Comments on: Does Your Personality Fit The Business? http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/ Create Some Zoom Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nikki http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-35333 Nikki Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:55 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-35333 I like this article and I always knew this to be true. The problem that I am encountering is finding the right opportunity to fit my lifestyle. I have not come across a business opportunity that I feel I would enjoy. I have been searching and am willing to put in the time and money to learn whatever industry/skill set I would need to enter the business. I am thinking that the business opportunity for me is out there, I just have not discovered it yet. I like this article and I always knew this to be true. The problem that I am encountering is finding the right opportunity to fit my lifestyle. I have not come across a business opportunity that I feel I would enjoy. I have been searching and am willing to put in the time and money to learn whatever industry/skill set I would need to enter the business. I am thinking that the business opportunity for me is out there, I just have not discovered it yet.

]]> By: Forget Loss Leaders; Profit is Non-Negotiable | Zoomstart http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-9903 Forget Loss Leaders; Profit is Non-Negotiable | Zoomstart Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:50:30 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-9903 [...] none of these options involves you taking a hit on a loss leader. You’re in business to make a profit. Profit is [...] [...] none of these options involves you taking a hit on a loss leader. You’re in business to make a profit. Profit is [...]

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5397 Shane Tue, 27 May 2008 00:13:27 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-5397 Hi Jessica, Having a degree is a great asset. Truly. But it's not experience. There are a million things that you're going to encounter in the real world that will never be covered in a classroom. It's only once you get experience that you can really value the difference between having it and not having it. A lot of employers can't train people because they don't have the leadership talent to do so. It's really that simple. They don't because they can't. But there are some ways around this ... 1) Keep searching until you find an employer who IS willing to develop talent. They're out there. 2) Know that you may have to "start at the bottom" and take a reduced wage or lesser position in the company to get some experience. 3) Be the leader. Use whatever knowledge and experience you have to sell yourself as a valuable asset to the company. In other words, walk in there and tell them what YOU can do for them. Show them how you can make them money, save them money, or otherwise provide some real tangible benefits. You'll always run into micro-managers who criticize everything and at the same time don't know how to provide proper direction. In those cases, you either go with the flow or you move on. Hi Jessica,

Having a degree is a great asset. Truly. But it’s not experience. There are a million things that you’re going to encounter in the real world that will never be covered in a classroom.

It’s only once you get experience that you can really value the difference between having it and not having it.

A lot of employers can’t train people because they don’t have the leadership talent to do so. It’s really that simple. They don’t because they can’t. But there are some ways around this …

1) Keep searching until you find an employer who IS willing to develop talent. They’re out there.

2) Know that you may have to “start at the bottom” and take a reduced wage or lesser position in the company to get some experience.

3) Be the leader. Use whatever knowledge and experience you have to sell yourself as a valuable asset to the company. In other words, walk in there and tell them what YOU can do for them. Show them how you can make them money, save them money, or otherwise provide some real tangible benefits.

You’ll always run into micro-managers who criticize everything and at the same time don’t know how to provide proper direction. In those cases, you either go with the flow or you move on.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-5394 Jessica Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:25 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-5394 How do you find out what kind of work you like doing, if certain companies in the field you're interested in, won't even give you a chance to step into the job and see for yourself? I am interested in administrative work, but seeing as offices are not willing to take a chance on a rookie, who obviously HAS administrative skills, but has not been given the opportunity to develop them, how does one get their "foot in the door," then? Nowadays, even when you have a "degree" in a particular field, they don't want to hire you because you don't have "the experience." It's a bunch of baloney, if you ask me. If you have the DEGREE, then you have the EXPERIENCE. A friend of mine is unable to get a job in the nursing field, simply because she doesn't have the "experience." She has the degree. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Are employers just too LAZY to train talented people into doing the job right? I consider myself very teachable, however, if my employer is not willing to train me, or see that I do the job right, how am I ever going to do it the way that HE wants me to do it? (I'm a very opinionated person, as you can see, but I've learned the hard way that if you don't speak up when you disagree with your employer, you're going to be in a peck of trouble.) My arguments seem logical, do they not? Why aren't employers willing to train? Hmm???..... -Jessica How do you find out what kind of work you like doing, if certain companies in the field you’re interested in, won’t even give you a chance to step into the job and see for yourself? I am interested in administrative work, but seeing as offices are not willing to take a chance on a rookie, who obviously HAS administrative skills, but has not been given the opportunity to develop them, how does one get their “foot in the door,” then? Nowadays, even when you have a “degree” in a particular field, they don’t want to hire you because you don’t have “the experience.” It’s a bunch of baloney, if you ask me. If you have the DEGREE, then you have the EXPERIENCE. A friend of mine is unable to get a job in the nursing field, simply because she doesn’t have the “experience.” She has the degree. It just doesn’t make any sense to me. Are employers just too LAZY to train talented people into doing the job right? I consider myself very teachable, however, if my employer is not willing to train me, or see that I do the job right, how am I ever going to do it the way that HE wants me to do it? (I’m a very opinionated person, as you can see, but I’ve learned the hard way that if you don’t speak up when you disagree with your employer, you’re going to be in a peck of trouble.) My arguments seem logical, do they not? Why aren’t employers willing to train? Hmm???…..
-Jessica

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Shane Mon, 14 May 2007 04:40:04 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-678 Andreas, That's a great story. I've done a couple things I wasn't totally jazzed about. Never works. No matter how great the idea is. When you really love it, it can take a little time, but the cash always comes. Andreas,

That’s a great story. I’ve done a couple things I wasn’t totally jazzed about. Never works. No matter how great the idea is. When you really love it, it can take a little time, but the cash always comes.

]]> By: Andreas Bard http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Andreas Bard Sun, 13 May 2007 18:15:13 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-670 I have an perfect example of this. A guy I consulted to start a company wanted to start an online business and started out with niches he had no interest or knowledge in. It just did not fit him, and he did not earn a dollar. My advise to him was to do something he really loves, and his first answer to my question was music and guitar playing. I helped him out and this guy now owns 2 different succesful websites teaching guitar playing online and that is earning him a nice income. // Andreas Bard I have an perfect example of this. A guy I consulted to start a company wanted to start an online business and started out with niches he had no interest or knowledge in. It just did not fit him, and he did not earn a dollar.

My advise to him was to do something he really loves, and his first answer to my question was music and guitar playing. I helped him out and this guy now owns 2 different succesful websites teaching guitar playing online and that is earning him a nice income.

// Andreas Bard

]]> By: AndreasBard.com » Blog Archive » Fellow Entrepreneurs Wrote (6) http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-669 AndreasBard.com » Blog Archive » Fellow Entrepreneurs Wrote (6) Sun, 13 May 2007 18:09:03 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-669 [...] Does Your Personality Fit The Business? That is a question that gets discussed by Shane on Zoomstart.com. [...] [...] Does Your Personality Fit The Business? That is a question that gets discussed by Shane on Zoomstart.com. [...]

]]> By: coopreme internet marketing http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-650 coopreme internet marketing Sat, 12 May 2007 18:19:24 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-650 sound like could have been chasing the money and not his true interest sound like could have been chasing the money and not his true interest

]]> By: Shane http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Shane Fri, 11 May 2007 22:22:18 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-636 Hey Scot, Thanks! Ithink this story is a good reminder that not only do you have to love the business you're in, but the business has to love you too. Andreas, Glad you liked it! It's hard when you're advising people about business. A lot of times they want to do what's "hot", because they've seen someone else succeed at it. Not always the best choice. Hey Scot,

Thanks! Ithink this story is a good reminder that not only do you have to love the business you’re in, but the business has to love you too.

Andreas,

Glad you liked it! It’s hard when you’re advising people about business. A lot of times they want to do what’s “hot”, because they’ve seen someone else succeed at it. Not always the best choice.

]]> By: Andreas Bard http://www.zoomstart.com/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/comment-page-1/#comment-625 Andreas Bard Fri, 11 May 2007 14:51:11 +0000 http://www.zoomstart.com/2007/05/10/does-your-personality-fit-the-business/#comment-625 Excellent post Shane. It is 100% true, and I have seen examples of this too. I always advice people I have helped to start their own business too look at their personality and at their interests before deciding on what sort of business to start. // Andreas Bard Excellent post Shane. It is 100% true, and I have seen examples of this too. I always advice people I have helped to start their own business too look at their personality and at their interests before deciding on what sort of business to start.

// Andreas Bard

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