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…”but i was making $130,000 three years ago!”

09/12/2009

great candidate…top performer every place she has ever been…took two years off to have a baby…fair enough…now needs to find a job…

no way of her knowing that the market is really tight…she figures, like most top performers, that there is always room for a winner..

we don’t get that many interviews because: 1. the market is tight ..and 2. she has been out of the market for two years…

after three months and only three interviews, we get an offer…$90,000 salary plus commission…she said that she was probably going to turn it down because …”i was making $130,000 three years ago!”

well, it isn’t three years ago and this is a much different market… she eventually accepted the offer…it is a great company and she will have a great future..

lesson:..what you made three or four years ago was three or four years ago..the market is different now..no one is intrinsically worth any amount of money

Author: Tony Beshara | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (2)

2 Comments on article “…”but i was making $130,000 three years ago!””

Mary Jane Hurley Brant

September 12th, 2009 at 10:42 pm

Tony,

Yes, today it’s a different world and it’s important to accept that reality.

Loved your book, Job Search Solution. It’s the best hands on manual I’ve ever read to help anyone looking for employment. So many ideas. I also found it helpful because it encourages people to keep going. Beautiful!

I help out in my community and parish in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs with people looking for work. Our group is called New Horizons and everyone is invited. Believe me, people need support and you give it in your book. Thank you. I’ve pointed everyone in your direction today on my blog tonight entitled “Six Steps in Managing Stress in a Job Search.” Here’s the link http://bit.ly/14rBNt

Keep helping, Tony, it’s tough out there and people need hope. I know; I’m a psychotherapist for 29 years with a specialty in hope and grief counseling. I was published last fall, When Every Day Matters, Simple Abundance Press.

Mary Jane Hurley Brant, M.S.,CGP

Tony Beshara

September 29th, 2009 at 8:23 pm

thanks, mary…everyone needs so much encouragement these days…most folks don’t know what to do…then don’t get the encouragement to do it..
thanks for your support…we all need each other…

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The Bogus "Informational Interview"

Here's one example of the phony advice being offered to new graduates and other first time job seekers: "pursue informational interviews as a way to expose yourself to an organization". Supposedly, employers are willing to accommodate a fact-finding interview, an "informational interview", even if they do not have an open position.

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