Comments on: Jobspiration-When the Going Gets Tough…

By: JT

JT — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:45:03 +0000

Great article Lisa. As you know anything that relates to Jobs and inspiration is what The Legacy Productions is about. In addition to JOBzTV, we just launched a new unbound marketing campaign featuring Will Smith’s video which is incredibly inspirational in these times. You can watch it at our Legacy Productions Blog Site here: http://thelegacyproductions.wordpress.com/the-one-brick-at-a-time_will-smith-campaign/

â€œONE BRICK AT A TIME CAMPAIGN.â€œ The Legacy Productions announced it initiated on December 1, 2009 a new Viral Marketing Campaign designed to demonstrate the effect of using â€œengaging videoâ€ in order to cause a significant inbound marketing effect. The inspirational Will Smith video medley found below was compiled and initially distributed on YouTube. At the time of the ONE BRICK AT A TIME CAMPAIGN launching the video had 154,000+ views at one YouTube site and 651 ratings. The Legacy Productions feels this video interview is extraordinary and inspiring, particularly in these challenging economic times. The Legacy Productions has announced the goal of increasing the number of views to over 1,000,000 views by March 1, 2010. During the ONE BRICK AT A TIME Campaign, The Legacy Productions will use its viral and inbound marketing skill sets together with techniques developed by HubSpot throughout the Internet social media and blogosphere worlds in order to accomplish this objective. We will be working very hard at accomplishing this goal.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:42:34 +0000

Thank you. That is exactly what I needed to hear this morning.

By: Claribel Cuevas

Claribel Cuevas — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:39:22 +0000

Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Kristen Ann Winslet

Kristen Ann Winslet — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:38:23 +0000

This is perhaps the most difficult environment for job seekers in history. With the advent of the internet and the ability to submit applications anywhere, the task has become daunting. For Job Seekers and HR Staff.

To give you an example, I have been actively seeking employment for 14 months. I have had over 1,000 hits on my Monster.com & CareerBuilder.com profiles, (most notable job boards) during this time. I have also developed my Linked-In profile adding 1 connection per day on average. I have posted my resume on countless job boards as I discover them day after day.

From all of this effort, I have only been able to interview in-person 25 times. Each time I believe that this is the one, this is the best interview I have ever had, and nothing comes of it. In fact, most of the time, I never hear from them again. I have had lots of phone interviews and I can’t tell you how many recruiter interviews, in-person and by phone. I have had my resume re-written time after time and updated my profiles over and over again.

The article above gives lots of food for thought and is a good guide. In these difficult times, you have got to keep going, get back up on that horse and run. Run, Run Run and then Run some more. I search every day, every night, holidays, and weekends.

Never doubt your skills, your experience and keep your chin up. There are more people out there like you than you know. Never give up, never surrender . . .