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WHAT CAN YOU OFFER?

The first thing about job hunting is what you can offer, I mean the skills you have. When

an employer pays you a wage or a salary, it is in exchange for your skills, the services you

render to the organization or for the values you add to its products and services. What
every employer looks for in an employee is the value for the wage you will earn and your

overall positive impact or benefit to the organization. No employer will bring you in
without asking what you have to offer. Your worth is in the values you can add to the

organization. That is what an employer pays you for. The values are your skills,
experiences, and competences. The wage you earn is not a freefall, it is the monetary

equivalent in exchange for your skills and competences that have become profitable to

the organization you work for. That is how it works in the labour world.

So, the first question is not whether you are jobless or not, it is whether you have
something to offer? What can you bring on board, how can your skills and competences

improve the organization’s products and services? What are the five things you can do
differently and excellently from the way it is presently done in the office where you seek

employment? Are you employable? Do you have the requisite skills to convince the

employer to choose you above others? Employers love excellence, and that is what they
look for in every prospective employee. Do you have that touch of excellence that will

turn around the fortunes of your employer? Do you have what it takes? Have you
groomed yourself to that desirable level of excellence and brilliance? It is not just enough

going about looking for job, you need to know what you can offer and at what best you
can give it. If you have what it takes, employers will not only employ you, but they will

also do everything possible to retain you.

Before you apply for any opening in an organization, read through the roles expected on

the job and ask yourself the ultimate question "Do I have something to offer them?" "Can
I do things excellently, or differently over there?" Your marketability depends on what

you can offer – your skills, competencies, or expertise. There is no place for dummies,

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