I love this proverb: “Give a man a fish and he won’t starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won’t starve for his entire life.” (author unknown)
John 15:7 (ESV)If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Philippians 4:19 (ESV) And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.Today as we embark on this 39th day of Lenten Season… Today we are praying for and making our topic of focus: Employment (Find Jobs)… In today’s economy, we know that finding a real job is a job by itself, unless you have some type of inside hook up that can help you get your foot in the door.. It’s just the way it is.. .It’s no longer what you know in some cases, unless you have a specialty profession such a Physician, Lawyer, Clergy, Real Estate, Loans, etc., or a specialty skilled worker such as a x-ray or ultrasound technician, teacher, etc.. Even then, the market is still tough to get into some of these major corporations that offer full scale packages with benefits…. You can go to school for umpteen years and still have to wait in line just like the next man who has over 20+ years of experience on job and in employment.. It’s hard for the veterans, and laymen as myself with ample amount of experience with the economy alone..
Nevertheless, don’t freight because no matter what, God has got your back and as long as you are trusting him for Employment as you seek for a job, he will supply all of your needs according to his riches in glory if we just learn how to ask… The bible says, we have NOT because we ask NOT! Ask, and it shall be given, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door of employment will come open… If you sit around and throw yourself a self pity party, you will never find a job or be employed in this economy where even the minimum wage job is starting to look appealing… Matter of fact, some minimum wage jobs and entry level position at places such as In and Out Burger and Costco are starting entry level employees out with a minimum of $10.00 an hour which is at least above average that you can keep a roof over your head somewhere and food to eat…. It’s really all about dropping the pride and going into survival mode for you and or your family….
I tell my clients all the time, write down all of your skills to know what you can do…. Just because your tittle says one thing, the job itself that you have done in the past consist of many modalities which you can pull out individual skills and transpose the skills you have and transfer them to another whole profession completely… It’s called transposing your skills to fit into a whole other class of jobs…
Also, don’t sit around and do nothing…. Volunteer at one of your local charities such as United Way, Red Cross, any local hospital or places that accept volunteers… Your kids school need volunteers all the time to come in and help… You never know, your skills and work you give away for free just could open a door for employment as well…
Also, I am a firm believer in Entrepreneurship… Create a job that don’t exist yourself… You can, and you are capable of owning your own business…. If you can’t get a job be creative with your God given talents and find a ways to put what you have to offer on the market… As for me, I’ve always done private consultant work behind the scenes as a clerical worker… I’ve done anything from helping individuals start their own business, build their own website and show them how to maintain it, and taking them through each step to do it… Also, transcribing independently for private practices. Also partnering with companies like Amway, Avon, Tupperware, Cookie Lee jewelry, and many more companies I can name that will give you the opportunity to own your own share selling their products, or you can branch out on your own like I do and create your own information you can sell and make a living do so.. People need information all the time… Write a book in your area of expertise and contribute what you know to this world… You never know, it just might turn up on the New York best sellers list..
I wish I had time in this piece to tell my oldest son story on how he became a multimillionaire off what he loved so dearly and became so passionate about… It’s the gifts that God give us are the one’s we can share with the world best… The very thing you enjoy doing the most is the very thing you can try and create as a job and offer your services to the world via www.beyourself.com or org. , etc.. All I’m saying is come out of the box when you think of Employment and finding a job…. Maybe a job will find you once people know what you do, then you become in demand…. I do believe that I am in demand, and some great company is looking at me as we speak and write this piece.. I too desire better employment and want to be on top of the world too as I raise a 9-year-old alone as a single parent… It becomes hard at times because of circumstances that he may encounter, and yet I’ve found it really hard to hold down a full time job outside of the home since he has been born… Don’t get me wrong, I have not missed a beat since I’ve had him, but the game is a little more challenging when you can receive a call at the drop of the hat that you are needed in your childs life in the middle of the day… I’ve found working from home is more flexible for me, but gets a little boring at times being that I’ve worked outside of the home when I raised my first family over 29 years ago… It’s all good and as long as you are trying and doing something, at least submitting applications and up to date resume’s and going to job fairs… Also networking is good too, because like I said in the beginning of this piece, it not what you know these days…. It’s really about who you know, and I’m going to leave you with this… As long as you know that God is the creator of all things and you continue to put your love and trust in him, he shall and he will provide all of your needs and yes Employment and finding a job fall in the category of all of your needs!!!
Be blessed and pray blessings right now over each or your lives that are reading this blog and are seeking employment and need to find a job… I pray right now that A door be open that no man can shut, and your every need is met in the mighty name of Jesus we pray… Amen!
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Cited that the information from Government jobs is used for reference material only: http://www.fedjobsearchtrainer.com/government-jobs/
“Government Jobs“
Finding a job with the Federal Government is the ideal employment scenario for millions of individuals. There is approximately 1.7 to 2 million people employed by the Federal Government with an estimated 400 different occupational specialties in the government workforce. Furthermore, these government jobs are located across the country and, indeed, throughout the world in various capacities. For instance, only an estimated 10 percent of government employees actually work within Washington D.C. proper while government employees can be found across the globe.
Government jobs are all arranged according to a standardized scale. This standardized scale is known as the GS code or the General Schedule which runs on a continuum from GS 1 to GS 15 with the higher number being indicative of higher salary and more authority. In searching for a job with the Federal Government identifying the specific job title for the type of position that you are searching for is critical. In order to locate a potential job opening in marketing for instance, marketing is not the job title but rather Market Analyst would be. So you must first identify the specific job titles that are of interest to you in your job search with the Federal Government.
The Federal Government is almost always hiring. Certainly the macroeconomic environment can affect how many positions are available but the sheer size of the Federal Government ensures that positions are opening all the time. As recently as 2004, U.S. Government Agencies such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employed in excess of 232 thousand people while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security employed an estimated 160 thousand individuals. Smaller government departments such as the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employed around 4,500 and 3,500 people respectively. Thus, there are myriad choices for people that want to find federal jobs with the Government.
But where does one start looking? There are literally hundreds of websites and employment databases that facilitate a Federal Government related job search. One of the first places you should explore is the U.S. Office of Personnel Management which can be found at www.opm.gov. This is the gateway website for federal service and hosts a huge amount of reference material for potential job applicants. Another important website in the job search with the Federal Government is the www.usajobs.gov website in which you can search federal jobs by keyword as well as by location. However, there are in excess of 100 Federal Agencies in the Federal Government and each one handles its own recruitment, screening and hiring processes. Furthermore, an estimated 39 percent of all federal jobs are in the Southeast region of the U.S. so a willingness to relocate may also help.
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Bible Verses to motivate you while Finding A Job
John 15:7 ESV
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 90:17
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Proverbs 3:6 ESV
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
James 1:1-27 ESV
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. …
Luke 18:1 ESV
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Ephesians 1:11 ESV
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
John 14:14 ESV
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Psalm 90:16 ESV
Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Proverbs 21:1 ESV
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
Psalm 1:3 ESV
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
John 16:24 ESV
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
John 14:13 ESV
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Luke 11:9 ESV
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Exodus 12:36 ESV
And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
Exodus 3:21 ESV
And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty,
Genesis 39:21 ESV
But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
1 Peter 5:7 ESV
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Luke 12:32 ESV
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Jeremiah 1:5 ESV
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Psalm 22:1-31 ESV
To the choirmaster: according to The Doe of the Dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame. …
Philippians 4:13 ESV
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
1 John 2:27 ESV
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
Mark 11:24 ESV
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Luke 12:31 ESV
Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Exodus 11:3 ESV
And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.
Ephesians 4:28 ESV
Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.
Romans 1:1-32 ESV
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, …
Luke 12:30 ESV
For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
Luke 12:7 ESV
Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
1 Chronicles 22:13 ESV
Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.
Luke 12:28 ESV
But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
Luke 12:24 ESV
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
Matthew 7:11 ESV
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 6:32 ESV
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Psalm 115:12 ESV
The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron;
Psalm 84:11 ESV
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 37:25 ESV
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.
2 Chronicles 26:5 ESV
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
Deuteronomy 29:9 ESV
Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ESV
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. …
Philemon 1:6 ESV
And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.
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Posted by: Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas, in honor of 40 days of lent and day 39 we are praying about and discussing: Employment and finding a job… All information used to glory my subscribers who may be in need of a job!
Footnote: Reference Material: http://www.fedjobsearchtrainer.com/government-jobs/
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