A company of your own
So whats that suppose to mean?
This has been my previous learnings from my 3 year stint in the HR arena. You have to be a company of your own.
I'd like to share this self taught learning reinforced by various readings to fellow job seekers out there. Actually I'm still actively looking for a new skill and challenge to embrace hopefully a big one to a new company (BPO preferred).
Job seekers should think like a company or act like a company equipped with the latest tools and competencies for you to be marketable enough to customers around. And who are these customers? Employers of course.
Fresh from college? So how do you guys market yourselves? Well mostly fresh grads usually brag their diploma's, grades and licenses but I tell you some employers don't care about these stuffs because past performance cannot guarantee them that your worth the investment though some schools of thought would still agree that it's a good source of information on how you'll perform in the long run.
So what then really counts if you don't belong to those classroom brainiacs of your time?
Attitude! This one is the most important asset. If you posses the right attitude then most likely you'll have the edge. One should posses the passion coupled interest for it would really be the needed currency if you really wanted to excel on a particular task. Some employers also would focus on the various skills and competencies you posses. With these set of skills they'll be giving you a hint of how fast can you learn on a certain job or task. This is how companies balance things because if you have these stuffs in your back pack then mostly likely you'll fit with their culture. Culture has been very vital now a days in every company.
Flexibility. This attribute is highly associated with an outgoing personality. Usually, applicants who posses these has higher tendency of doing the job right and would likely not be a problem if crisis strikes. Flexible persons are really fun & cool to work with. These are the type of people who makes an office fun to stay and work with though loyalty would be another story because now a days loyalty is so expensive to buy.
As much as possible learn various skills when your still young and able. Don't love your company but rather love your job. Loving your job could give you more not your company. Don't rely too much from the company when it comes to growth and learning because companies would only train you for what is needed to know not what you like to know for these bunch of trainings are all aligned to their corporate goals. You should be the one responsible for your learning and growth. Upgrade your studies while your still fresh from college for 4-5 year degrees would never be enough at this stage.
All of these are a few of the things you need to posses for you to become a company of your own. When you have the needed skills, experience and exposure then your more than ready to look for a customer. Whats interesting is that maybe you wont be approaching your next customer but rather they'll be approaching you with a higher price.
How I wish I'll be approached by one soon... :)
Rodelio Lagahit
www.Lagahit.com
This has been my previous learnings from my 3 year stint in the HR arena. You have to be a company of your own.
I'd like to share this self taught learning reinforced by various readings to fellow job seekers out there. Actually I'm still actively looking for a new skill and challenge to embrace hopefully a big one to a new company (BPO preferred).
Job seekers should think like a company or act like a company equipped with the latest tools and competencies for you to be marketable enough to customers around. And who are these customers? Employers of course.
Fresh from college? So how do you guys market yourselves? Well mostly fresh grads usually brag their diploma's, grades and licenses but I tell you some employers don't care about these stuffs because past performance cannot guarantee them that your worth the investment though some schools of thought would still agree that it's a good source of information on how you'll perform in the long run.
So what then really counts if you don't belong to those classroom brainiacs of your time?
Attitude! This one is the most important asset. If you posses the right attitude then most likely you'll have the edge. One should posses the passion coupled interest for it would really be the needed currency if you really wanted to excel on a particular task. Some employers also would focus on the various skills and competencies you posses. With these set of skills they'll be giving you a hint of how fast can you learn on a certain job or task. This is how companies balance things because if you have these stuffs in your back pack then mostly likely you'll fit with their culture. Culture has been very vital now a days in every company.
Flexibility. This attribute is highly associated with an outgoing personality. Usually, applicants who posses these has higher tendency of doing the job right and would likely not be a problem if crisis strikes. Flexible persons are really fun & cool to work with. These are the type of people who makes an office fun to stay and work with though loyalty would be another story because now a days loyalty is so expensive to buy.
As much as possible learn various skills when your still young and able. Don't love your company but rather love your job. Loving your job could give you more not your company. Don't rely too much from the company when it comes to growth and learning because companies would only train you for what is needed to know not what you like to know for these bunch of trainings are all aligned to their corporate goals. You should be the one responsible for your learning and growth. Upgrade your studies while your still fresh from college for 4-5 year degrees would never be enough at this stage.
All of these are a few of the things you need to posses for you to become a company of your own. When you have the needed skills, experience and exposure then your more than ready to look for a customer. Whats interesting is that maybe you wont be approaching your next customer but rather they'll be approaching you with a higher price.
How I wish I'll be approached by one soon... :)
Rodelio Lagahit
www.Lagahit.com
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