Forbes compiled this year’s top cities to get a job. Salt Lake City made the number one spot. I spent a year there; best laid out city I’ve ever been to. The airport’s only 15 mins away from downtown, they have light rail and the Best Snow on Earth!
This resonates pretty well - with the finance sector roller coaster that’s going on right now impacting housing, jobs, foreign trade, the dollar, etc. many great sectors to work still exist, you just have to be open to looking for them. My lesson from this: don’t have your heart set on one specific dream job in one specific sector or city. It’s great for everyone to believe they’re the best and can write their own ticket, but the reality is you’re not the best, and you’re probably closer to average. A favorite analogy of mine is if you took 100 race car drivers and put them in a room and asked them out of the 100 how many thought they were above average, you’d probably get 99% to raise their hands. This is, of course, impossible as only half can be above average and half below.
This is not to suggest that you don’t apply for ’stretch’ jobs - ones that you’ve got a chance of getting and would be awesome, but if you’ve got a 3.2gpa and 0 work experience the chances that you’re going to land that 6 fig salary at [Large Ibank/Hedge fund/Dr. Evil’s Take Over the World company] are pretty slim.
So just like when you applied to schools, have a few safety jobs, a few ‘good’ jobs you’d be happy at for at least a few years and a few ’stretch’ jobs that would blow your mind if you got them but wouldn’t shock you if they turned you down either.
Am I right? Does this resonate with your own personal job/school experiences? Use the comment form below and let me know! -Joel Yarmon
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