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Looking For A Job? Don’t Look Where You Don’t Want To Go!

In 1991 I was downsized when the company I worked for decided to move to another state 2,000 miles across the country. Out  of work and worried about how I was going to pay my bills, I did what most of you, who have been laid off, are doing. I started looking for a job. 

Back then I thought I wanted to work in the non-profit world where I had extensive personal experience and it was going to be a career change. I began networking and applying to any non-profit organization that I thought could pay me a decent salary.

Nearly a year of interviews with various organizations led to a six month interim General Director’s position at a four branch YMCA.  For the most part the work was enjoyable; however, I quickly realized that it was not what I wanted to be doing, nor did I want to work in the non-profit sector. In fact, I often found myself sitting in an interview wondering why I was there and trying to figure out how I could politely end it.

What I really wanted to do was to be more in control of my own destiny, by having my own business.  I had spent a nearly a whole year looking for work and another six months working in an area where I didn’t want to be in before I started my first business venture.

I’ve had a number of business ventures in the past seventeen years, all of which have prepared me for what I really love doing; coaching, and advising individuals on reaching success in their life and business.  I haven’t completed my journey yet, but I assure you I know exaclty where it is I want to go and accomplish. 

How about you?  Do you know where you want to go? If so, great! Spend time preparing yourself to get there.  If not, take time to analyze yourself to see where it is you really want to go. Zero in on it, and begin to think and prepare yourself to get there.  Keep a positive mental attitude, no matter how difficult that may be at times, and visualize your being where it is you want to be.  You may surprise yourself and get there sooner than you expected.  And, like me, you may not finish up where you thought you would when you started out.

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Reduce your risk of a lawsuit develop an Employee Handbook.

Do your employees know where they stand regarding vacation policy, dress code, code of conduct, sexual harassment and other human resource issues?  If not, maybe it’s time to put those policies in writing by developing an employee handbook.

A good employee handbook will contain the following information:

1. A disclaimer specifying that employment with your firm does not guarantee lifetime employment.

2. Your employment policies regarding work hours, pay, vacation, holidays, performance evaluations, tuition reimbursement, health and other insurances, retirement programs, employee discipline, termination, training, dress code, personal hygiene, body art (tattoos), ethics and other items that affect employment.

3.  You should also include a company organization chart .

The employee handbook is a useful tool to explain your company’s policies and help orient employees to company beliefs and how they are expected to perform.  The handbook also provides you with a measure of legal protection should an employee sue you for wrongful termination, sexual harassment, discrimination, or any other reason. 

The employee handbook doesn’t have to spell out specifics on what the employee should do in every situation, but it should contain enough information to let the employee know what your value system is as an employer relative to your employees and conducting business in general

It won’t necessarily prevent you from being sued, but it will strengthen your position in court if your policies are in writing.

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