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Somewhere there’s a pearl hiding in an oyster
waiting to be discovered. It would be worth plenty to the owner but
it’s getting harder and harder to find these valuable gems. Corporate
America might call these pearls “talent elite” and the shortage is
likely to get worse before it gets better.
Many companies claim to hire sub-standard
management in an effort to fill positions quickly; deja vu the dotcom
explosion of the ‘90s. In this tech-age some companies can’t even
define talent. Enron hired more than 200 MBAs at the height of
its fame while others went so far as to mix Nobel Prize winners among
their super-achievers.
Even with the best of the best, some companies go
down in greed and mismanagement. As they all compete for ‘human
resources’ they fight the fiercest battle in the high-tech fields. And
a win doesn’t mean you’ll hang onto your prize. Loyalty to the boss
faded fast thanks to downsizing and companies dumping their retirement
plans. Workers feel responsible for their own future today.
You can read where America’s biggest corporations
will lose half their senior managers in the next five years due to the
baby-boomers retiring. It would seem deadly important then, to get a
line of younger high-flyers onboard to promote them into these
vacancies. With this in mind, many are now going global in their search
and regard universities as ideal talent-catching machines.
I remember when companies gave competitive
examinations to recruit alpha minds. It’s not enough today – you have
to work harder to woo potential recruits for high-tech positions.
Companies have added millions to the budget for training and are paying
more attention to employee’s reasons for jumping ship.
UPS was suffering a huge turnover in drivers and
discovered it was because loading the truck each morning was
back-breaking work. They contracted it out to part-timers who are
easier to replace than a good driver. Smart move UPS -- and a
problem-solving high-five!
So okay, I say – we get the picture. While
corporate America scrambles to get the brainiacs, what about the rest of
us? I don’t have an MBA or a high-tech education. Does that mean that
companies don’t want the likes of me? Well no, actually they still need
people to deliver their pizza, change the oil in their cars, and clean
their homes.
Thanks, but no thanks. I know there will always be
unskilled jobs but I also know that a percentage of unskilled workers
can learn to retire prematurely if only they will get a bit smarter with
their money. I learned years ago that working forty hours for a
paycheck would never cut it! Residual or leveraged income set me up for
monies that result from my earlier efforts. Now it keeps on coming with
little or no further attention on my part.
It all began when I was introduced to a fellow who
retired at age 40. This guy was not a Techie by any means; he did 13
years working along side his dad in a machine shop. Then, the Internet
came along and he spent hours searching, reading, and absorbing every
piece of marketing material he could find.
The Internet has produced a gigantic bed of oysters
and – you guessed it – a few carry pearls. They are not any easier to
find online than in the boardrooms of companies but they are there if
you’re a determined hunter. My friend found his pearl and after
enjoying retirement for five years has returned because, he claims, he
misses the excitement of online marketing success. Do it once and it’s
not hard to do it again.
Talent likes to cluster. They feed off of each
other’s brainstorms and enjoy the advantage this affords. They toss
around ideas for new software or a new widget. I find them gathered in
seminars taking turns on the mike, giving interviews on DVDs that sell
for a pittance, and just about everywhere in eBooks and testimonials.
Here then, is a collection of oysters and each one holds a pearl.
Blueprint your new life. Plan your money around
it.
© 2006 Esther Smith
About
the Author: Smith has published numerous articles and writes a blog for
all artists:
http://the-self-taught-artist.com/blog.html
She also coaches new students on how to leave the time-for-money trap and set up
Leveraged Income for life.
http://thepermanentventure.com/dcc.htm If you can’t sing or ride a
bull, you better learn how to make your money work for more money.
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