Career Rescue was born after 20 years of working with and listening to employees, employers, and job seekers. Many people in the workforce need to be rescued, and the surprising fact is that most need to be rescued from themselves.
The old adage “We are our own worst enemies” is certainly not new, but it is never more true for any of us than when we encounter change.
The message of Career Rescue is hope. Never give up hope—hope for a better opportunity, hope for leaving a dead-end job, hope for a manager who will bring out the best in you, hope for a better income, and hope for a career that you enjoy every day!
“Hope deferred,” the psalmist David wrote, “makes the heart sick.” The key is to maintain a healthy attitude toward hope. Never lose it, but remember that hope alone doesn’t get your networking contact to call you back or your resume completed. Hope plus action is what really makes things happen; it opens the doors you thought were shut.
Job searches highlight our greatest insecurities: fear of the unknown, the “what ifs?” and the negative self–talk. Overcoming self-doubt is the key to moving forward—careers are never made in a day and neither are job search plans. It takes time to plan your next move, but that time will be time well spent.
Whether you find yourself without a job through no fault of your own, or are just totally miserable in your line of work, then this book will reveal career principles that others have found helpful.
Job searches are all the same, no matter if you’ve just graduated from college, if you’ve never been to college, or if you’ve been employed by the same company for 35 years. The bottom line is that a fulfilling career has everything to do with you. You own your career. I put a lot of emphasis on networking because I strongly believe that networking directly effects career development. On one hand, your networking skills can literally double or triple your income. On the other hand, they can trap you in a job that feels so hopeless that all you can do is count the minutes until the weekend.
Networking is a learned skill at which both introverts and extroverts can easily succeed. The key is your action, or lack thereof. Get out of your comfort zone and ask the question: “What’s the worst thing that could happen?” After all, what’s worse—experiencing rejection now and then, or failing to realize your dreams?