Blind Men Refuse Sight: Claim Vision is Overrated

Recently I gave a talk on networking as the ONLY solution for finding a job…. and I’m right. No matter how great your piece of paper is, you MUST meet people if you expect to get a job. I gave detailed explanations of networking, interviews, and more, yet still all people wanted to know about was how to write their resume better.

It was as if I had offered sight to a room full of blind people and no one wanted to see

A resume is a poor marketing document, and the reality is that people hire people, not paper.

Networking and the Reverse Interview will get you a job faster and better than any well written resume, I don’t care how many degrees or great accomplishments you have to list on there.

Shocking, isn’t it, that when you tell people what works–and what doesn’t–that they choose to remain in the same tiered darkness that have always known? Sad really, because the resume/application approach is outdated and ineffective. If you want to get a good job doing something you love, you HAVE to network. You have to meet people, ask questions, trade business cards, shake hands, meet people.

It is a little intimidating, but isn’t a little bit of nervousness a small price to pay for a great paying job you love and can keep for the next 25 years?

Yes, I think so. But apparently, some people think vision is overrated.