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Career Crime: Entitled
You’re guilty if
- You believe that employers owe you something because of: Your grades, Your degree, Your years with a company, Your years of experience, Or for any other reason
Sentence
- Surprise when you find out that no one owes you anything
- You get labeled as “entitled”
- People don’t hire you
Avoid it By
- Understanding the problems employers need to solve and how your background and skills can be used to help them
- Making the primary focus of your communications with employers what you can do for them
Challenges
- Putting yourself second, behind employers needs may not be natural
- The way you’ve been treated in life up until now has made actually made you feel entitled
Use Career Foresight to
- Squash limiting beliefs about what people owe you – Redefine
- Fill your Toolbox with things you learn employers are looking for in employees, and the problems they need to solve
- Track Attributes that you have that employers need
- Log your Stories about how you’ve helped employers and volunteer groups in the past
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