Already have a job Dont need to look

Already have a job Dont need to look I went to a networking meeting where a CxO came and spoke to us, with the idea to give us encouragement and ideas in our personal job search. It was interesting to learn about his company, his perspective of the local economy, etc. But I found one of his comments to be very interesting. He said if I were in your situation I would Wow. What a powerful statement. I would have thought the same thing about six months ago. But things have changed my paradigm has shifted. Why? One simple reason: Ive met too many mid and high level managers who were entrenched in their companies, with an immense amount of knowledge, that have been let go. These are folks with advanced degrees, great customer relationships, and indespensible. Sound familiar? Is this you? The funny thing about the presenter is that in his speech, when he said if I were in your situation it sounded as if he was saying I would never be in your situation because Im too valuable to my company, but if I were. And sitting in the room was at least a dozen former executives that were too indespensible. Lesson learned: you are always eligible for termination. It really doesnt matter who you are, or where you work. So what are you doing to prepare for it? When I had my last job I wasnt preparing for a job search. I thought that if I networked Id be cheating on my company. I didnt even have a resume ready it took a week to get it ready enough to send out! I thought if I worked on it (all I had was a company computer), word would get out and that would be bad. I learned a big lesson I hope that you no matter how *secure* you are in your job right now are preparing for a job search. Already have a job Dont need to look I went to a networking meeting where a CxO came and spoke to us, with the idea to give us encouragement and ideas in our personal job search. It was interesting to learn about his company, his perspective of the local economy, etc. But I found one of his comments to be very interesting. He said if I were in your situation I would Wow. What a powerful statement. I would have thought the same thing about six months ago. But things have changed my paradigm has shifted. Why? One simple reason: Ive met too many mid and high level managers who were entrenched in their companies, with an immense amount of knowledge, that have been let go. These are folks with advanced degrees, great customer relationships, and indespensible. Sound familiar? Is this you? The funny thing about the presenter is that in his speech, when he said if I were in your situation it sounded as if he was saying I would never be in your situation because Im too valuable to my company, but if I were. And sitting in the room was at least a dozen former executives that were too indespensible. Lesson learned: you are always eligible for termination. It really doesnt matter who you are, or where you work. So what are you doing to prepare for it? When I had my last job I wasnt preparing for a job search. I thought that if I networked Id be cheating on my company. I didnt even have a resume ready it took a week to get it ready enough to send out! I thought if I worked on it (all I had was a company computer), word would get out and that would be bad. I learned a big lesson I hope that you no matter how *secure* you are in your job right now are preparing for a job search.