Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The pursuit of livelihood

In an economy, especially this one which has turned upside down all the conventional wisdom regarding who is fired or hired, it is tough to earn a livelihood. It is especially tough for people who are laid off and trying to get back on their feet. There is so much competition for few jobs that it is really like you have to stand out in the whole crowd to say that I am a unique person to get attention.

It is just almost makes your ego destroyed and your thinking twisted about who you really are. If you have a family then you are doubly worried, one for your self and one for your family that how are you going to put food on the table. It is no longer necessary that you should have a college degree, since the college graduates are more in a dire strait with all the student loan debt and pressure regarding find a job to support and pay your bills.

But have a college degree is not a sure shot bet that you will have a job of your choice or any choice for that matter, since the employers want a combination of skill set to match the description of the jobs they are advertising. But for newly minted graduates somebody has to give them a job in order for them to acquire experience. Since the employers are in the driver’s seat regarding whom to hire or not, it is now come down essentially to whom you know rather what you know.

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