While fulltime jobless rates skyrocket in the Southeast, the steamy hot speech on the already beat up street is temporary—temp agencies are up, moving and hiring. Be it a new opportunity or making “some” rather than none, the goal is to keep your engine purring like a kitten.
This is where I get in most of my arguments—delivered back to me are quick fisted thoughts of protection, “Not me! Never! I am this person not that! I won’t break my routine! I will find a new place and slip right back in.”
By total luck we live in the world’s greatest nation which gifts down-and-out times with ample amounts of unemployment dollars. The decision to kick you away can be seen two different ways, the birth of a brand new beginning or twenty six weeks, 182 days 4, 368 hours of vacation…a luxury that can leave you pounding Control Alt Delete on your mental keyboard.
While you’re rebooting the rest of the world has already passed your last business decision.
Microsoft and Windows constantly feed your computer upgrades…where’s yours? If you elect to stop downloading info into those ten fingers and toes during this age of everyday change and growth, the distance between here and there forces your long term goals to do nothing more but stand on the corner of walk and don’t walk.
Nobody likes change! But seriously, life would be boring without it.
Heading up the challenge to land a new job swipes the air out of your lungs, it’s not healthy for incredibly shy people like me. You feel like a stepchild or the neighbor everybody on the block points their witch finger at. As much as you want to feel like your first day getting back to work is a gift, the opposite side of that coin rests on the fear of not being able to live up to it.
It’s not supposed to be easy but it’s ultimately up to you to make it fun.
One of the biggest challenges coworkers face hourly is making it through a parade of demands. When you first started the concept of performance was at an all time high and people dug what you brought to the field. You were fresh from the long rest. You had character and respect for new ideas. You were the apprentice!
The problem with that is nobody hangs with that description too long. You watched, you studied and you wrote everything down including your name ten thousand times on documents that promised you wouldn’t sell ideas to a competing company if they elected to turn you free after a 90 day trial period. You had a new car smell.
New people restore confidence.
While gaining knowledge and experience a coworkers ego is heightened because when it comes down to it…most actually know what they’re talking about and can back it up. Sadly that relationship lasts about as long as you can hold a seriously hot baked potato. Only to face untrained strain on the ocean shores ahead because the mentor wants more and your available ambition has done what only comes natural…moved forward at the workplace. Suddenly we have a battle royal of emotions.
Dr. Gary Ranker is an expert in the field of restructuring business relationships—if the fear of getting to know new people has you inching closer to your final government check, grip the bar in front of you and let’s put a different spin on the way people have treated you.
Reset.
Just like Control Alt Delete, you need to know where your business relationship reset button is. The goal is to get in a position where each party involved benefits from the situation; it should never be a lopsided one person takes all the glory. By becoming engaged in each others end result trust is given the chance to breathe.
Problem solving with two heads attains achievement creating objectives that can be conquered. The power of workplace connection during a recession is absolutely the most brilliant move any employee can make.
If there are bad feelings between the two parties…Dr. Ranker calmly invites your side of the situation to take control of the emotions. Being the first to find motivation in a repair and rebuild relationship makes you the adult and or professional who showcases a willingness to exceed the limits of expectation. Someone needs to be the first to move…make it you.
The only reason why I love confrontation is because I grew up in a house of eight kids, two hundred rabbits, a handful of chickens and a billion pigeons. If we weren’t bouncing each other off the wall Mom and Dad threw us in the car headed straight for the doctor to see what was wrong.
From family to friends to faces and voices met while shaking hands I’ve been introduced to every reason why the urge to return to work or the desire to quit rips through them like a bad hangover. You’ll spend years and thousands of dollars in psychotherapy trying to pen out answers when all you ever wanted to be was happy.
Be in the business of you.
Hoist your life and style into a part time position then spend the rest of your eight hour workday doing something that benefits you. Treat yourself like a coworker and learn a better way to highlight the importance of both final outcomes. There’s no written rule that states you can only have one part time job. By working several, this allows you the power to design your day and night like a true rock star. If one doesn’t work out…who cares? Because you took the time to feed each of your efforts you’ll never be unemployed again.
Be in the business of you. A place of business isn’t a job. It’s your current client. Like a great client they are well taken care of with the end result being a life filled with your success not a totem poll of managers who landed the position because they wear suits.
Congratulations on your new beginning! Go get em Tiger! Ok…maybe that was too much.
Steal my art…
arroecollins@clearchannel.com
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