Job Search or Pursuing a Career?

Are you looking for a job or pursuing a career?

Have you found your true vocational passion?

Can you realistically assess your strengths and attributes for job?

Do you know what employers look for?

Do you know how to defining your job search plan?

We can help! We have several tools available that can assist you in not only finding a career that evokes passion but we can also assist you in providing your future employer with a true sense of who you are!

Did you know that many employers are now having their applicants take an series of assessment tests geared to show them how you scored on integrity, honesty, and work ethic?

Why not set yourself apart from other applicants by providing your employer with your Assessment scores! Show them that you have initiative, drive, and are truly the best applicant! Get that dream job today! Read more here

Still trying to figure out what your passion is? Our Career Search Workbook can simplify that! Order it today

Ready for a change but unsure what that change should be? Our Career Counseling program can assist you no matter what stage of life you are in. Contact us today!

Search Parameters

You must look at your Search for a new job as a journey of self-discovery. As with any journey, you must set objectives and boundaries of where you would like the destination to be within. It is very important to sit down and examine yourself, your career, and your personal situation to determine your Search Parameters. Make sure your responses are reasonable and realistic, based on your particular circumstances. Only you can set your Search Parameters. However, it is essential that you set them correctly and in a way that is comfortable to you.

The parameters you set in such factors as location, income, industry, and job content will determine the areas to focus your efforts on, as well as the time and difficulty of your Search. If your parameters are too general or unclear, you will spend time and effort pursuing situations you would not find acceptable in the end. This will result in a waste of time and effort and could cause you to become discouraged. If your Search Parameters are too narrow or unrealistic, you may become discouraged because few of the situations you uncover fit your criteria.

It is essential in the beginning to develop a realistic and reasonable set of Search Parameters based on your own goals and values. Now let's begin an introspective analysis of what you want in a career. Any journey begins with the first step so begin now.

To set your Search Parameters, you must examine the industries, your ideal job, and your ideal company; then you can formulate your responses into your Search Parameters. After completing the Search Parameters, you might want to review them with a significant person in your life.

You may not be able to achieve everything you want, so it is important to rank your priorities in making this important decision. This will allow you to be more objective if you must make tough choices later.

(Excerpt from Career Search Workbook by Wayne Outlaw, called the "Staffing Expert" by the Wall Street Journal). Buy it here

Free Workshop for the Unemployed and Under-employed of South Carolina

Today's news told a horrifying story of the current economic situation in South Carolina. The unemployment rate has reached 11%--the highest since the 1980's. Add in the number of South Carolinians that are UNDER employed in their jobs, we have a critical situation here.

After viewing some comments on LinkedIN by Citadel Grads stating what a difficult time they were having in finding employment, I knew I had to help. As a way of helping the community, my company (with sponsorship by many local companies) is holding a free workshop for unemployed and UNDER-employed individuals in the Charleston area. We are calling the workshop the True Success Workshop and hope to hold it the week of the 20th of April. The workshop will focus on such things as:

• Do you want a job or a career?
• Realistically assessing your strengths and attributes for a job
• Are you sabotaging your career?

I will also be offering advice for individuals wishing to start their own companies or desire Career Coaching to excel in any field.

We would like feedback to know what concerns you at this time. Please forward all emails to Tamara@outlawgroup.com and she will compile these for me to address at the Workshop. Please keep checking back for dates, times, and location. Also, we will be taking excerpts from the Career Search Workbook so you may want to purchase it prior to the workshop (but this is not necessary).