The document provides tips on how to succeed professionally in challenging economic times. It suggests focusing on networking within your existing social circles as the hidden job market, rather than traditional methods, accounts for 85% of jobs. The document also recommends becoming an amazing employee by going above and beyond to help others, having a positive attitude, and thinking about how you can assist others rather than focusing on your own needs. Becoming amazing will lead to promotions, job opportunities, job security, success, and satisfaction.

1. How to be Amazing
By
Jamie Claret

2. Its hard out there
o Double dip recession
o Massive unemployment
o Euro crisis
o Not enough jobs
o Crap weather

3. Hard?
or
Massive
Opportunities?

4. “Here's a question that you should clip out and tape to your bathroom mirror. It
might save you some angst 15 years from now. The question is, What did you do
back when interest rates were at their lowest in 50 years, crime was close to
zero, great employees were looking for good jobs, computers made product
development and marketing easier than ever, and there was almost no
competition for good news about great ideas?
Many people will have to answer that question by saying, "I spent my time
waiting, whining, worrying, and wishing." Because that's what seems to be going
around these days. Fortunately, though, not everyone will have to confess to
having made such a bad choice.”
Seth Godin - 2002
http://sethgodin.typepad.com

5. Why I am here?
Mr Motivator – ask your parents

6. You will never be out
of work
o Jobs will find you
o Be like a great product
o You will be talked about

7. How not to get a job
o Newspapers
o Recruitment Agents
o Job Web sites
o Online

8. NONE OF THE ABOVE

9. THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET
Friends
85%
o
o Family
o Associates
o Teachers
o Colleagues
TOTAL JOB MARKET

10. Where would I be
focusing my time?

11. I would be
NETWORKING

12. What is Networking
o You are in the market
o Start getting interested in other people
o Talk to everybody
o Consider how you could offer to help people
o Warmed up
o Pre vetted
o My best employees have come this way

13. How else to get in the
door
o Apprenticeship
o Intern
o Offer to help
o Work for free
o Do the mundane jobs
o Do something different
o Think outside the box

14. How to be an
Amazing Employee
o How you hold yourself
o How you interact with others
o How you help others
o How you listen to others
o Going beyond the call of duty
o Always think – “How could I help this person”
o Think – How would I feel if I was treated like this
o Don’t moan!

15. Being Amazing will…
oGet you promoted
oFind you a job
oKeep you in a job
oSuccess
oPersonal Satisfaction