Could you be more effective than you think? It’s just one decision

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. — William James

They Won’t Pick Me.

That’s  right, just one decision. A friend of mine called me recently to talk.  He was unemployed at the time feeling frustrated at what he thought was  the situation in the market.

At  the same time I was seeking to hire a salesperson and was also  frustrated, but for a different reason. He had his eye on a particular  position but had not approached or applied, imagining there was a vast  sea of applicants. He would never been seen, why bother, he was making  himself angry while shooting his own foot.

I  had also been frustrated with the results of a tired old ad, that had  been copied and pasted 50 times into Craig’s List. It was about as  boring as you could get and I was getting only 5 to 10 resumes. Hardly a  large enough pool to choose from.

Informing  my friend that his perception may be skewed, I encouraged him to apply.  I said “they may only get 10 qualified candidates, you will stand out  in the group, but you have to make the effort.”

He took my advice, got an interview, then an offer and took the job. He was elated.

With  this new information I also made a change in behavior, completely  rewriting the help wanted advertisement. Really thinking of it from the  job seekers view, I crafted an exciting few paragraphs that changed  everything. The week it ran I received 100 resumes. There were so many  coming in I could hardly find time to look over them all.

Breaking  this self limiting belief for my friend, taught me a lesson too. This  new outlook resulted in a much higher quality new hire.

I’m not Enough.

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