Excellent Follow-up to What I Wish Recruiters Knew

Excellent Follow-up to What I Wish Recruiters Knew Yesterday there were 14 (and counting) excellent comments on my post about what I wish recruiters knew. Most of them were from recruiters and all of them were thoughtful. Its obviously a sore spot for lots of folks, which seems to stem from misunderstandings about the roles. Ill follow-up on various points in different posts but I wanted to highlight one specific issue having a recruiter follow-up. My frustration was that I would get no e-mail reply or returned phone call from most of the 30 recruiters that I had initiated a relationship with. It was so frustrating and not what I expected from people who I thought were in the people business. It didnt help that in my last job I was high enough up that I always got replies from everyone and now I was less than a nobody. Poor more salt in my wound, please! What do the recruiters have to say about the follow-up? Here are 4 quotes from the comments yesterday: Carl Chapman, Executive Restaurant Recruiter: The fact is that they do have a follow-up system. You see there are three piles Can use right away, maybe later, and Can’t Help. The can’t help pile is the circular file Harry Joiner, the Marketing Headhunter: I liken being a busy recruiter to being a triage nurse in an emergency room: It’s tough to be the one to decide who gets treated and who dies in the waiting room, but that’s my job. Rob Merrill, Utah Tech Recruiter: The hard thing my candidates don’t realize sometime, is that we receive about 200-300 emails a day from candidates. Lucas Arnold, People Driven Solutions: I think i am looking at it from the wrong way from the jobseeker (Jason comment: I hope that recruiters never stop looking at it from the jobseeker perspective. Im not sure what expert recruiter and Big Biller Bill Vick has to say about this, as his emphasis is teaching recruiters to be more successful than they can imagine, but I hope that there is some emphasis on developing long-term relationships with candidates.) Harrys analogy (the triage nurse) helps me get it best. But it sure sucks when you are the one that gets neglected. So, heres an excellent example of follow-up that I saw from Harry after I e-mailed him. Its an auto-responder. Note the content of this e-mail is much more than just Ill get back to you when I can check this out (Im only linking out to one link, because it is awesome): Thanks for your email. I will respond to it shortly. Please Double-Click here to Download my vCard: http://getvcard.com/dogetvcard.asp?UID=n5u3c6R then forward this email to a talented colleague. Kind regards, Harry Joiner www.MarketingHeadhunter.com As seen in the WSJs Career Journal Online NEW for Candidates: www.28-Job-Search-Tips.com 28 Job Search Tips? He is already doing what I wrote yesterday if I wanted to work with Harry (Im not a marketer) then I could read his blog and see his tips awesome! He is sharing relevent tools, techniques and information to help me understand where we go from here. Kudos Harry, for having this in place already! And its in an auto-responder, so everyone that e-mails him gets it! Excellent Follow-up to What I Wish Recruiters Knew Yesterday there were 14 (and counting) excellent comments on my post about what I wish recruiters knew. Most of them were from recruiters and all of them were thoughtful. Its obviously a sore spot for lots of folks, which seems to stem from misunderstandings about the roles. Ill follow-up on various points in different posts but I wanted to highlight one specific issue having a recruiter follow-up. My frustration was that I would get no e-mail reply or returned phone call from most of the 30 recruiters that I had initiated a relationship with. It was so frustrating and not what I expected from people who I thought were in the people business. It didnt help that in my last job I was high enough up that I always got replies from everyone and now I was less than a nobody. Poor more salt in my wound, please! What do the recruiters have to say about the follow-up? Here are 4 quotes from the comments yesterday: Carl Chapman, Executive Restaurant Recruiter: The fact is that they do have a follow-up system. You see there are three piles Can use right away, maybe later, and Can’t Help. The can’t help pile is the circular file Harry Joiner, the Marketing Headhunter: I liken being a busy recruiter to being a triage nurse in an emergency room: It’s tough to be the one to decide who gets treated and who dies in the waiting room, but that’s my job. Rob Merrill, Utah Tech Recruiter: The hard thing my candidates don’t realize sometime, is that we receive about 200-300 emails a day from candidates. Lucas Arnold, People Driven Solutions: I think i am looking at it from the wrong way from the jobseeker (Jason comment: I hope that recruiters never stop looking at it from the jobseeker perspective. Im not sure what expert recruiter and Big Biller Bill Vick has to say about this, as his emphasis is teaching recruiters to be more successful than they can imagine, but I hope that there is some emphasis on developing long-term relationships with candidates.) Harrys analogy (the triage nurse) helps me get it best. But it sure sucks when you are the one that gets neglected. So, heres an excellent example of follow-up that I saw from Harry after I e-mailed him. Its an auto-responder. Note the content of this e-mail is much more than just Ill get back to you when I can check this out (Im only linking out to one link, because it is awesome): Thanks for your email. I will respond to it shortly. Please Double-Click here to Download my vCard: http://getvcard.com/dogetvcard.asp?UID=n5u3c6R then forward this email to a talented colleague. Kind regards, Harry Joiner www.MarketingHeadhunter.com As seen in the WSJs Career Journal Online NEW for Candidates: www.28-Job-Search-Tips.com 28 Job Search Tips? He is already doing what I wrote yesterday if I wanted to work with Harry (Im not a marketer) then I could read his blog and see his tips awesome! He is sharing relevent tools, techniques and information to help me understand where we go from here. Kudos Harry, for having this in place already! And its in an auto-responder, so everyone that e-mails him gets it! Excellent Follow-up to What I Wish Recruiters Knew Yesterday there were 14 (and counting) excellent comments on my post about what I wish recruiters knew. Most of them were from recruiters and all of them were thoughtful. Its obviously a sore spot for lots of folks, which seems to stem from misunderstandings about the roles. Ill follow-up on various points in different posts but I wanted to highlight one specific issue having a recruiter follow-up. My frustration was that I would get no e-mail reply or returned phone call from most of the 30 recruiters that I had initiated a relationship with. It was so frustrating and not what I expected from people who I thought were in the people business. It didnt help that in my last job I was high enough up that I always got replies from everyone and now I was less than a nobody. Poor more salt in my wound, please! What do the recruiters have to say about the follow-up? Here are 4 quotes from the comments yesterday: Carl Chapman, Executive Restaurant Recruiter: The fact is that they do have a follow-up system. You see there are three piles Can use right away, maybe later, and Can’t Help. The can’t help pile is the circular file Harry Joiner, the Marketing Headhunter: I liken being a busy recruiter to being a triage nurse in an emergency room: It’s tough to be the one to decide who gets treated and who dies in the waiting room, but that’s my job. Rob Merrill, Utah Tech Recruiter: The hard thing my candidates don’t realize sometime, is that we receive about 200-300 emails a day from candidates. Lucas Arnold, People Driven Solutions: I think i am looking at it from the wrong way from the jobseeker (Jason comment: I hope that recruiters never stop looking at it from the jobseeker perspective. Im not sure what expert recruiter and Big Biller Bill Vick has to say about this, as his emphasis is teaching recruiters to be more successful than they can imagine, but I hope that there is some emphasis on developing long-term relationships with candidates.) Harrys analogy (the triage nurse) helps me get it best. But it sure sucks when you are the one that gets neglected. So, heres an excellent example of follow-up that I saw from Harry after I e-mailed him. Its an auto-responder. Note the content of this e-mail is much more than just Ill get back to you when I can check this out (Im only linking out to one link, because it is awesome): Thanks for your email. I will respond to it shortly. Please Double-Click here to Download my vCard: http://getvcard.com/dogetvcard.asp?UID=n5u3c6R then forward this email to a talented colleague. Kind regards, Harry Joiner www.MarketingHeadhunter.com As seen in the WSJs Career Journal Online NEW for Candidates: www.28-Job-Search-Tips.com 28 Job Search Tips? He is already doing what I wrote yesterday if I wanted to work with Harry (Im not a marketer) then I could read his blog and see his tips awesome! He is sharing relevent tools, techniques and information to help me understand where we go from here. Kudos Harry, for having this in place already! And its in an auto-responder, so everyone that e-mails him gets it! Excellent Follow-up to What I Wish Recruiters Knew Yesterday there were 14 (and counting) excellent comments on my post about what I wish recruiters knew. Most of them were from recruiters and all of them were thoughtful. Its obviously a sore spot for lots of folks, which seems to stem from misunderstandings about the roles. Ill follow-up on various points in different posts but I wanted to highlight one specific issue having a recruiter follow-up. My frustration was that I would get no e-mail reply or returned phone call from most of the 30 recruiters that I had initiated a relationship with. It was so frustrating and not what I expected from people who I thought were in the people business. It didnt help that in my last job I was high enough up that I always got replies from everyone and now I was less than a nobody. Poor more salt in my wound, please! What do the recruiters have to say about the follow-up? Here are 4 quotes from the comments yesterday: Carl Chapman, Executive Restaurant Recruiter: The fact is that they do have a follow-up system. You see there are three piles Can use right away, maybe later, and Can’t Help. The can’t help pile is the circular file Harry Joiner, the Marketing Headhunter: I liken being a busy recruiter to being a triage nurse in an emergency room: It’s tough to be the one to decide who gets treated and who dies in the waiting room, but that’s my job. Rob Merrill, Utah Tech Recruiter: The hard thing my candidates don’t realize sometime, is that we receive about 200-300 emails a day from candidates. Lucas Arnold, People Driven Solutions: I think i am looking at it from the wrong way from the jobseeker (Jason comment: I hope that recruiters never stop looking at it from the jobseeker perspective. Im not sure what expert recruiter and Big Biller Bill Vick has to say about this, as his emphasis is teaching recruiters to be more successful than they can imagine, but I hope that there is some emphasis on developing long-term relationships with candidates.) Harrys analogy (the triage nurse) helps me get it best. But it sure sucks when you are the one that gets neglected. So, heres an excellent example of follow-up that I saw from Harry after I e-mailed him. Its an auto-responder. Note the content of this e-mail is much more than just Ill get back to you when I can check this out (Im only linking out to one link, because it is awesome): Thanks for your email. I will respond to it shortly. Please Double-Click here to Download my vCard: http://getvcard.com/dogetvcard.asp?UID=n5u3c6R then forward this email to a talented colleague. Kind regards, Harry Joiner www.MarketingHeadhunter.com As seen in the WSJs Career Journal Online NEW for Candidates: www.28-Job-Search-Tips.com 28 Job Search Tips? He is already doing what I wrote yesterday if I wanted to work with Harry (Im not a marketer) then I could read his blog and see his tips awesome! He is sharing relevent tools, techniques and information to help me understand where we go from here. Kudos Harry, for having this in place already! And its in an auto-responder, so everyone that e-mails him gets it!

Write Well To Make Your Personal Brand Stand Out - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Write Well To Make Your Personal Brand Stand Out - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Writing is everything when it comes to building your personal brand. If you cant write, your brand will suffer. Its not just enough to be able to string together a few sentences into a coherent thought. You need your own voice, your own style to come through what you write. Your writing needs to stand out from everyone else If you write like everyone else â€" average quality, basic word choice, long meandering sentences, incomplete thoughts â€" your writing, and your personal brand, will die a thousand mediocre deaths. But if you can harness the power of language, learn to write with rhythm, learn to write simply when conveying big ideas, your writing will far and away exceed that of most people in your company and your field. Writing with rhythm Read some of Seth Godins work. Better yet, listen to his latest book, Linchpin, on CD. Godin has a rhythm to his language that I think makes him such an outstanding author. Its not his ideas so much as his writing that moves me to action. When I listen to Godin read his own work, I want to leap out of my seat, confident that I can do whatever he says I can. When I read other writers who just regurgitate Godin, it takes all of my energy to keep reading, let alone leap out of anything. Writing well does not mean using big words or using a lot of them, despite what your college professors may think. It does not mean, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, compressing the most words into the smallest idea. It means writing simply, with short words, short sentences, and short paragraphs. Leaving out the boring parts Writing well means leaving out all the boring parts that people skip (Elmore Leonard). It means not writing a bunch of background. It means starting a story in the middle, not at the very beginning with so Im sitting in the coffee shop with my friend Joel. Writing well means creating pictures with words. You do this by avoiding adjectives. Theyre really, really excruciating, and I want to brutally smash myself in my throbbing head whenever I see them. If you want to write with power, use metaphors, and if you have to, similes. For example, after you attend a conference, write my brain is full of pop rocks and Coke. Never say, I got a lot of really great and awesome ideas at the conference. One has power and imagery, the other, well, really sucks. Also, more adjectives does not denote more excitement. It denotes more suck. Writing well means you find a rhythm to your language. It means understanding how poets and speechwriters work. It means you write with your ear, as if your words are going to be read out loud. You should hear your voice when you write, and your reader should hear it when they read. In addition to reading Seth Godin, listen to The Vinyl Cafe with Stuart MacLean (available as a podcast on iTunes). His stories have rhythm that most writers would kill for. If you want your personal brand to grow, learn to write well. Then write as much as you can. Focus your energy on your blog, the center of your social media campaign, and write guest posts and articles whenever you can. Share your words and wisdom with people, but make sure theyre your best words. If you can make your writing stand out, then your personal brand will too. But if you dont try to grow as a writer, if you insist on using lots of big words and long flowing paragraphs, if you think cramming in adjectives makes your writing powerful, people will ignore you, and your brand will slip into the murky depths of mediocrity and meh. Author: Erik Deckers is the co-owner and VP of Creative Services for Professional Blog Service in Indianapolis. He has been blogging since 1997, has been a published writer for more than 24 years, and a newspaper humor columnist for 17 years. Erik co-authored Branding Yourself: Using Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself (Pearson, 2010) and also helped write Twitter Marketing for Dummies.

Danger, Workplace Danger. What Now

Danger, Workplace Danger. What Now Don’t talk to strangers. Wear your seat belt. Look both ways before crossing the street. Don’t accept candy from strangers.  Safety first, were told.  Parents, teachers, and television shows repeatedly warn against the dozens upon dozens of potentially disastrous situations. As adults, we pick and choose which safety measures to follow. If we choose to jaywalk across a busy road, we know the choice is not without its dangers. We accept the danger and do what we can to mitigate it. Safety at work is a stickier problem to deal with. Some pursue high risk jobs like commercial diving or logging because the high salary make the risk worth it. It’s a gamble. A gamble that is coupled with slightly higher safety regulations and rules. The problem arises when low paying jobs that are supposed to be relatively low risk are more dangerous than they should be. Safety Pitfalls Franchise run nursing home employees are put in that situation more often than you would think. When you combine a money geared mindset with a profession that has almost twice as many workplace injuries as other private sectors, the result isn’t always a safe workplace. My mom watched as co-worker after co-worker dealt with workplace injuries. One co-worker had been injured so many times, she dealt with constant back pain while working. And unsurprisingly, one day she had a workplace accident when she had to use a lift machine without the required number of people because there weren’t enough personnel on the floor. This kind of workplace safety negligence is particularly worrying if you work in a state that does not have strong laws protecting employees from corporate negligence and crime. In a Portland State University interview white collar crime expert Mike Benson, explains that under OSHA “woeful [safety] violation that resulted in a death” when negligence is proven is treated as a federal misdemeanor. Federal misdemeanors have a prison sentence of one year or less. Many states have far stronger work place safety laws. Some states allow their prosecutors to “go after people for longer periods of time and they have done so.” The stronger the law, the bigger the deterrent against serious corporate negligence. What can you do if you work in a workplace that is rife with safety violations? You need the job; can you really afford to quit? Can You Afford Not To? What if you do get an injury that’s bad enough to make working in that field impossible? How much do you realistically have to lose? In the case of a healthcare work injury, the employee lose out on the potential salary of the job and they would lose the ability to use their expensive nursing degree. Document Everything. If you do eventually get injured, you might want to bring the matter to a workers compensation attorney to prosecute the company for their negligence. You can strengthen the case by documenting the following: Cases of other workplace safety incidents. Times when you notice work place safety violations. Times when you have conversation with management about the safety concerns (especially if nothing is done). Particulars of your own injury. Refuse to Work in an Unsafe Manner. If a manager asks you to do something that will put you or a co-worker in danger of serious physical harm, refuse. According to Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines, you can refuse to work under OSHA protection if the following conditions are met: You asked the employer to remove the danger and they failed to. You genuinely believe the task will lead to serious injury. A reasonable person would agree with your assessment. There isn’t enough time to report the hazard to OSHA. Continue to work while shopping around. Start looking for a new job immediately. Continue to work while keeping yourself as safe as possible to ensure you have enough money to live while doing everything you can to jump ship. No One Should Be Injured At Work. If you’re going to have a life changing injury it should be because you decided to adopt a slightly dangerous hobby like sky diving or trying to outrun an avalanche on skis. If you do have the misfortune to work in an unsafe workplace, do what you can eliminate the danger and if all else fails jump ship. Photocredit: Fickr  and Tricia J

No Valentine Get a Crush On Your Career

No Valentine Get a Crush On Your Career Why is it important to crush on your career? According to Microsoft Office’s Emerging Professionals Survey, 86% of 18-34 year olds say that job satisfaction has a large impact on other areas their lives. In fact, of this demographic: 67% said it has an impact on their overall mood 40% said it has an impact on their relationship with their significant other 38% said their job satisfaction has an impact on their friendships But while job satisfaction plays a role in many aspects of young professionals lives, this age group is also the least likely to say they are crushing, or “very satisfied” with their current job, and have significantly less job satisfaction overall than Boomers.  So what would help more young professionals crush on their careers? Of the respondents aged 18-34 who plan to change jobs, our survey found that: 64% of women say they are looking to earn more money, compared to 45% of men 61% of women say they are looking for more career growth opportunities, compared to 36% of men 28% of men say they would like to feel more appreciated for the work they do, compared to 25% of women 21% of men say they would like to feel like they are making more of an impact, compared to 18% of women And for those who are just beginning the job search or aren’t crushing on their current job, Microsoft Office has resume templates and interviewing tips to help Land Your Dream Job. For example, should you name drop on your resume and during you interview? The answer may surprise you. If youre in the middle of hot pursuit of a new gig and need some of the latest tips on resumes and interviewing, you can download a cheat sheet with these tips here. Or, if youre so in love with what you do that youre ready to really get married to it, maybe its time to take the leap to entrepreneurship.  That might mean getting a #sidehustle going.  You can find some great insights and inspiration to get you going on that here. . Image credit.

Marc Miller News on the Move to Ajijic, Mexico [Podcast] - Career Pivot

Marc Miller News on the Move to Ajijic, Mexico [Podcast] - Career Pivot Episode #91 â€" Marc Miller and his wife are expatriating to Mexico. Description: Marc shares with the audience more about his upcoming move to Mexico including a big announcement on how the move is progressing. Key Takeaways: [2:12] Marc welcomes you to Episode 91 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. If you’re enjoying this podcast, Marc invites you to share this podcast with like-minded souls. Please subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Podbean, Overcast, TuneIn, Spotify, or Stitcher. Share it on social media, write an honest iTunes review, or tell your neighbors and colleagues so Marc can help more people. [2:49] Next week, Marc will interview Dawn Graham, author of Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers â€" and Seize Success. Dr. Dawn Marie Graham, Ph.D. is one of the nation’s leading career coaches. She is the career director for the MBA program for executives at the Wharton School, where she counsels business leaders. [3:11] A licensed psychologist and former corporate recruiter, Dr. Dawn Graham hosts the SiriusXM Radio’s popular weekly call-in show, Career Talk and is a regular contributor to Forbes. [3:26] This week, Marc will be talking about the first six weeks of his family’s transition to being temporary expats in Mexico. This is a three-to-four month visit. This episode is a follow-on to Episode 86 where Marc discussed their drive from Austin to Ajijic, Mexico. Now on to the podcast… Download Link |iTunes|Stitcher Radio|Google Podcast|Podbean|TuneIn|Overcast [3:44] The Millers arrived in Ajijic on a Saturday late in June and Marc’s first challenge was getting all the technology to work. [3:53] The WiFi in the Airbnb they rented wasn’t very good. It is through TelMex, the incumbent landline carrier. They provide ADSL service but the connection is shared between two houses and the cable router is in the other house, so coverage is poor. Marc bought a WiFi extender and an Ethernet cable at Steren (like Radio Shack). [6:05] The second problem is that the cell phone service is not very good. They get 3G data. Marc was getting a low signal for a while, but it has gotten stronger. [6:51] The next step was to find stores. They found a small “dollar store” and bought a slow cooker, a blender, a racket-sized electric insect swatter, and household items. The store opened the insect swatter package and slow cooker to make sure they worked when they bought them. They later bought a bug zapper from Steren. [8:10] Next, Marc found a gym. He chose Zona Gym, a basic gym for 550 pesos for two months or about $12 a month. He also bought a cat tree from a man at a Bazaar who makes them custom for 1200 pesos ($60). It would have been more than $200 at home. [9:28] Mrs. Miller set a Saturday appointment for an endocrinologist through the Quality Care Clinic about three weeks before the trip. At the appointment, the doctor spent two hours with her looking at her history, then set up an appointment for a hematologist, two days later on Monday. The endocrinologist appointment was 700 pesos or about $35. [11:06] On Monday, Mrs. Miller met with the hematologist for an hour. The cost was also about $35. Mrs. Miller, a former nurse, was thrilled with the care from both doctors. [11:28] After about three weeks, the Millers were fairly settled in. Marc was running his Career Pivot Community Mastermind calls. One night, during a seasonal storm, the Internet connection failed. So he ran the call off his iPhone 3G network without video. Marc was getting about 1Mb/s upload speeds, which is low for video. [12:31] Marc talks about Chicklet, the street dog in the neighborhood. He was an abandoned dog. Marc started leaving food for him. He was getting fed by a lot of people. Finally, an expat family took him in, so he has a home. Ajijic has plenty of street dogs and some roof dogs! You may hear some of them in the podcast. [14:52] There is a lot of construction in Ajijic. The housing market is hot, mostly due to the number of expats moving in, both renters and buyers. Marc says some buy within three days. This caused Marc to accelerate their search for a rental property. [15:20] Marc’s original plan was to arrange a rental now for January when they would return to Mexico. The rental market is too hot for that. Big Announcement: Marc is about to sign a lease for a two-bedroom, two-bath casita a block from the main plaza in Ajijic. [15:55] It will be $950 a month, which is $200 to $300 more than Marc was planning to spend. It is new construction and part of a gentrification development in the middle of town. Marc renewed their membership at Lake Chapala Society. A volunteer there, Marguerita, is a real estate agent. She gave Marc some leads on apartments. [16:35] Marc also talked to their neighbor Lori, a real estate agent. Marc learned that you have to move quickly to get a rental. They also looked on some Facebook groups. They first looked at a unit in La Floresta, a neighborhood built in the 50s and 60s. There are a lot of four to five bedroom homes built for Guadalajarans for vacation homes. [17:48] Then, they looked at a property in Riberas but there was no internet installed. Marc didn’t want to take the chance that they couldn’t get a good installation there. After looking at a couple more places, they found the casita that they chose to rent. Marc lists the deposits they need to put on the rental. Marc found cats are a problem in renting. [20:05] The casita has secure off-street parking and a private courtyard. There are about $4,000 in deposits due up front. Marc doesn’t have a bank account in Ajijic so he is pulling 7,000 pesos at a time from ATMs. That’s $390. It’s an all cash society. [20:53] The next steps are to finalize the lease. They plan to move in on September 3. Marc needs to get a lawyer to review the lease and talk about immigration status. After that step, Marc needs legal advice on taxes and running his business from Mexico. [21:29] Marc has located a health insurance broker. Marc completely expects his ACA plan to blow up next year. Marc and his wife are currently paying $1,358 a month for a $10,000 deductible policy. Next is an appointment to get their teeth cleaned. [22:06] Marc needs to locate a property manager in Austin for their home there. As Marc accelerates his plans to rent, he has time set apart to buy some things for the rental, including a much larger cat tree. [22:51] The last thing is to find a new gym because they will be two or three miles from Zona, which is walking distance from his Airbnb. Marc has not put 20 miles on his car since they arrived in Ajijic. [23:14] They take the bus everywhere. They took the bus one weekend to Jocotepec on the western end of Lake Chapala. They took the bus another weekend to San Juan Cosalá also on the lake. Next weekend, they will take the car into Guadalajara. [23:37] Mrs. Miller needed her Birkenstock boots repaired. Marc tells how they found Umberto, a shoe repairman, through the Gringos Ajijic Lakeside Facebook group. It was 300 pesos ($15) to put new soles and heels on them, made out of tire tread, in a week. Umberto is also the lead singer at the Chili Fest. Everyone loves him. [25:40] Facebook is the place to go to find different people’s experiences. [26:11] Marc will be in the unit one month, pay the electric bill, then drive back to Austin for a period to get the condo ready to rent. [26:37] Marc has figured out that what they are going to save on health insurance will fully pay for their housing expenses in Mexico. At the same time, Marc expects that renting out their Austin condo will also almost cover their housing expense. [27:01] The housing in Ajijic is 30% to 40% higher than Marc thought it would be. The market is exploding. [27:11] All the rental units they looked at are fully furnished. [27:29] Marc had thought they would start renting in early January, but it was just not possible. No matter how well they had planned, they have had to adjust plans as they learned more. [27:49] They also met the man who makes the cat trees. Ignacio (Nacio for short) is a 75-year-old retired Mexican general manager. He is going to build a six-foot-tall that will be weather resistant for outside use. [28:07] In a couple of weeks, Marc will start the next career pivot evaluation series with “Can Sarah Repurpose Her Career?” Sarah (not her real name) is employed, a closet creative, and a structured anarchist. He personality is quite interesting. Marc has seen all aspects of her personality in other clients, but not in the same person. [29:42] Check back next week, when Marc will be interviewing Dawn Graham, author of Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers â€" and Seize Success. Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers â€" and Seize Success, by Dawn Graham TelMex Steren Radio Shack Walmart Mexico Airbnb iPhone 3G Wireless Zoom.us Lake Chapala Society La Floresta Riberas del Pilar Jocotepec San Juan Cosalá Guadalajara Gringos Ajijic Lakeside Birkenstock Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. The audio version of the book is available on the iTunes app, Audible, and Amazon. Marc has the paid membership community running on the CareerPivot.com website. The website is in production. Marc is contacting people on the waitlist. Get more information and sign up for the waitlist at CareerPivot.com/Community. Marc has five initial cohorts of 10 members in the second half of life. Those in the initial cohorts are guiding him in this endeavor. Shortly, Marc will start recruiting members for the sixth cohort who are motivated to take action and give Marc input on what he should produce next. Ask to be put on the waiting list to join a cohort. This is a unique paid membership community where Marc will offer group coaching, special content, mastermind groups, branding sessions and, more importantly, a community where you can seek help. CareerPivot.com/Episode-91 Show Notes for this episode. Please subscribe at CareerPivot.com to get updates on all the other happenings at Career Pivot. Marc publishes a blog with Show Notes every Tuesday morning. If you subscribe to the Career Pivots blog, every Sunday you will receive the Career Pivot Insights email, which includes a link to this podcast. Please take a moment â€" go to iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Podbean, TuneIn, Overcast through the Overcast app, or Spotify through the Spotify app. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Email Marc at Podcast@CareerPivot.com. Contact Marc, and ask questions at Careerpivot.com/contact-me You can find Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast. To subscribe from an iPhone: CareerPivot.com/iTunes To subscribe from an Android: CareerPivot.com/Android Careerpivot.com Like what you just read? Share it with your friends using the buttons above. Like What You Read? Get Career Pivot Insights Check out the Repurpose Your Career Podcast Do You Need Help With ...