Ever heard this one before?
Work like you don't need the money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching.
Time waits for no one.
This quote, penned by Crystal Boyd and posted on an Internet list-serv back in 1998, is hard to forget. But does such advice exist for the job search?
After recently attending the annual Career Management Alliance conference in New Orleans last month, I'd have to say yes...
My wordsmith is Robyn Greenspan, Executive Editor of ExecuNet. If you haven't heard of ExecuNet before, I highly recommend Robyn and her colleagues as an organization you should know. ExecuNet is a networking destination--and provider of competitive intelligence--for both job seekers and recruiters. I've been following their Executive Job Market Intelligence Report for years, and recommend you do, too.
While conducting research for ExecuNet, Robyn and her colleagues have asked a simple question of the senior level executives they serve: What gets you out of bed in the morning? The most common answer wasn't money. It wasn't a title. It was a challenge. Successful executives are driven by the opportunity to solve problems.
With that in mind, Robyn encourages job seekers to approach their own transitions with the mindset that the job search itself is a challenge to be solved. Here is her recipe for success:
Collect data like a market researcher.
Investigate like a private eye.
Talk to others like a journalist.
Evaluate like a business development professional.
Target like a sales professional.
Think like a marketer.
Interview like a consultant.
Operate like a profit center.
Help like a humanitarian.
As Robyn reads the tea leaves in the market, "your next opportunity may be the one you create." If you're looking for a challenge--here it is.
Can you do it? We believe that you can. Let us know how we can help.
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