Last week I’ve attended a motivational talk by a friend who is also the L&D (Learning & Development) Manager in conjunction with Engineering Week in Agilent, Penang. The title of the talk was “Tough Time Never Last but Tough People Do”. Overall, the talk is about the challenges many of us are facing with the current economic meltdown. The good news is this challenging time will not last forever but if you can’t survive during this bad time, once the good time comes; you will not be able to enjoy it.

During the talk, I’m attracted to Stephen Covey’s 90/10 Principal which simplifies the concept of destiny and also the ability to make a change. The principal clearly stated that 10% of whatever happens in your life has been set as your destiny; you can’t change it but for the remaining 90%, you still have the ability to make the change as long if you want it. It all depends on how you react to it.

With that in mind, leveraging this 90/10 Principal into your career marketing process does make sense. Obviously you can’t make sure that whenever you are applying for a job, you will get it, but on the other hand you still have the control to make yourself marketable to win in the job market.

“10% of whatever happens in your life has been set as your destiny; you can’t change it but for the remaining 90%, you still have the ability to make the change as long if you want it. It all depends on how you react to it”

Regardless in what situation you are currently in; lost your job, not satisfied with your current job, bad relationship with your boss or colleagues & etc, you are able to recover from your misery just by knowing that you have the control to make the change.

How to do that?

Well, in the following 5 steps I’ll be sharing what I personally used and also shared with all my clients.

“1st step: Identify what is actually making you miserable; 2nd step: Identify & list down the things that you can change to improve your satisfaction level; 3rd step: Strategize a plan you will need to take in making the change; 4th step: Take action; 5th step: Enjoy if successful, repeat if fail.”

1st step:

Identify what is actually making you miserable (it can be anything). Ask yourself if it falls into the 10% (I can’t change it) or 90% (I can change it). If it falls into the 10% (e.g. world wide economy recession, natural disaster, H1N1, war, death etc); there is nothing much you can do. If it falls into the 90%, then you can proceed to step 2.

2nd step:

Identify the things that you can change to improve your satisfaction level. List it down on paper. Then move to step 3

3rd step:

Based on what you have listed down, strategize or think of a plan you will need to take in making the change. Talk to friends or family members that are able to give you positive feedback.

4th step:

With the plan, take action and finally….

5th step:

Congratulation if your action brings success. But bear in mind that whatever happens after you have taken the action, you must remain positive and if still fail to get what you want, then you have the choice to repeat the above steps and improve the plan or just continue to be sad and miserable.

Give it a try and I’m sure if you practice these steps diligently, I’m sure your misery will not last long…

In this month’s E-Newsletter, under HOT Jobs, there are opportunity for Process Engineer & Quality Manager. Under the  CMS article, I’ll introduce the importance of continuous self development in CMS. I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce another service that we are providing which is Career Marketing System (CMS) Resume & Cover Letter Writing & Consultation services.

I really hope the information available in this and the future E-Newsletter will be beneficial for your career marketing. If you think this E-Newsletter will be beneficial to your friends or family members, please feel free to share it with them. Sharing is caring.

Nevertheless, I know that I am not able to fulfill all your needs that is why I highly encourage for your feedback and comments on how to improve our future E-Newsletters to exceed your needs.

Please e-mail to: career_advisor@resumeweassist.com,

Till next month E-Newsletter, take care.

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You can find the previous edition of E-Newsletter HERE

As what I have written in my last month’s E-Newsletter adapted from Winston Churchill “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often”. Yes, I have done some changes to my blog but now I have to be more aggressive to make it “perfect”.

But when I mentioned about change to perfection, I’m actually talking about rational change. I must be very careful not to make any drastic changes that will make it more difficult to manage the blog and worst not meeting your needs.

Similarly to our career, making a change is supposed to be managed wisely even though it is so tempting to make the career jump. But remember there is a Malay saying “You have escaped from the dragon’s mouth but end up jumping into the crocodile’s mouth”.

But remember, there is a Malay saying “You have escaped from the dragon’s mouth but end up jumping into the crocodile’s mouth”

Ironically, career change management is one of those challenges that many of us still fail to succeed. I’ve seen many people including some clients who are so excited with their new job offer and blindly jump into it without even realizing they are making a severe mistake in their career. Well, for some who are lucky, they are able to come back to their old job but many still have to suffer until today.

In the CMS cycle, one of the crucial process at the end of the cycle is accepting or rejecting a job offer. Regardless if you are a fresh graduate or an experience professional, making the decision to accept or to reject a job offer will determine the future of your career.

That is why in this month’s E-Newsletter under CMS article, I’ll introduce about  making the decision to accept or reject the job offer. I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce another service that we are providing which is Career Marketing System (CMS) Career Coaching Program.

I really hope the information available in this and the future E-Newsletter will be beneficial for your career marketing. If you think this E-Newsletter will be beneficial to your friends or family members, please feel free to share it with them. Sharing is caring.

If you think this newsletter will be beneficial to your friends or family members, please feel free to share this E-Newsletter with them. Sharing is caring.

Nevertheless, I know that I am not able to fulfill all your needs that is why I highly encourage for your feedback and comments on how to improve our future E-Newsletters to exceed your needs. Please e-mail us at career_advisor@resumeweassist.com or leave your comments.

Thank you.

Take care.

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Many will not realized that for the past 2 months, we as Malaysian have celebrated 3 New Year occasions. Previously on 28-Dec’08, Muslims have celebrated the Hijrah New Year (1430). Obviously, on the 1-Jan’09, we have celebrated the 2009 New Year and just recently our Chinese community just celebrated their year of the Ox, Chinese New Year. 

It is great to be living in a multi religion country such as in Malaysia where we are able to celebrate multiple festivals throughout the year in peace & harmony. Personally, I would say that Malaysians have the most public holidays in the world ?

However, all these happiness have been taken away from some of us who are struggling to cope with the worst economy meltdown since World War II. For those who have just lost their job, it is not the end of the world. Believe me, there are opportunities out there just waiting for you to tap on. If you need any career advice, please drop me an e-mail at career_advisor@resumeweassist.com and let me know how I can help you attain your career goals.

Also not to forget the people of Gaza who are suffering from a 3 weeks inhumane onslaught by the unrecognized Israel regime. May Allah bless them all.

In this month’s E-Newsletter, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself especially on my effort to help you attain your career goals.

In this month CMS article, I will introduce Interview as a Crucial Conversation, where my focus will be on how to leverage some tools I’ve learnt by using Crucial Conversation skills in my daily life at work & at home.

I really hope the information available in this and the future E-Newsletter will be beneficial for your career marketing and growth. If you think this newsletter will be beneficial to your friends or family members, please feel free to share this E-Newsletter with them. Sharing is caring  Nevertheless, I know that I am not able to fulfill all your needs that is why I highly encourage for your feedback and comments on how to improve our future E-Newsletters to exceed your needs.

Please e-mail us at career_advisor@resumeweassist.com, exclusive vouchers will be given for your valuable feedbacks.

Till next month, take care.

Regards

Yusoff