Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner

It's not egocentric to give yourself a little bit of credit for effort and endurance - ask any man. Women might dominate in PR but men are the best self-promoters on earth. Take note. I'm starting to because ego like any living thing needs nurturing in order to develop. There is a stark difference between this ego and the nature of arrogance.

I've been in the PR /Communications game for well, 10 years now. Better still, I should say I've been evolving with and in this sector for a decade. Good or bad, I've made career decisions that have all yielded in one way or another and by which I stand. I wouldn't be looking for work had I stayed in London - this is true but by the same rationale I wouldn't have been given half an hour with CEOS here and there of large Canadian corporates on the basis of said 10 years had I stayed.

As purged in "The English PR', the job market in Canada is a very different beast to the creature we like to stroke back home. CEOS here seem to be more open to 'meeting and greeting' or equally 'showing the door to' future talent than they are back home for reasons given in this earlier blog. CEOS in London do the same through delegation. Both systems work at their own pace. Both are equally nerve-wracking and suspense filled and both serve the same purpose. Different strokes for different folks and all that jazz.

So in having secured these networking meetings, I'm realising that I do indeed have sector worthy skills and knowledge for these industry formers and leaders - otherwise why would they even bother? right?. This makes me feel very positive and confident about my prospects here.

Juxtapose this with the advice of a certain group of society, the sort who fuel extremism and fill the letters pages of the tabloids with short-sighted scaremongering, that tell me I might have to settle for second best just because I'm not Canadian. Where is the vision? I ask you? 10 years experience takes TEN YEARS. And the business players I meet agree with this. That it's not a job seekers' market right now is a completely separate issue.

So to those looking for work in new arenas, trust your instincts about yourself. If you know your stuff don't let a small minded ignoramus make you feel less than what you know yourself to be. Chances are they are massive under performers that expect something for nothing. Equally, admit your short-comings and do something about them. The future is in your hands.