Mr. Montague's e-mail distribution list is one of several steps that is essential to either getting a job or re-entering the market for whatever reason you're "looking in" from the outside.
My personal journey: (and I elect to still receive the list, even though I might not really "need" it)
Last year, the list had a job interview offering at a nearby company. While I did not get the job, I met another applicant. She was working p/t nites, she gave me the number for that company, Guess what? That was my re-entry into the job market after being unemployed for months. The young woman became a co-worker as well as a friend. The fact I got to chill with a bodacious 22 y.o with curves that haven't been invented yet, is besides the point.
Then, walking around the area near that first job, I saw a sign for a radio station. Went to their website. Now I volunteer there. Met someone who wants to help me break into a certain job market. So there. Just put yourself out there.
All of the above was put in place from the e-mail distribution list!
Inertia. Momentum. Set something into motion, and it grows.
Lesson #1: get out there, stuff happens. There's two ways to climb a tree. You can simply climb, get dirty, get roughed up.
Or you can look for an acorn, sit your lazy behind down on it, and wait for the acorn to grow.
Re: Job Connection and Distribution List: The reality is most of the jobs will not be for you. Monte will send me something and I will be like, "what the____?" Under-qualified. Over-qualified. This stuff is way out there.
But you never know. Let me give you an example. Recently, the list had an opening for NJ Transit, directing interested applicants to their website. My first thought was, "why bother? I'm no bus driver, I'm not 'Ralph Kramden' from 'The Honeymooners'. And I have no mechanical background". But something happened. You see, I've been riding NJT buses for a while, and had wanted to start giving them feedback. You know, compliment drivers, complain about late buses, and the like. So the ad on Monte's list triggered me to do it. And now I repsond with them regularly, made a connection there. So who knows, maybe something will open up that I'd be qualified for.
- Reading that list is great experience. After a while, you know what to look for in a job ad. You can read a greater volume, get through more ads quickly and efficientyl, eliminate, and dig for the job you desire.
Also, while a particular job may not be for you, you may know of someone who would be perfect for that job.
Ever hear the expression, " you have to give in order to get?"
Use the Distribution List to network with those who don't receive it.
My story: I got my first job in a long time thru Montague's job distribution list. It wasn't my dream job. But it was a job nevertheless. Telemarketing for an insurance company. Most people won't do it. But it was valuable work experience. And it put me on the map. Resumes with active work experience have more intrinsic value with those that have gaps.
VERY IMPORTANT POINT: I was told that once you start working again, regardless of the job, you build momentum. You don't view yourself as a victim or someone who is un-marketable. You start to aspire to better jobs. I can tell you first-hand, that statement was on the money.
I've moved on from that first job. I'm making contacts to reach higher, to get my optimal job or business. I've met quality people, honorable, loving kind people. Those outside Brix city don't know it, but not everyone who lives here, works here, or rides NJ Transit buses is a clown (or buffoon, as Monte so succinctly put it), a street thug, or knucklehead. Most people are good.
And I got to meet Monte and learn what "rubbing the Black&Mild" means.
Summation: The e-mail distribution list is a resource. It's not "what you get out of it", but what it" gets out of you". It's what you make of it. Remember, a fifty-cent silver dollar and fifty dollar gold coin have the same value if they're both lying at the bottom of an ocean.
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