Still More Advice for Ex-offenders looking for
Jobs
By: Eric Mayo
You have been recently released
and need a job to get on with the rest of your life. Hopefully you
have learned that life is all about choices. The choices you
continue to make will shape your life. The job search is all about
choices too.
Because you have a criminal record, you will be
faced with different challenges than the average job seeker. Your
record will make your job search more interesting. There is a
choice to be made here too. You can do what many ex-offenders do
and hope that a prospective employer will not hold your record
against you. Another choice is, you can make yourself legitimately
competitive in the open employment market by developing the skills
and attitudes that will allow you to compete for a job.
Can you
tell an employer in five minutes or less what you can do and how
your skills can benefit him? How is your dress? Do you look like
you are going to a club or to hang out with some friends or do you
look like a businessman with a product to sell? Do you have
definite plan of action that includes of prospective employers to
call on? Do have a resume that outlines you skills, experience or
qualifications? If you answered “No” to any one of these
questions, you have some work to do.
Step One: Identify
your skills. I bet if you really look, you have at least 30 skills
that would benefit an employer.
Step Two: Develop a
resume that a prospective employer can look at and get an idea of
what type of person you are and what you have to offer.
Step
Three: Decide what type of work you want to do and how your
skills will help you be successful in the field you choose.
Step Four: Develop a list of prospective employers to call on.
Get help from friends, relatives, and members of your community to
help you get leads for open jobs. That is called “Networking.”
Step Five: Get your wardrobe together. The clothing you
wear both on your job search and interviews should be neat, clean
and professional. Your clothes should say “I am the person for
this job!”
Step Six: Practice you interview skills.
Anticipate questions and practice answering until your responses
sound confident and natural
One additional choice you must make
is to never give up!
For more great advice for ex-offenders
looking for work, visit
http://www.JailtoJob.com.
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Eric Mayo
specializes in professional and personal development with special
emphasis on life skills and job readiness training. Eric has over
20 years of corporate and educational experience which he uses to
help people improve the quality of their lives. Mr. Mayo has a
degree in Business Administration from Seton Hall University where
he was a standout member of both the Pirate football and wrestling
teams. An author and lecturer, Eric is the author of the books,
“From Jail to a Job", “The Teenager’s Guide to Getting a Job" ,
“The Secret to Getting Better Grades", and has addressed, among
others, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Charles Hamilton
Institute for Race and Justice of the Harvard School of Law. He is
an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and has spent his
life committed to community empowerment. Eric has been studying,
learning, applying and executing the art of personal achievement
and leadership throughout his career. It is truly his passion and
his gift. He combines a straightforward approach and real-world
perspective with a presentation style that is inspirational and
motivational. His primary message is, “Independence through
Self-Reliance." You can contact Eric at
www.Jailtojob.com.
