Browsing the intertubes this morning, I was struck again by how piss-poor I can be at making some of Life's Big Decisions. (I won't even get into my love life; I'm talking simply career choices.)
Ibisworld, the "world's largest independent publisher of U.S. industry research" (read: they know what they're talking about) just released it's list of 10 key industries that are declining, and will continue to do so even if the economy turns around now. And, as it turns out, I have worked in precisely nine of those ten. Yes, really. Here's the list (along with, in parentheses, where I worked in that industry).
10) Video post-production services (Double-Vision Video Services, Lake City, FL)
9) Formal wear and costume rental (Linda's Costumes & Formals, Gainesville, FL)
8) DVD, game, and video rental (Blockbuster, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
7) Newspaper publishing (Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, OH)
6) Mills (Gould, Inc., Minneapolis, MN)
5) Wired telecommunication carriers (Pacific Bell, Los Angeles, CA)
4) Photofinishing - Nope
3) Manufactured home dealers (Nobility Homes, Ocala, FL)
2) Record stores (Camelot Music, Ft. Myers, FL)
1) Apparel manufacturing (PPWE, Lander, WY)
Now, that's a pretty good--or bad, depending on how you choose to see it--indication of several thing. First, I'm lousy at picking careers. Second, I'm great at getting hired. Third, I sure do like to move a lot.
Now, to be fair, I actually tried to work in photofinishing (#4 on the list above), but the manager at the Fotomat didn't like twenty-two year old me for some reason, so I missed out on the sweep after he told me, "Dude, we're not hiring," and tossed my application into the tiny wastebasket in his tiny little yellow hut in the middle of that Kroger parking lot in northwest Houston off of Antoine. (I should look him up and send him a thank you card, no?)
Anyway, that brings me to another point, and perhaps the main one of this site. One of the ebooks CheckeredPath will be publishing this fall concerns how to get a job. Now, there are a million--maybe two million--books out there that'll tell you how to get hired. And some of them may actually help. But this book will be different. I can't give away much at this moment, but I'll tell you this much: in a world where many companies don't show much respect, loyalty, or appreciation to their employees, isn't it silly for employees to grovel? It's a dog eat dog world, friend; this book will tell you how to start eating.
Ibisworld, the "world's largest independent publisher of U.S. industry research" (read: they know what they're talking about) just released it's list of 10 key industries that are declining, and will continue to do so even if the economy turns around now. And, as it turns out, I have worked in precisely nine of those ten. Yes, really. Here's the list (along with, in parentheses, where I worked in that industry).10) Video post-production services (Double-Vision Video Services, Lake City, FL)
9) Formal wear and costume rental (Linda's Costumes & Formals, Gainesville, FL)
8) DVD, game, and video rental (Blockbuster, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
7) Newspaper publishing (Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, OH)
6) Mills (Gould, Inc., Minneapolis, MN)
5) Wired telecommunication carriers (Pacific Bell, Los Angeles, CA)
4) Photofinishing - Nope
3) Manufactured home dealers (Nobility Homes, Ocala, FL)
2) Record stores (Camelot Music, Ft. Myers, FL)
1) Apparel manufacturing (PPWE, Lander, WY)
Now, that's a pretty good--or bad, depending on how you choose to see it--indication of several thing. First, I'm lousy at picking careers. Second, I'm great at getting hired. Third, I sure do like to move a lot.
Now, to be fair, I actually tried to work in photofinishing (#4 on the list above), but the manager at the Fotomat didn't like twenty-two year old me for some reason, so I missed out on the sweep after he told me, "Dude, we're not hiring," and tossed my application into the tiny wastebasket in his tiny little yellow hut in the middle of that Kroger parking lot in northwest Houston off of Antoine. (I should look him up and send him a thank you card, no?)
Anyway, that brings me to another point, and perhaps the main one of this site. One of the ebooks CheckeredPath will be publishing this fall concerns how to get a job. Now, there are a million--maybe two million--books out there that'll tell you how to get hired. And some of them may actually help. But this book will be different. I can't give away much at this moment, but I'll tell you this much: in a world where many companies don't show much respect, loyalty, or appreciation to their employees, isn't it silly for employees to grovel? It's a dog eat dog world, friend; this book will tell you how to start eating.
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