Be different. Have a unique skill or talent that could potentially be useful, but not a lot of people do. That's my advice for any job you really want.

Be different. Have a unique skill or talent that could potentially be useful, but not a lot of people do. That's my advice for any job you really want.

My advice is to develop as many different skills as possible, and not fixate on any one particular job or industry.

In today's corporate environment, the "dream job" or even "dream career" that you will have for 10, 20, 30 years is pretty much a dinosaur. Better to be prepared to switch roles and industries every 3-5 years

Didn't read the article yet - so it my be mentioned...but from my own past experience...the best chance to land a job and start advancing, is to know someone already involved...might not seem fair, but its how the baseball world works. My first job came because I got the name of the GM from my uncle...the next one came because I was recommended by a former pitching coach when his new team had an opening. If you don't have someone helping to grease the wheels for you, you really are just 1 of thousands - the year I went to the winter meetings and the job fair there, every job posted had hundreds of applications...don't know if the market is the same now as it was then, but the employers in the sports world have a lot more leverage than prospective employees - if anything I would imagine the higher unemployment rate has made that worse, not better.

Didn't read the article yet - so it my be mentioned...but from my own past experience...the best chance to land a job and start advancing, is to know someone already involved...might not seem fair, but its how the baseball world works

Isn't this how almost all professions work, especially these days?

Isn't this how almost all professions work, especially these days?

It's how all professions have always worked.

Getting a reccomendation from someone you trust is the best way to avoid true disaster hires. Most people won't put their rep on the line for a terrible candidate, but terrible candidates can often do very well in interview processes.

Like #3 mentioned it's all about who you know. If you don't know anyone, then you put yourself in a position to get to know those people. You work for a minor league team and get to know the area scouts who come to the games. If you're lucky one might start to recommend you. Of course that depends on your social skills and how you communicate with people. Be friendly, smile, ask good questions, get the other person to talk about themselves. Basically it's the blueprint on how to be successful in life.