Need a Good Agent?

So, it was perhaps a key word search which brought you to FinancialJobBank.com or Nexxt. Still, maybe you have read blogs you like at these sites in the past and are here again, yet you have never taken advantage of the free membership, and why should you, you ask?

Well, I had a friend once who said that “I tell ya.” was a catch phrase that could be used to respond to any question or accusation depending on the tone or inflection used when using the phrase. So with that I will “tell ya,” if you will indulge my habit of storytelling, why this career site may very well help you.

First let me say, I am not a career writer. I retired from a successful business that dealt in industrial water treatment and write for this site because I wanted to fill my time up with something meaningful. What happened almost immediately was I discovered that I loved writing.

I have two English Degrees, so you would think that I would have known this, but like quite a few people who went to college, it's surprising how little you use much of your degree in life. It’s almost like a doctor who spends so much time in the field of say eye surgery that he or she has forgotten how to take a temperature.

I also discovered that I loved helping people find jobs. And if you have read my previous blogs, you have discovered that I pull no punches. I believe these sites are valuable tools. I wouldn’t write for them if they weren't; I don’t need the money. I'm proud of the resources these sites offer for those seeking employment.

For one thing you can post a resume on the sites for free. There are also job e-mail alerts. And as I wrote, membership is free. It's the businesses that pay to post job openings on the sites because they're using us as a resource to find people like you. These sites are middlemen which link job seekers with employers, and that's what makes them so good.

I know the word middleman has a bad connotation because false advertisements have demonized the middleman. (I used the word; as a matter of fact, as an attention grabber because of that very demonization). Actually nearly every business is a middleman. The grocer doesn't grow corn and can it. Even the guy selling chemicals out of his trunk to a drycleaner bragging that his prices are so cheap because he cut out the middleman is a middleman.

We need middlemen because a good middleman is also an expert. A good middleman offers advice and services which a business really needs done well. The point is a better word for middleman is agent. The question really is then, ”How good is your agent?”

These websites act as your agent because they link you to good solid tools, and the sites have a large number of views from many top corporations looking for talented people. The sites allow you to put forward yourself through this media for free using the services the sites have to offer.

There are also companies that advertise with our websites that offer services like resume writing for example at reasonable fees. This helps those who may not be as strong in some areas of creating a portfolio as others. However, if you don't need the pay services because of your strengths, you have the exact same access to employers as people who use those services. It's the businesses that pay to find you.

And everything's just a click away.

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Jeffrey Ruzicka

Jeffrey Ruzicka is a retired executive of a small company that specializes in industrial water treatment. He lives happily with his wife in Western Pennsylvania and is a contributing writer toFinancialJobBank,FinancialJobBankBlog, ConstructionJobForce, ConstructionJobForceBlog and Nexxt.