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analog employees and 'one-way traffic guys' in modern employment. If you do not have

multiple skills or you cannot multitask, forget it, there is nothing for you.

Talking about multi-tasking, why would someone employ you as a sales representative
and at the same time, give you a driver to drive you around and an interpreter to help you

with language difficulties (three persons for a role)? Whereas he can employ a sales
representative who can drive, and as well speak the language of his audience. It has long

ceased to be ‘the one unique thing you are bringing to the table,’ it is now ‘how many

unique things are you bringing with you, and at what level of excellence are you bringing
them in?’ Getting any decent job nowadays is no less serious than that.

Getting a job is not only a matter of who you know, what you know also matters. Real
employers still go for what you know and to what extent you know it. It is not always

about bribing your way through for a job or making kind retributions as with people who
flirtatiously throw their back in bed for employers to court undue favour, multi-talents

and excellence still win. If you want a job in a firm that pays you like a king, do what it
takes to earn like a king? Offer them something they cannot find in other employees, give

them an irresistible offer by displaying excellent skills and competences.

Assuming there are no vacancies matching your skill(s) in any organization or firms

around you, are you confident and competent enough to start something? Do you have
something to offer towards knowledge advancement in your area of expertise? What can

you do differently from the ones we know? What do you have that will make an employer
keep looking for you or restrain him from laying you off? Basic skills are not enough, add

some relevant additional skills to the basic ones you have. You can be a driver with

excellence in map reading and troubleshooting automobiles. A computer literacy with a
proficiency in a foreign language can make you stand out among your equals. Nobody

who can truly do something well should stay jobless.
Reflection

“Getting a job is not only a matter of who you know, what you know also matters.”

Poser
What is one thing you are good at, and can do differently if employed?

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