![]() When the lean times come, you won’t be starting from scratch after a ten-year absence. Guess what – you’ll always need it eventually, so keep the dust off! There’s a reason that we hear the clichéd phrase “dust off the resume ” because things like resumes and LinkedIn profiles sit around collecting dust for most people until they’re needed. Goals like these keep you accountable to being “out there” well in advance of truly needing to be. This is NOT to ‘network’ for new job opportunities.” This is to share an industry-related article or ask for the broader community’s input or opinion on something. “I will post on a professional site like LinkedIn once per week.This is to ask how they’re doing and what they think about the current state of things.” “I will send 2 emails per month to professional contacts that are outside of my job scope.I’ll use that to say ‘yes’ to requests for conversations, interviews, etc. “I will set aside a ‘budget’ of 4 hours per month.Set some specific goals for yourself, like: And that conversation creates a connection, which leads to more, which becomes a network. You don’t have to be looking for a new job to have a good conversation with someone. People complain that recruiters try to headhunt them when they’re employed, only to complain that they aren’t headhunting them enough when they’re jobless! So don’t blow off those recruiters. Whenever the inevitable employment change is forced upon them, suddenly they feel like they don’t understand the world anymore. Job market conditions, industry trends, up-and-coming voices? All blissfully ignored. Especially if they’re relatively satisfied with that employment. When people are gainfully employed, the tendency is strong for them to just stop paying attention to the outside world. And if you’re not in a rough patch – then this advice is exactly for you to act on to optimize the good times, starting today! Tip #1: Get Out of Your Tower So if you’re in a rough patch now, these tips can help make sure it’s one of the last ones. Here’s the good news: statistically speaking, you’re probably going to have way more good times than bad. And as a result, the lean times are shocking, disruptive, stressful and painful for just about everyone. In order to have the best chance at a prosperous, successful “total career,” you need to be doing certain things during the good times that (in my experience) almost no one does. That makes about as much sense as trying your best to harvest food from your farm in the middle of winter, rather than learning to optimize in the good times. People tend to focus the most on their careers when they’re in a slump.
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