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February 6th, 2012 |

>Removing The Tinted Shades

There are a lot of people graduating from college this month ? folks on the 3 1/2 or 4 1/2 year plan, and they?re entering the job-market 6 months ahead of ? or behind ? their peers. There are, on the whole, fewer, certainly, who are graduating this time of you than you?d see in May, but nevertheless a new round of folks seeking gainful employment have been dumped found themselves stranded in an unfriendly job market, owing on average just under $25,000. 40% will find work quickly, but the other 60% will languish for some time. But the ones who get hired quickly may be the ones who suffer more in the long run, because they?ll have Pavlovian re-enforcement of the seeming legitimacy of the ?career? path: Go to school, get a degree, get a good job, make a few lateral moves as you climb the corporate ladder, and then retire at around 55 or 60 and live a care-free life. If you?re having a hard time even finding a job, then the rose-tinted shades are less likely to skew your perspective on just how serious things are right now.

You Have Options!

But if you can see the gravity of the situation, then you have time to make some calculated course corrections, and still be able to retire happily, regardless of the economy. How? By changing your view of life, work, money, and business. Gone are the days of safety, when you could just rest happily at a desk for 40 years and be taken care of into old age. Companies don?t last that long, many go belly up in less than 10 years, and even if they don?t, they generally don?t value you they way a smaller company would have years ago. So you need a plan that can make you invulnerable to the market forces, whether you?ve got a Business degree from Harvard, or a Philosophy degree from the local community college. It?s a fact that 70% of all college graduates think that they weren?t prepared well in college for life ?on the outside.? The solution is realizing the gravity of your situation and then acting.

It?s All A Matter Of Perspective

If you see the necessity of doing something different, then you?re not alone. Turns out, many graduates are looking to own a business full- or part-time. The Young Entrepreneur Council did a study of over 1,000 recent graduates-turned-entrepreneur, and they shared the following:

• 36% Are ?sidepreneurs,? i.e. they?ve started businesses in addition to getting their degrees ? they are entrepreneurs ?on the side?.
• 21% Started businesses because they are unemployed.
• 69% Would like to work for an entrepreneur
• 89% Feel entrepreneurship education is important given the new economy and job market
• 73% Were not offered classes in entrepreneurship
• 70% Who took entrepreneurship classes said they were not adequate

?Two Roads Diverged??

So, a decision lies before you. Continue complacently or ?wisen up? and make a change. Which will you do? I?m not going to be quoting the cliche Robert Frost poem to which I just alluded. I?m above that. So I?ll give you an poorly written original composition:

If your job-future leaves you head-scratching / And your job-skills and the market aren?t matching / There?s no need for grief / Because immediate relief / can be found in entrepreneurial plan hatching.

If you need a hand in hatching a plan, I recommend securing money to free yourself over time ? a residual source of income which can eventually ? if tended like a garden ? provide monetary sustenance to keep you off of unemployment or the job-necessity market. I call this money ?Free You money?. And such monies are the goal sought by all ?sidepreneurs.?

Source: http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/job-hunting/make-yourself-immune-to-the-necessity-of-job-hunting/

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