So one of the things I am working on is developing action items for
my employability project, just some things I can do to keep the ball
rolling on maintaining my resume and network.
Without using any expert opinions, I've kind of coined what I believe are the Factors of Employability, the things that effect whether you get a job or not. My Factors of Employability are networking, experience, and education. These may seem obvious and need no explanation but I feel like for the sake of experimentation I should define my "test areas."
To me, experience is
probably the most obvious factor of employability. Most non-entry level
jobs require you to have some level of experience working in their field
before they will consider you for a position.
Education is the next factor of employability. For some jobs, employers use education to make a correlation between job success and so it ends up as a sort of check box of qualifications that employers use to weed people out. So clearly, it's important that you have the level of education
that is being required. For other positions, having current education
requirements is crucial, there are tons of jobs out there that require
continuing education in order to maintain a certificate.
Networking is probably the least
obvious but the most helpful. It can really come down to who you know
when job searching. The majority of the jobs I have had in life have
been because I happened to know someone and in speaking with friends and
family going through the job search process, this seems to be a
universal route to finding a job.
I'm going to use these three areas to define my employable action items, which I swear are coming soon.
Sincerely,
Jordan
P.S. - Lets make this a conversation: am I missing any factors? Tweet me some things that you think should be a Factor of Employability @employablemom #FactorsOfEmployability
