Are you ‘employable’?

You may be blaming different reasons for you not being employed. You can also easily blame your credentials and even doubt them for not getting the right job. But have you ever put yourself in the shoes of an employer? If you were employing or if you were an HR executive, will you employ yourself? Have you gone to so many interviews without any positive response? In the interviews, have you wondered what the panel wants to hear from you? And have you been telling them what you think they want to hear?
 
Actually on this career centre, I have found out that we always concentrate on telling you what you can do to improve your CV, how to enhance your interview skills and not really what the employer wants to hear. Just to tell you the truth, you may have a glamorous CV but the time that the employer meets you, he may not see that glamour in you or vice versa. A CV may be a good start but may not be everything that you need in job hunting. Actually all the processes we have discussed before that can help you get a job should be perfectly done and if not then you may miss out on an opportunity of a life time.

Without diverging from the topic, you need to be employable and if you are not then you should appear to be employable. I want to share a few attributes of employable people and later tell you how you can put yourself at the same status as them. From the time you appear on an interview to the last time you leave a job, there has to be something about you called ‘potential’ which is the main pillar of employability. This is the sole attribute of an employable person on earth and here below are the 4 main pillars of employability:


1. Potential: As stated above, potential is the first attribute you should portray. You should demonstrate that you have more in your ability than can be seen physically. Always give a few pointers but do not throw everything away. It should appear that if you are given targets, you can do more.
2. Technical Competence: This cannot be substituted with any other attribute. You should be very sharp especially in the area in which you claim to be an authority. Always learn more things and have the desire to know more. If you do not have technical competency, even the way you will respond to knowledge questions can be difficult.
3. People Issues: People with this trait are those who relate easily with others, are social and care for others. From the interview, to job performance and to the exit, show that you are a ‘people person’
4. Dynamism or Adaptability: These are those people who seem not know a lot but can be teachable or can easily adapt or change with the changing times and circumstances. These people are known as dynamic individuals or adaptable. They are what today’s world of commerce needs. Are you dynamic?

I want show you the way in which you can live within these four pillars in your life or can at least show them. 

Always be:

1. Clean and sparkling.
2. Interactive and social.
3. Educational and knowledge oriented.
4. Read, read, and read more even if it is novels.
5. Watch news, movies, cable and stay current.
6. Pursue education in your dream career field.
7. Do small courses and attend conferences.
8. Believe in yourself more than others.
9. Ignore detractors.
10. Be selfish in a positive way.

You may think these are straight forward things but if you live like this, it is very easy to improve your self esteem and help yourself in being the person you have really admired. There are those role models in your life who you always want to be. You can be them today if you want to. All you need to assure yourself is that ‘you can’ and that is it.

All the best.

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