Want a Job? Be a Biker Chick!
June 27, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Chapter 2, Uncategorized, affirmations, courage, encouragement, feminism, humor, networking
I had a good lunch today with a bunch of martial arts and marketing people, with whom I have remarkably little in common. Our state has just legalized a certain activity, and these people are poised to get in on the ground floor and make some money out of it. I have no idea why they invited me along, except that I know a couple of them and we like each other. Nor did I really have anything to contribute to the animated conversation, except to cheer them on.
You know that comic, “Rose is Rose,” in which the mother, Rose, has a punked-out alter-ego named Vicki who wears a leather mini and rides a motorbike? Who craves rattle-snake chili and sports a tattoo?
That was me today. Vicki the Biker Chick.
Karen over at Working Girl had another good post about networking this week, and gives some really good advice, including this: anyone can network, anywhere. She also makes the very good point that job-hunting should be fun. Well, she actually makes that point in today’s post, but it’s true. Job searching is damn hard work, and it’s very easy to become bitter, grim, and warlike about it.
The problem is that most employers aren’t really looking for bitter, grim, and warlike people.
Even more importantly, that isn’t any way to live, period. After all, life is what happens when you’re waiting around for the next thing to happen. Life is what happens while you’re still looking for a job.
Get out there and network. Not because it’s good for your job prospects (though it is) but because it’s good for you. So put down those sad old cupcakes , gas up that Harley, and go out and get yourself some fun!
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