This post inspired me to set up norecessionroundhere.com – especially the paragraph:

“But do not spec out an elaborate plan….”

We have just gone and done it. It may never become anything but wtf we did it anyway!

A fluffy link would be appreciated but it was not the purpose of this post (I will understand if you don’t even publish this post).

Just thought I’d show this post is still making a difference 4 to 5 months later.

Best of luck,
Fergal

There is a lot to be said for putting your head down and getting on with it. Ignore others that try to deflect you – if they have nothing positive to say then they should stay quiet. Sheer pig-headedness can overcome lots of things.

I started one business in 2001 when the dotcom crash happened after I lost my job. Now working on expanding that one further and also starting another one in a different market altogether.

BTW – I want some of those FTR badges!!

Appreciated. Very valid points!

I’ll email you now.

Thanks

Point is, everyone else is doing the same thing — looking for a job. Yet employers are also in the shit. I’m sure they’d love to give you a job, because that’d implicitly mean they had the business themselves to be able to.

So, since you were so polite in your response to me (most would not have been), here are some tips. You can ignore them or take them on board as you will.

First, understand no one cares about you except perhaps your family. In life, we’re all doing what we feel is in our own interests. So potential employers are thinking about themselves.

Your job, then, is to show them you are of value to them. They DON’T just need people to work for them. They can get them anywhere. You need to be able to solve their problems.

So. A couple of things you can do. They don’t cost you anything but time.

1. Call your existing and past customers/clients and ask them what they want or need and then just listen. Go away, do the research, find at least 3 ways to give them what they need and then call them back. EVERYONE I know who has ever done this has got work out of it.

2. A variation of the above. Call them and ask them what their biggest problem is and then how much it’s worth for you to be able to solve it for them. If you can’t help with the #1, ask about the #2, and so on.

If you don’t have past/existing clients, identify a list of, say, 100 firms you really think you can help, and call them.

Do your reasearch into their business. Pick firms and talk to people in those industries. Find out what the common problems are and snout around the competitors of the firms you’d like to work with.

– Jon

I would be in the library learning new skills if I could afford to but looking for a job is a priority.

And as for complaining about what people have…… it makes no difference to me that someone bought an overpriced house or car and is now lumped in debt. Thats their problem.

I only feel sorry for the fact that they put value in something of materialistic value, borrowed money to pay for it and now whine about it.

My thoughts

Instead of complaining about what other people have and perhaps thinking you are somehow “entitled” to a slice of what they have worked for, you could be “Paddy In The Library Learning New Skills To Increase My Value In The Market”.

Just a thought, you know.

– Jon

Whilst it is awful 10% of the working population may be unemployed that still means 90% of the working population are still employed!

The company I work for is targetting a 17% uplift in revenue this year, and I seriously think that we will achieve it. To put it mildly the senior team are ‘busting their balls’ to identify new opportunities and as a result, at present, we do not have a single consultant sat on the bench.

A recession is nasty but it also provides numerous opportunities for those willing to grab them.

Regards