Recently, job hunting is starting to feel like I'm playing a game of basketball. The hoop being employers mail bins and the ball being my cv. Turns out I'm an NBA All star at this email basketball, never missing a shot. No rim shots (call backs), and definitely no interceptions (interviews). That's why I've been scratching like a heroin addict as I blaze through application forms to indulge my daily habit of Breaking Bad. 2 weeks, 5 seasons, 12 pounds on the ass and I can finally join in the after details during my occasional jog down the pub. So with my 60 hours of complete bliss, I thought I'd try and put some of this into a kind of lesson. Here's what I learnt...
1. Never try an expand too fast (for the entrepreneur in all of us).
Taking that old EBay account and building an Etsy page can be dangerous stuff. Especially when we take a lesson off Walt and the gang. The only reason combo got shot was because Walt expanded his turf too fast. Take this lesson before you move into someone else's patch. Take it slow, maintain your size and expand when you have the right firepower to fight back from larger competitors.
2. Know who your working with (interview tip)
As crazy as it sounds an interview is for both the employer and YOU! Yes the employer holds the golden key, but if there is one lesson Jesse can teach us, it's that people can be deceptive. Look at what Walt did to Brock and imagine if Walt had recognised that Gus Fring was, well, a murderous revenge ridden psychopath.
3. Make yourself indispensable (you got the job tip)
Whether your the guy who knows all the companies passwords or the guy creating the best meth know to man. Make yourself indispensable. Look at how Walt and eventually Jesse ensure they both live a little longer. Gus Fring would have loved nothing more than to put Jesse and eventually Walt under 6 feet of sand, but he simply couldn't. Hold the keys to your success.
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