As part of your membership we will convert your portfolio and contractors page into a mobile application. That’s right, you will have the full benefits of the website and a mobile website of your own to market your services. Get yourself on the radar and make it easy for employers to want you! Plus! We’ll supply you with a QR code to use on business cards or anywhere you can think of. No other aviation job site offers these type of features to help you get that job!
Another gloomy unemployment report today—more than 400,000 Americans filed for benefits. The numbers are staggering, nearly 14 million Americans are unemployed and if you’re one of those 14 million without a job … life, well … sucks.
So many of those without work have tried for months—even years to get a job … but they can’t.
In his new book 
“WORKAROUNDS THAT WORK: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work,” Russell Bishop writes if you’re without a job, maybe it’s time to consider a “workaround”— a new way of thinking to remove those mental and physical blocks that prevent you from getting a job. Even if what’s preventing you from getting a job is … YOU.
Bishop makes the argument that you may not be moving forward because you’re stuck, doing “the same old strategies and complaining about lack of results.”
He says you need to stop making yourself part of the problem. Bishop’s philosophy also applies to those who have job.
In the following Bishop talks about how it all begins by building your “Contribution Capital.”
The head of HR for a major US company told me last week as we were flying back from Tokyo that her company would not even look at the resume from someone who didn’t already have a job! If you’re out there trying to find work, then you also know you’re up against at least a thousand other applicants for every potential job. How’s that for added pressure!
If you are going to move from victim to victor in this jobs market, you are going to have to find some refreshing ways to stand out. Everyone will tell you that you need to get over the desperation of being an applicant – desperation doesn’t wear well on anyone and certainly not on a job applicant. Instead, how about building your Contribution Capital?
You build Contribution Capital by developing an ownership mindset. The ownership I’m talking about doesn’t mean having a financial stake in the business; instead, ownership means investing in yourself and your prospective employer by developing clearly articulated contributions you can make. The key to building Contribution Capital is your willingness to assume full accountability and response-ability for your current situation and the outcome you would prefer.
Ownership means that if you are going to achieve your dreams rather than settle for the crumbs in today’s market, success is going to come down to you and how you choose to respond to the challenges in front of you.
As much as that has always been true, today’s stark job market points a high intensity spotlight on what you bring to the employment party and your willingness to become accountable for whatever changes you would like to see take place.
Successful owners forego somewhat natural tendencies to blame anyone or anything else for the challenges they face and instead keep contributing to their desired outcomes.
If you want to take charge of your current situation, here are two powerful questions that will help you stand out in the sea of me-too desperation:
Question 1: What can you do to make a difference that requires no one’s permission other than your own?
Question 2: What could you do to make a difference if you had permission, approval, support or cooperation?
As you look for your next opportunity, consider building your Contribution Capital in advance by investing in your prospective employer. Demonstrate that you are an owner by:
Identifying specific businesses that could use your skill, expertise or experience to solve specific problems
Unless you are up against the employer who won’t even consider you unless you already have a job, these simple suggestions may help you stand out as someone who brings the ability to create solutions and develop value. Owners are always looking for other owners, those who are willing to contribute creatively and take response-ability for successful outcomes. Show them you are one who can be counted on to invest their own Contribution Capital.
Russell Bishop is the author of “WORKAROUNDS THAT WORK: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work”
How to survive in the times of recession? The answer is Self-Branding.
In the employment market there are thousands of people working vigorously at finding a job at any given point in time. Everyone has a cover letter and a résumé; everyone works hard searching job boards, networking, and participating in social networking, and thousands are striving to get ahead in their current career. On the contrary, these efforts will never set you apart from others as everyone does the same, tired old thing, perhaps more so in a recession. So what is it that can differentiate you from the crowd – The answer is what we like to call “self branding.”
In marketing, branding is the entire process involved in creating a unique name and image for a product (goods or services) in the consumers’ minds, through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme. The aim of branding is to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market.
You can apply the complicated definition above in the following simple way in order to brand yourself: The CompanyAirplaneJOBS.com portfolio! However, if you opt to brand yourself using the same old methods that everyone else does you become just another scrap of paper in the sea of job seekers attempting to find employment.
Case in point – Recently, CompanyAirplaneJOBS.com was contacted by an aviation employer after they posted a position on another aviation employment website and within hours they received over 3800 traditional paper or web based résumés. The task for this employer became so overwhelming that they contacted CompanyAirplaneJOBS.com to keyword search the database for CompanyAirplaneJOBS.com portfolios. Why did they want to see the portfolios? In the selection process, this employer was going to have to make phone calls to get a feel for the candidates, then they would need to validate certificates and inspect training records – Then, after going through that daunting process, they have to shell out large amounts of money to bring the candidates in for an interview. After they go through this substantial progression it leads to disappointment only to learn that the candidates they picked did not meet their expectations.
Self branding is a process of setting yourself apart from the other people competing with you for a job position. It gives you a competitive edge over the others and thus increases your chances for finding that job. Self-branding involves finding out, enhancing and exposing your unique talents which makes yo u stand out in the crowd. It can be anything, the way you speak, your ability to build relationships and bridge gaps, your managerial qualities, your leadership qualities, innovative ways of doing tasks and more. Your qualities need to become more visible.
There is no better way to spread a message than by letting other people experience it. Your unique qualities should add value and after doing a self assessment and finding your unique talent. If you feel that your talent is not that advanced then you need to hone your skills so that it can be truly beneficial to your job search.
Here are the steps for self branding:
1) Identify your unique qualities.
2) Enhance and develop your talent.
3) Spread awareness – Make others aware.
4) Keep yourself open to new ideas.
5) Showcase your skills and increase visibility.
Start working on the plan for self-branding today by completing your CompanyAirplaneJOBS.com portfolio.
Motivational speaker Tony Robbins summed it up.
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten!”
New CompanyAirplane Website Facilitates Job/Candidate Search
02/11/2009
CompanyAirplane.com has launched a new aviation employment website. Using advances in video technology and a professional logical design, CompanyAirplane.com provides the most up-to-date technology mechanisms existing to assist employers in easily locating the most qualified candidates; and gives job seekers the advantage in landing their next exceptional position.
According to Wolcott, early response to the site has been positive with interest from around the world.
CompanyAirplane.com was developed by a team of career pilots, advertising marketing managers, and several expert Internet Technology personnel who recognized the necessity for an innovative way for employers and job seekers to connect in the 21st century.
CompanyAirplane.com has been in development over the last several years and the leading objective was to integrate a distinctive internet format that makes hiring the right candidate or applying for employment a breeze.
Scott Wolcott, President commented,”It’s extraordinarily competitive now and whatever the candidate can do to set themselves above other applicants is imperative in this job market. Job candidates can use the résumé builder feature, record an introductory video, add pertinent documents for viewing, upload an executive photograph or even attend a live “Inter-Video-View”® right from the comfort of their home.”
According to Wolcott, early response to the site has been positive with interest from around the world. “Although the site is just a few weeks old we have already had two positions posted from a recruiter in Europe and we have had members sign up in Latvia and France,” Wolcott told FlyCorporate. “Anyone can post on the site and apply for the positions and the live video interview section will work from anywhere in the world. The only restriction is that the candidates must be qualified to fly in the location where the job is based.”
