We are BACK!

Visit our new website at www.outlawgroup.com

We have added some new features that we think you will enjoy! First there is a search function so that you can easily search our website to find the information you most need.

Secondly, we have added a resources page where you can go to find free and paid for research items to help you every day.

We also would like your input as to what type of articles you would like to see on the website! Please email us through our website.

Thank you! We'll return to regular blogging on Thursday!

True Success

The True Success™ Workshop was a huge success! The diverse group we met with came from all career backgrounds and were all in varying places on their career journey. Through speaking with them, we were given more insight as to the dilemmas facing the unemployed and UNDERemployed people of our community.

One comment we heard the most didn't deal with employment status, but instead, career satisfaction. Everyone at the Workshop stated that they have felt "under-utilized", "unsatisfied", or "unfulfilled" in their careers. They dared to dream outside of the box during the workshop and several people are now venturing forward to find the career that they want. By creating a new list of career criteria they now felt more "empowered" in their career journey.

One conclusion we came to was that we needed to provide additional resources for your use, so we are in the process of compiling these and will be adding a page to our website shortly. If there is anything that you would like to request, please email us at Info@outlawgroup.com.

Dare to Dream!

Release of the Career Search Workbook

As promised, here is the Career Search Workbook--your answer to finding the RIGHT job!

Learn:

Your strong & weak skills

Find out which job you are meant to have

The RIGHT way to interview

The secrets to getting in touch with the decision makers

Find the right company for you

Includes sample letters to give you that much-needed edge

Available in download format so that you can easily begin your search today!

• To order, click here
  
  And, to help you get started efficiently, here is some helpful advice:
  
  To get more accomplished, listen to your body. Scientists have found that people go through a series of highly-active cycles throughout the day. They last from 90 to 120 minutes and are followed by rest intervals of approximately twenty minutes.
  
  If you schedule your most demanding and most important activities for your highly-active periods and leave the less important ones for a rest interval, you can increase your effectiveness and reduce stress.
  
  You can recognize the impending rest cycle by increased yawning, stretching, stiffness and even hunger. Learn to spot these cycles. Relax or take a brief walk before going back to the important tasks.
  
  Learn to use your body’s natural rhythm to accomplish more by performing your most important tasks during peak energy levels.

What Matters Most?

Attitude and communication skill ranked well above test scores when 3000 employers were asked what they considered in hiring non-supervisory and production workers. The respondents ranked the following characteristics on a scale that ranged from one - not important, to five - very important. The following is the rank in order of importance.

1. Applicant’s attitude
2. Applicant’s communication skill
3. Previous work experience
4. Recommendations from current employers
5. Previous employer’s recommendation
6. Industry-based credentials
7. Years of schooling completed
8. Test scores administered as part of
interview
9. Academic performance (grades)
10. Experience or reputation of applicant’s
school

The study was conducted by the National Center on Educational Quality of the Workforce at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1995.

Later this week we will be offering the ultimate e-book for people searching for employment! With topics ranging from Establishing an Abilities Inventory to tip on How To Get Around the Secretary, the Career Search Workbook WILL help you get the job you deserve!

Also, we have read that FedEx Office announced last Wednesday that they will host "FedEx Office Free Resume Printing Day" on March 10, 2009, offering to print up to 25 copies of each customer's resume for free! Call your local FedEx office to inquire.

Finding the Right Fit!

As a business consultant, a designer of staffing systems for fortune 100 companies, and a published author on the subject of staffing, I have made a career out of assisting employers in hiring the most qualified staff. Good employees are the lifeblood of any business. The right people can help take a business to the top; the wrong people can break you. In my book, Smart Staffing: How to Hire, Reward, and Keep Top Employees for your Growing Company, I help employers in their search for hard-working, committed people who share the same vision and business values.

Given the unemployment situation we are facing in America at this time, I have created this website to try to assist employees in finding the work they so desperately need, and to help them find the jobs that are right for them.

Each week I will be offering some proven tactics to identify what you have that employers want, make you stand out as an applicant, how to find the employers who will fulfill your needs professionally, and advice in the process of locating your new career.

Please feel free to forward a link to my site for anyone you know who may need some help.

There are many unemployed and underemployed people who have tremendous capability to help good companies thrive even in these difficult times. It is my goal to help good people find good companies.

I look forward to hearing your feedback, as well!

Wayne Outlaw