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Lukas
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Ravenna, Ohio
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How am I going to survive financially with the direction the economy is going?
I just need help with scholarships for college, but above is a serious question.
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Jerry Bires
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Lukas,
Truly, you are experiencing what I, the other folks who answered you, and about 50 million others on planet Earth also have gone through at your age in their lives. And your "search" may last decades, if I offer my own path as an example.
I'm currently in my seventies. When I was 43, an employer looked at my resume and said my career progression didn't make sense to him because it appeared I had worked multiple, and seemingly unrelated, jobs. In truth, he was right. I'd moved from Ohio to Los Angeles to the SF Bay area, which meant new employers at each stop. My interests and skills/abilities had changed, not only my geographic location. Truly, only I could link together why the shifts in employment had been made. Bottom line, he hired me in 2003 and I worked for him as an employee and then a contractor for 15 years.
So how may this relate to you?
First, we're living in rapidly changing times. Our weather, technology and our ability to work globally are in flux and evolving. E.g., who knows where artificial intelligence is headed and how will it affect your future work opportunities? One thing will remain consistent and valuable. Your ability to communicate effectively. And what can assist you in communicating more easily and therefore become even more employable? Language. Make an effort to learn to speak, write and read a second language. Or two. Your worth will increase dramatically. Get a college degree or higher in courses to which your interests gravitate. Determine how well you perform activities about which you are passionate. Because if you are not good to great at something, why should someone hire you to perform that function?
Conduct this Google search: what professions will be in demand in ten years
Then substitute another/related job title or profession to see if that provides a different or expanded list. The results, because of our changing world, may or may not be entirely on target but you'll get an idea. AND you may find out that a certain country may be where that opportunity is most likely to be...hence, my advice about learning multiple languages.
Be sure to go to LinkedIn and search by job title for individuals who now or previously held the job title in which you’re interested. Their profiles should contain valuable information about their duties, work history, career progression, associations/organizations of value to research and more.
Good fortune to you.
Truly, you are experiencing what I, the other folks who answered you, and about 50 million others on planet Earth also have gone through at your age in their lives. And your "search" may last decades, if I offer my own path as an example.
I'm currently in my seventies. When I was 43, an employer looked at my resume and said my career progression didn't make sense to him because it appeared I had worked multiple, and seemingly unrelated, jobs. In truth, he was right. I'd moved from Ohio to Los Angeles to the SF Bay area, which meant new employers at each stop. My interests and skills/abilities had changed, not only my geographic location. Truly, only I could link together why the shifts in employment had been made. Bottom line, he hired me in 2003 and I worked for him as an employee and then a contractor for 15 years.
So how may this relate to you?
First, we're living in rapidly changing times. Our weather, technology and our ability to work globally are in flux and evolving. E.g., who knows where artificial intelligence is headed and how will it affect your future work opportunities? One thing will remain consistent and valuable. Your ability to communicate effectively. And what can assist you in communicating more easily and therefore become even more employable? Language. Make an effort to learn to speak, write and read a second language. Or two. Your worth will increase dramatically. Get a college degree or higher in courses to which your interests gravitate. Determine how well you perform activities about which you are passionate. Because if you are not good to great at something, why should someone hire you to perform that function?
Conduct this Google search: what professions will be in demand in ten years
Then substitute another/related job title or profession to see if that provides a different or expanded list. The results, because of our changing world, may or may not be entirely on target but you'll get an idea. AND you may find out that a certain country may be where that opportunity is most likely to be...hence, my advice about learning multiple languages.
Be sure to go to LinkedIn and search by job title for individuals who now or previously held the job title in which you’re interested. Their profiles should contain valuable information about their duties, work history, career progression, associations/organizations of value to research and more.
Good fortune to you.
Isaac Reichner
Product Management - Consumer Technology
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Leander, Texas
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Isaac’s Answer
How to survive financially? Get a good job and keep your costs low. Here is some important advice for how to get a job in today's economy, especially as a recent grad:
The job market for new grads is especially competitive right now and when you blast your resume to a bunch of job openings, you'll be competing against hundreds of applicants to even get a phone call from the company. I highly recommend the book 2 Hour Job Search. It teaches an extremely effective, step-by-step way to get job interviews. In today's economy, and especially with AI making it even easier for everyone to apply to jobs, you have to go beyond simply sending your resume to 100 companies and crossing your fingers.
The book is all about getting the job interview, but doesn't teach how to write a resume, cover letter, or how to interview. For all of those things you should reach out to your school's career center and ask for support. Ask multiple professional people for feedback on your resume. Make sure it is polished. For interviews, do practice interviews with anyone. Ask AI to give you questions to practice based on the job you're applying for. You'll feel awkward practicing but do it anyway. It'll get less awkward the more you do it and will make the world of difference. You'll be much more prepared than the majority of people you're competing with.
The job market for new grads is especially competitive right now and when you blast your resume to a bunch of job openings, you'll be competing against hundreds of applicants to even get a phone call from the company. I highly recommend the book 2 Hour Job Search. It teaches an extremely effective, step-by-step way to get job interviews. In today's economy, and especially with AI making it even easier for everyone to apply to jobs, you have to go beyond simply sending your resume to 100 companies and crossing your fingers.
The book is all about getting the job interview, but doesn't teach how to write a resume, cover letter, or how to interview. For all of those things you should reach out to your school's career center and ask for support. Ask multiple professional people for feedback on your resume. Make sure it is polished. For interviews, do practice interviews with anyone. Ask AI to give you questions to practice based on the job you're applying for. You'll feel awkward practicing but do it anyway. It'll get less awkward the more you do it and will make the world of difference. You'll be much more prepared than the majority of people you're competing with.