Your Value in the Job Market
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by Steve Holmes
People take you at your own estimation of your worth. Present yourself, as a valuable addition to someone's business and you will be seen as such.
Of course, in order to do that, you need to be fully focused and fully committed. There is no such thing as good enough when your career is at stake. The letter, CV, statement, website or email you use to apply MUST be a perfect representation of who you are, what you have achieved, what vision and insight you bring to your work, how you manage the tasks, strategies and relationships you work with and what you are likely to be contributing in the future.
Anything less than that fails to honour yourself and is unlikely to catch the eye, engage the mind and touch the heart of the people out there who are looking for someone like you to join them.
It is a huge error to be lazy or casual about the way you present yourself; it is a common error to be inaccurate and very few people ask for too much from life: the most common fault is not to expect enough. Life is a mirror; what you put out has a relationship to what you get back. It needs to clearly establish your value; issues that might block your progress need to be dealt with in a mature way and not left until they become an embarrassing disclosure; things that you have started upon that show your potential should be included, even if they are not yet complete.
