Chapter 5. You Don’t Have to Have a Job to Get a Job
It wasn’t that long ago when the general assumption was that already having a job was your strongest position for shopping for a new one. In fact, your friends would discourage you from quitting a nightmare job because being unemployed presumably weakened you in the marketplace. In other words, “What are you? Some kind of a loser? Can’t keep a job?”
Maybe it’s human nature, but if you are already employed elsewhere, potential employers might think you are a catch to steal from someone else (ideally, their competition). You are “in demand,” you are “valued” by someone else. So that must mean you are a talent that must be snatched up—preferably yesterday, if not sooner.
Also, when you’re already ...
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