A young lady recently emailed me. She'd been six weeks, trying to find a job, and she was having no luck. She asked me for a bit of advice. Here's what I told her.
Dear ________:
I don’t know what your skill set is. This is a wild suggestion, but it might work. Find a company you would like to work for, visit with their manager or HR individual, and offer to work full time for six weeks absolutely free. Get a commitment from them that if you outperform, they agree to hire you, no strings attached. Then, be willing to do infinitely more than you’re not being paid to do; get in early, stay late, make yourself indispensible and have them think, “What would we do if we didn’t have ______?”
Stay persistent! Stay confident! and keep your can-do attitude!
Peter Legge
