:
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good nor talk too wise;
If you can dream and not make your dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build them up with worn out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they're gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: HOLD ON.
If you can walk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute,
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And which is more, you will be a Man, my son.
Rudyard Kipling
These blog posts come from my book which is for anyone looking for a job especially in the United States. I created other job books like one for the world, for creative people, for different professions, etc.
The 125 volumes are as follows:
Volume 1. What Do I Want to do With my Life? 1
Volume 2. What Do I Want to do With my Life? 2
Volume 3. Career Ideas Guide
Volume 4. Psychology-Aptitude-Career Test Guide
Volume 5. Job-Business Advice Guide 1
Volume 6. Job-Business Advice Guide 2
Volume 7. Job-Business Advice Guide 3
Volume 8. Job-Business Advice Guide 4
Volume 9. Job-Business Advice Guide 5
Volume 10 A Free and Fee Job Book Guide
Volume 11. A Job Website Guide from dmoz-odp.org/Business/Employment
Volume 12. A Career Website Guide from feedspot
Volume 13. Career Change Job Guide
Volume 14. Job Website Guide from the Dead Website sc.edu/career/Webresources/webresources.html
Volume 15. The Spirit of the Work World
Volume 16. The Real World of Work
Volume 17. Job Search Guide 1
Volume 18. Job Search Guide 2
Volume 19. Job Search Guide 3
Volume 20. Job Search Website Guide
Volume 21. A Job Article Guide 1
Volume 22. A Job Article Guide 2
Volume 23. A Job Article Guide 3
Volume 24. The Job Application
Volume 25. Resume and Cover Letter Guide
Volume 26. A Resume Website Guide
Volume 27. Job Interview and Job Offer Guide
Volume 28. Job Networking Guide
Volume 29. An Alumni Job Search Guide
Volume 30. Find People who Can Hire You
Volume 31. A Social Media Branding Guide
Volume 32. Social Media Job-Business Guide
Volume 33. A linkedin.com and twitter.com Job Guide
Volume 34. General Social Media Guide
Volume 35. Professional Career Counselor/ Employment Service Guide
Volume 36. An Internship Guide
Volume 37. A World Internship Guide
Volume 38. World’s Biggest Volunteer Guide
Volume 39. Volunteer with Animals Guide
Volume 40. Show Them You’re a Class Act
Volume 41. Work Issues 1
Volume 42. Work Issues 2
Volume 43. Work Issues 3
Volume 44. Work Issues 4
Volume 45. Hiring, Firing, Downsizing Guide
Volume 46. Workplace Logistics
Volume 47. Occupational Safety-Health, Worker Compensation, Substance Abuse Guide
Volume 48. Renting and Moving to Another Place
Volume 49. Employment Law and Employment Issues that Could End up Legal Matters
Volume 50. White Collar Crime: Investments and Workplace Crime
Volume 51. Job Search Scam Guide
Volume 52. careeronestop 1, The United States Federal Government’s Big Job Website: Very Good but Convoluted
Volume 53. careeronestop 2, The United States Federal Government’s Big Job Website: Very Good but Convoluted
Volume 54. Other U.S. Government Job Information
Volume 55. United States Job Guide
Volume 56. United States Job Website Guide 1
Volume 57. United States Job Website Guide 2
Volume 58. United States Job Website Guide 3
Volume 59. United States Job Website Guide 4
Volume 60. United States Job Website Guide 5
Volume 61. United States Job Website Guide 6
Volume 62. A Job and Social Support Website Guide by U.S. State at careeronestop.org/ExOffender/Toolkit/find-state-resources.aspx
Volume 63. U.S. Immigrant Job Websites
Volume 64. A List of Local Professional/ Trade Associations by City from jobstars.com/local-professional-associations-organizations
Volume 65. A Job Event-Conference/ Career Fair Guide
Volume 66. A U.S. Local Job Guide
Volume 67. U.S. Regional and Local Job Websites
Volume 68. U.S. Big City Job Website Guide from career.opcd.wfu.edu/location-specific-resources
Volume 69. U.S. State Job Guide
Volume 70. U.S. Job Website Guide by State and Big City
Volume 71. Education and Job Websites by U.S. State
Volume 72. Job Websites by State from dmoz-odp.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Business_and_Economy/Employment
Volume 73. U.S. Job Website Guide by State from careeronestop.org
Volume 74. U.S. Job Website Guide by State from servicelocator.org/StateWebDirectory.asp
Volume 75. U.S. Job and Health Website Guide by State from triagecancer.org/resources/stateresources
Volume 76. United States Recruiter Guide by State
Volume 77. Employment Agencies/ Staffing-Recruiting Firms by U.S. City at jobstars.com/local-employment-agencies
Volume 78. A Staffing Service Website Guide at dmoz-odp.org/Business/Employment/Recruitment_and_Staffing/Staffing_Services
Volume 79. United States Chamber of Commerce Guide
Volume 80. United States Newspaper Website Guide by State
Volume 81. New York City and State Guide for Tourists, Locals and Job-Seekers
Volume 82. Hawaii Job, Business, Education and Life Guide
Volume 83. Nevada and Las Vegas Guide with Jobs and Practical Info
Volume 84. A California Guide for Tourists, Locals and Job-Seekers
Volume 85. Florida Job and Life Guide for the Sunshine State
Volume 86. Texas Job and Life Guide; Resources for the Lone Star State
Volume 87. DC-Maryland Job and Life Guide for the DMV Beltway
Volume 88. A Massachusetts (Boston) Job, Business, Education and Life Guide
Volume 89. A Company-Corporation Guide
Volume 90. Investigating Companies and People
Volume 91. A Company-Corporation List Guide
Volume 92. Lists of Companies by Big U.S. City and Industry at jobstars.com/local-employers and jobstars.com/industry-employers
Volume 93. Company Website Guide 1
Volume 94. Company Website Guide 2
Volume 95. Company Website Guide 3
Volume 96. Company Website Guide 4
Volume 97. Company Website Guide 5
Volume 98. A List of about 7000+ Company Websites Worldwide, Mostly United States
Volume 99. A Company and Company Website Guide, mostly from NASDAQ
Volume 100. nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/screener Gives Company Names on that Page or Download the Spreadsheet
Volume 101. Some Company Websites by Field from an Old Version of the nasdaq Website
Volume 102. A Forbes Company List Guide
Volume 103. A Manufacturing Company Guide
Volume 104. A Computer/ Tech Company Guide
Volume 105. An Energy Company Guide
Volume 106. A U.S. Company Website Guide by State
Volume 107. A U.S. Business-Company Website Guide by Region and State at dmoz-odp.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Business_and_Economy
Volume 108. Lists of 100 Companies in Every U.S. State at zippia.com, Near the Bottom of the Page, Click a State
Volume 109. Lists of 100 Companies by Field from zippia.com/company
Volume 110. Lists of Companies by Field
Volume 111. Local Business Website Guide
Volume 112. A List of Companies and their Fields at inc.com/inc5000, no Websites
Volume 113. World Company Guide 1
Volume 114. World Company Guide 2
Volume 115. A World Company Website Guide 1
Volume 116. A World Company Website Guide 2
Volume 117. Canada Company Guide 1
Volume 118. Canada Company Guide 2
Volume 119. Canada Company Job Websites by Field 1
Volume 120. Canada Company Job Websites by Field 2
Volume 121. United Kingdom Company Guide 1
Volume 122. United Kingdom Company Guide 2
Volume 123. United Kingdom Company Guide 3
Volume 124. European Company Guide
Volume 125. An Asia Company Guide
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