Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A URO for Job Seekers?


If you find you need help finding a job, then maybe it's time to look at things differently. 

This TED (or TED-like) presentation shows the process one young guy went through. Job hunting as a college graduate looking for some decent employment in the 2008 economy was not easy. Hunting jobs was not easy for anyone at that time. The way he dealt with the situation was innovative and it led him to create, essentially, an URO (UnRefusable Offer) type of offer to present to employers he wanted to work with. Although he probably did not look at the situation through his customers' (the hiring organizations) eyes, he did realize how his offer greatly reduces their risk. Best of all - it worked.

Past thoughts about hiring

2 comments:

Tal said...

This is good stuff. The problem is what do you do when you are not in your 20's and want to start all over again....

Unknown said...

Tal,
I see this video as a great example and a proof that you can create something that will essentially become a URO or a DCE for a person, not just for organizations.
So first order of the day is to realize that you can. Next comes the hard work of figuring out how you are going to do it - will this idea work for you with some tweaks or do you have to come up with something totally new? I think you can use the TP tools (maybe the PRT?) or build an S&T tree, just remember that these tools require enough information/knowledge to avoid GIGO, so perhaps your next step should really be figuring out what questions to ask and where to find the answers.
Hope I'm helping
Orion