job search survival kit -- part 21 -- cold hard workplace facts

The Job Search Survival Kit – Job Search And LinkedIn Tips. Part 21

Getting The Upper Advantage No Matter The OddsBy: Anthony Hines

A Reminder Of Who Am I & Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me?

Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition.

Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences.

Step By Step By Step By Step.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MORE.Get Your Resume Checked Email your resume to [email protected] and tell them I sent

you. That way you will get a free comprehensive and detailed report of how your resume looks and flows. Go for it because without a great resume, you have no chance of getting any job much less a great job. The turnaround is quick and the service is stellar.

Read My Job Search Tip Document First .These are the Free documents that tell you everything that I did to get activity & visibility in my search. Email me at [email protected] and I will send you them.

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Cold Facts About Today’s Workplace.

The next group of slides will discuss things that I believe exist in today’s workplace .

I will tell you the tip or idea and let you know why I like it to help you in dealing with the process.

Remember, I am by no means a professional and never claim to be. I am just giving you things as I see them to help you to see through the ‘fog’ and get ahead in your career.

I hope my ideas help you out and help me to end unemployment one person at a time.

Cold Facts About Today’s Workplace

Business is business. Yes everyone wants to believe that the workplace is a second family and all that but at the end of the day, its about the product or service as well as the sales. Maybe a long time ago, the workplace was more of a family place but not today. This is not meant to depress you. It is meant to help you.

Cold Facts About Today’s Workplace.

Be early and stay late. You really have to be a person that the company can depend on to be there when they need you to be. People who make excuses are just not taken seriously as the company really looks for people that they can depend on in times of need. This is what matters and that is the way it is.

Cold Facts About the Workplace.

Keep educating yourself. You are responsible for your own advancement. You are responsible for making time to get your own certifications and degrees. The company will not come up to you and tell you to do it but in my experience, the person who takes care of these items is in the place to take advantage of the opportunity when it arises so make yourself the best you can be so you can be in place for that opportunity.

Cold Facts About The Workplace

Keep your distractions out of the workplace. If you have family or outside issues, do your best to keep it out of the workplace either in your discussions or in your actions. You are there to work and the other stuff really should not enter into your work life. Try your best to keep your home stuff home and your work stuff at work so that your balance is maintained. No one will tell you this. Its up to you to control your own life.


Lets face it. People who are timid, just don’t get the opportunities that people who are fearless get. People who volunteers to take on more in tough times are the ones that are noticed. Your vocabulary should never say “ that is not my job”. At least that is what I have found has helped people to advance in my career. Be aware of when this behavior is needed and jump on it with both feet.


Attitude, attitude, attitude. Can’t say this enough. No matter what is going on around you, do your best to stay positive and never, never, never fall into that negative world. Stay away from the workplace’s negative people and keep it positive all the time. People will gravitate to you. This is a day to day challenge but it is on you to do it.

Cold Facts About The Workplace.

When you speak, speak for yourself and never speak for the masses. Let the other people give their own opinions. The person that says “I heard this or “I heard that” gets typecast as a busy body that doesn’t work. Believe me , this happens. Don’t let it happen to you. Make sure that your opinions are yours.


You never know when someone will ask you what you would do to improve something or some process. Your mind should always be looking to improve things so you should have your answers ready. Jot down a list of ideas and have them on your desk ready if someone asks. If you see some processes are beleaguered or old, offer to be on the committee that helps to improve things. Be part of the solution and don’t just state the problem.


Your boss is not in charge of your career. You are. So many people make the mistake to wait and only do things if their boss tells them to do it or sets the direction. Take charge of your own progress. Offer to help. Offer to take on something that is causing issues and try to fix it. Want respect? Go earn it. Don’t sit at your desk and wait for the next assignment. Grab it and own it.


Your co-workers are not your friends. They are co-workers. They are not your neighborhood friends that you know forever and if you put them in that place in your mind and heart, you will be disappointed more often then not. These people as well as you are not there to make friends, they are there to do a job. Not trying to be negative, just trying to help you out.


Keep controversial topic discussions to a minimum no matter how passionate you feel about things. Passion is always great but in the wrong setting, it can be a distraction. This goes for things like collecting for charities and selling candy for charity and stuff like that. People don’t say it but sometimes they resent the pressure that they feel to buy things.


In the above slides, I have tried to bring out things that exist in many workplaces but no one will ever openly address. It is up to you to stay positive, take care of your own career opportunities, remove distractions and be ready to work each day. Yes companies can reduce or add staff as they see fit but that is out of your control. Focus on what you can control which is you.

Job Search & LinkedIn Tips To Help You Land The Job

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Thoughts For You To Ponder

I want to reiterate that I am not a professional and only providing you with things I did that helped me out during my own job search.

I do these presentations because the job search process has a lot to do with attitude and outlook. That’s on you. Excuses are for losers. Be a winner and take charge. You can do it because you have done it before I bet.

Make sure you individualize any all of the information provided on this or any of my presentations. My ideas are to guide you and help you to understand concepts.


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If you have found this presentation helpful and found some ways to gain an advantage in your job search, then my hours of work to help the unemployed one person at a time has been a success.

please email me at [email protected] and tell me how its going. If you have read my docs and have seen my other Job Search Survival Kit presentations , I believe that you are on your way to your next group of opportunities. Embrace the challenge and do your best daily. Go for it and don’t look back. No excuses, no delays, no procrastination. Go for it.



Come join the LinkedIn group that I recently created. It is called the Anthony Hines Job Search Survival Group. It’s a unique group because the people in it really support and help each other to get their next opportunity.

Just log into LinkedIn.com, go to groups and join the above named group. People really seem to find it useful and I check in often as well. Come join today.


Go back to Slideshare.net and check out my other “Job Search Survival Kit” presentations because over the recent past, I have added a bunch of new chapters that enhances what you have just read and will also help to get you an even better edge in your job search journey.

Check out my Job Search Survival Kit on Youtube.com as well.

Just search for it and it will come right up.

Most importantly, make sure you email a copy of your resume to [email protected] for your free resume critique because you have no chance of ever getting a great job without a great resume to get you noticed.


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