Its official I am going to be in the Job market...how does one look for a job??

Ren the devils trailboss

Ren the devils trailboss

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I have always been employed. But after a few things that have transpired I have decided its time to hang up the sales guns and move on to something different.

the weird thing is that people usually offer me jobs..but since I want to leave my industry and find something else. How do you look for a job? Stupid question I know. I have a Resume..that probably needs to be brushed up a little but what do I do? Monster.com or something...

any advice would be appreciated...

and if any of you guys want a salesperson with 17 years of business and sales experience..I am your man.

Ren
 
If I had the time, I would start going to barn yard sales, after all the Scagle knife on ebay was picked up for 5 bucks, now it is 10K. That is a lot of profit for the 20 minutes it took.

Just kidding you, I could say start your own operation, why make all the bucks for the other man. Unless you signed a no compete agreement, and most of them will not hold up in court.

I have been on my own for over 25 years now and never have regretted not having to report to someone else. (Except the wife)

Good Luck to you,
James

PS: Monster.com might help you, IF you want to work for someone else.
 
The real money is in E-Bay ,just pick up a bunch of junk at yard sales , post it and sit back and watch the money role in !
 
I think you would do well in the used car business. Try the classifieds.
 
If only you lived in the Hudson Valley. Our boss just fired the deadwood salesman who's been not-selling-anything for over a year.
 
Monster.com is one way to do it. With your strong sales background I think if you get your resume out there, you will get offers thrown at your feet. Are you willing to relocate? How will that affect your kids/family? If you don't want to relocate, use your street-level sales skills to sell yourself to whoever needs a sales rep in your area. Is there home construction going on? Sell composite decking material. Commercial construction - sell steel. Snowing like a bastard - sell snowplows. Ren - you could sell ice cubes to Eskimos.

Approach interviews with the idea that you are a sales professional who can fit right into the target firm and maybe bring a fresh perspective to the table along with the solid background. You should be considered an asset to any organization. Hell, I'd hire you in a second but I work for the federal government. If you were in Northern Virginia your skills would be in high demand.

Good luck!
 
that monster stuff is for people with specalized skills. I want to recomend taking the civil servant's test, they are specific for the field of service you are interested and entail mostly common sense questions. It is a very realistic way of getting a job with security and a decent paycheck and benefits, write this suggestion down so you dont forget it. find out which local high school is having the tests and when, go to your local county goverment web site, apply, take the test, begin a new career.
 
you could always sell popup campers :D why not start your own business using the skills you have and be your own boss?
 
First I would make a list of what you want to do or the industries that suit your skills.

Then I would look at monster and websites for companies that fit what you want. Companies sometimes have job openings on their sites.
 
In addition to monster, try careerbuilder.com. I like it better than monster.

Put together a resume and post it on the sites. There are other job sites and some are state operated job sites.

I have seen many sales related jobs if you are planning on staying in sales.
 
Resume hints:
Be prepared to tailor your resume for the company you submit to. Emphasize how your skills fit their needs.
Keep it short. 2 pages max. 1 is better.
Tell them what you are looking for in a job so that they see that your goals and theirs match.
 
It might very well be worth paying a pro to polish up your resume. I think they know "the tricks of the trade." Craig's List is an idea worth trying. My wife reads it every night, but she's looking for bargains on stuff. Selling junk on eBay certainly pays off for some people, too. There's plenty of junk available for dimes that can be sold for dollars. As far as more conventional jobs go (read: working for someone else), I always had my best luck by using personal contacts, meaning I put the word out among my friends and acquaintances that I was looking for something. Be careful about making drastic changes. Once, when I was much younger, I had spent five years slowly going crazy in a sales job I came to hate. I jumped at the chance to work for a well drilling company. It really got me into shape, and I learned a lot that's always been useful to me, but overall it did not work out. I had some other blue collar jobs over the next several years, and finally realized I needed some more training of some kind. I went through a two year program that was part of a local vo-tech school while I worked part time at whatever I could find. That payed off. Good luck to you, and remember, persistence pays!
 
Hope everything works out and I too am in sales and a change of pace would be nice ,but i plan to step forward in the job market not backwards or side to side ,I have a family to think about and where i am is comfortable but personally sucks the life out of ya. I guess that is sales, LOL again Good luck !!!
 
I would second the thought that you might consider doing your own business. After all those years of experience I imagine you have a pretty good idea how the plant business works. If you do not wish to go that route I would:

1) Get that resume up to date
2) Start hitting up all your contacts both business and social. I read somewhere that despite the internet etc. that something like 80% of jobs are still landed because someone you know, knows someone who needs someone.

I'm thinking you might want to think about relocating in that case too, from what I hear Michigan's economy is in the commode.
 
Once you figure out what industry you want to go to the job interview kit might be handy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/jobs/features/2007/interview-survival-kit/

There's a story about the actor Harrison Ford when he interviewed for acting jobs in his early acting days. He always made sure the producer or whoever always knew his "day job" was carpenting. While it didn't pay as much as his current career does now, it paid more than the average for waiting tables and it always told the employer that he wasn't starving, and that he held the option of passing up a job if he felt that all the conditions weren't there for him.
 
Ren , good hunting.

First , put the word out to all who know you good in your area , friends /family/etc - Most jobs I have had were thru word of mouth.
Second , make yourself a professional resume , keep it to the point and two pages max , from what I hear.

The rest is all downhill , you have two big things in your back pocket, experience and longevity , most employers love both on a resume.

Plus the holidays are coming pronto ! Sales folks should have no trouble finding even short term work and short term can often turn into long term , if you so desire.
 
If your strength is in sales, then that may be still your best line of work. Build up your resume, and then do the leg work of finding out who is hiring. That is the hard part. Once you have found a company advertising a position that may fit your needs, study the company. Learn as much as you can about it and how that postion fills the company's needs.
When you go for the interview the knowledge you gained from studying the company will show the employer that you have an understanding of what the company does and it will show them that you have an interest with their line of work.
 
ashtxsniper said:
I heard planting tulips pays pretty good.
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Just jumping into the thread to enjoy the ride to W&C.:D


To find a job you need to be looking for something specific. So before you look for the job you have to decide what you want to do.

Paul
 
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