Ch. 3

Bolles compares finding a job to finding someone you like and then questioning yourself if you should date them. If they end up liking you, do you really like them? It's hard to know based on first impressions (an interview). Then, once you quit a job, it's almost like breaking up (maybe because you're not satisfied with either the work or pay). I can see the relevance when Bolles makes that comparison.

"You are not powerless during the job-hunt." It sure can feel like you are, but Bolles mentions that "the employer does not hold all the cards," and apparently, that will never change. I sure hope he's right about that. I guess what he means is that a business has the power to hire you. They have to decide if they want you on their team or not, and if they do, you have the power to agree or decline their offer. You might have the skills that they are looking for in a new employee. It could be traits as simple as speed, efficiency, and excellent interpersonal skills.

Bolles then leads into the subject of unemployment. If you go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, they report "news about the unemployment rate" every month, and the numbers can get a little depressing. "The month of December 2014, only 252,000 jobs were added to the economy. With some 21,733,000 people wanting work that month- 8,688,000 fully employed..." What people are not aware of is on the same website, if you look at On the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, "December 2014, 5,148,000 people found work, and even so, 5,028,000 vacancies remained unfulfilled at the end of the month." Now that number gives us a little more hope, doesn't it.