The Mentor | #51 | Opportunity

Each month, I share 3 things I've read on skills, careers, and personal development.

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. -Unknown

Jobs are tough. That is why they call it work.

Finding the right opportunity is even more difficult. I certainly do not envy students graduating over the next few years, or looking for summer internships, or otherwise. It will be hard, it could be discouraging, but persistence will always prevail.

On the other hand, it has never been easier to have a ‘real-world resume’. Not in the form of a piece of paper, but in the form of output: what you have done or created. Whether it’s writing online, publishing on YouTube, creating graphics, building a business, jobs, internships, or otherwise. Your contribution and creation become your ‘real-world resume’.

In addition to your ‘real-world resume’, there are 3 other things that I think can be helpful:

1. Write a great resume, to go with your ‘real-world resume’. Seek the people that will be interested in it.

2. Speak well. This is one of the skills rarely taught in school, that can make all the difference in how you show up.

3. Seek progression. Regardless of where you start, distinguish yourself by seeking progression (not in your words, but in your actions).

The articles below cover each of these items.

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1

Simple, clear, impact-oriented, and showcases your real-world resume.

Resume

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2

You always remember someone that is clear, confident, and insightful. Speaking well is something that almost no one is ‘born with’, it’s just practice and repetition. The best way to learn is to watch yourself in arrears (although it is painful).

Speak

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3

It’s all about what you do, not what you say, think, or ask for.

Progression