It’s no secret that there are consistent reports of jobs being lost as companies continue to layoff employees, downsize their operations, and outsource to other companies. This is a great deal of unemployment and there is no guarantee that the availability of jobs is going to improve drastically in the near future.
Businesses are responding to the changes in the economy in part because of the increases in taxes, regulations, and mandates that are being place at their doors. Whether there is really any significant improvement to the employment issue may not even matter since companies perceive the circumstances surrounding them as critical. While you may believe that no one is hiring because job openings aren’t being advertised, there really are jobs available to those who know how to find them.
It is true, there aren’t many job openings in the traditional format, but for those who are interested in freelance work or in business-to-business opportunities, there is actually an increase in the number of opportunities. This is, in part, due to the attempts by companies to reduce the health care costs for their workers as well as workers’ compensation, litigation, and disability costs. By outsourcing to freelancers, they can save their company money and still get the same services.
To determine what jobs you might be able to land, ask yourself these pertinent questions:
· What are my skills that I can put to use?
· What types of jobs will call for them?
· How can my talents benefit other businesses?
· Am I willing to risk benefits for personal freedom and, if so, how many?
· How important is it for me to find a balance between my job and my home life?
Finding the talent within yourself that you can offer to a potential employer is in your hands. If you become pro-active by searching for the decision makers in various venues such as trade organizations, you will be placing yourself at the top of the ladder. Creating solutions and acknowledging yourself as a business partner who is willing to take up some of the costs and risks that employers are normally responsible for, you will become the epitome of the 21st century employee.
If you have a work history, then you may have the knowledge that you absorbed during that period that can help you develop business solutions. The key to using this information to your advantage is in finding those solutions that will solve problems for other entrepreneurs such as helping to decrease their costs or to increase productivity, or both!
There are rewards to taking risks, but putting yourself out there with nothing but your own ideas behind you to get work may sound like a great risk. When you consider the job market as it is and the few opportunities available to you, you may not be risking anything at all.
Although there may be more job opportunities and prosperity just around the corner, living for the moment has never had more significant meaning. Sitting down with pen and paper to help determine what you have to offer a potential employer may be an enlightening experience. You might find that you have more to offer than you had ever imagined and that it is enough to turn your skills into a benefit for them as well as for yourself.
Author Resource:
Bela K. is a writer and frequent contributor to http://2-ct.com and http://ctwebguy.com.
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