African American Education-Raising the Benchmark
Home Invites Members Groups Events Directories Videos Marketplace News Photos Blogs Polls Forums Chat
Home > Blogs > Post Content

Life's Lessons 6-Marketable Skills (130 hits)


TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS lesson 6
Marketable Skills PLAN B

An education is essential. It is a key that opens doors. It tells potential employers that you are trainable and that you can endure and complete assigned tasks.

Sadly, it does NOT guarantee employment. (I wish it did) Even a job in today’s world is not enough. There is NO “job security”. It does not exist as it once did. It right to work states (The one in which I reside) you may be fired for no reason. In any state you can not have a job from one day to the next. You can lose your job because your company outsourced all the tasks you were performing to India (or any other country), You could have been the TOP PERFORMER one day and have no job the next.

Enough with the bad news. So what? What is the ACTION STEP?

ACTION STEP:

Learn Marketable Skills
Learn a marketable skill. Learn as marketable skills as possible.
How do you know what is a marketable skill? Look at the classified ads in your area’s largest newspaper. What skills are employers willing to pay for? Here are some ideas of marketable skills that will always be needed: barbers, cosmetologists, Microsoft A+ certified technicians, decorative stone designers. Additionally get ANY certifications you can. Try to have a wall full of them. Look at the course catalogs of technical schools, See if any of the listed courses seem interesting to you.

Establish a PLAN B.
After examining the world of marketing skills, find one that you would be HAPPY doing. The only difference in work and play is in your mind. (Work equal force times distance. If you think about it, play exerts force, usually over some distance). While you are gainfully employed, seek an alternate job, just to see how marketable you are. Start thinking about your Plan B TODAY. The sooner the better. If you go to college, don’t just get a bachelor’s degree, get a teaching certificate in addition.


Get a Marketable Hobby
I love model railroading. I discovered you can actually make a living selling model railroading paraphernalia on EBay. Find a hobby. Almost all hobbies can be converted to cash. Beadwork
Candle & Soap Making
Crochet
Cross-Stitch
Drawing / Sketching
Jewelry Making
Knitting
Needlepoint
Painting
Pottery
Quilting
Rubber Stamping
Scrapbooking
Sewing
Woodworking
Can be converted to cash


It is never too early to implant these thoughts in our youth.
Posted By: William Lambert
Sunday, August 9th 2009 at 10:11AM
You can also click here to view all posts by this author...

Report obscenity | post comment
Share |
Please Login To Post Comments...
Email:
Password:

 
More From This Author
The Bad Side of Technology-Protect yourself
Goals 1
How to be Happy
FlashCards-AGAIN
A MUST SEE for people of COLOR
A MUST SEE for people of COLOR
How to save money
Make A Sentence
Forward This Blog Entry!
Blogs Home

(Advertise Here)
Latest News
knowledge
>> more | add
Latest Photos
>> more | add
Latest Member Activity
the blog king david johnson sr just commented on a blog entitled ' jen fad dont run now ,,,,,what's good for the 'geese is good for the gander', eh.'. 12:26AM
c brewster just became a new member. 08:14PM
edc creations just posted a blog entitled 'sneak peek: passing love by jacqueline e. luckett '. 05:58AM
clear sea just became a new member. 03:28AM
william hanks just posted a blog entitled 'armani watch natural and unrestrained confident source'. 12:49AM
talibah bakhit just posted a blog entitled 'still the battle is not over——carmelite earls awaits the illinois supreme court ruling'. 04:13PM
talibah bakhit just posted a blog entitled 'students of the north lawndale community news journalism class visit abc 7 news'. 04:11PM
talibah bakhit just edited her profile. 04:09PM
okpara nosakhere just posted a blog entitled 'why teenagers appear to be lost and how we can save them'. 02:26AM
nasir muhammad just edited his profile. 12:34PM
okpara nosakhere just posted a blog entitled 'african american elders day'. 05:20PM
okpara nosakhere just invited 103 new member(s). 04:52PM
>> more | invite friends