Why Do You Need To Become A Marketable Employee?
You probably won’t have the same job between now and when you retire. That’s a fact for 90-95% of the people reading this right now. The market is simply different from what it used to be. So, job hunting is inevitably in your future. When you’re looking for a new job, you want to be as marketable as possible. So you need to become a marketable employee and you need to Stand Out. Here’s what that looks like in practice:
Scroll down and look at the accomplish of both people below. Which would you rather hire?
- Does job well
- Shows up on time
- Liked by colleagues
- Hosted conferences in several cities for professionals in her field
- Organized events for people in her field to gain knowledge
- Given lectures on her professional expertise
- Built a community of professionals in her field
- Has several established social media channels dedicated to providing value to professionals within her field and showing her values
- Has Google Search results of her name reflect all of this
- Does job well
- Shows up on time
- Liked by colleagues
- Recently updated LinkedIn account and resume
So, if you’d hire the first candidate over the second, BECOME THE FIRST CANDIDATE.
Ultimately, you need to become a marketable employee by standing out if you want career security. I’m writing this in April of 2020 and things are about to get really difficult to people looking for jobs.
Doing all of these things is going to take time. You’re talking about building security in the long term. You can do that over a period of months, but you need to start now. I can help you become more like the second candidate and gain career security if you hire me to do so. You can click here to get started.