4. “My boss is extremely critical.” The only way they interpret their boss is pleased is in absence of nit picking.

3. “I get ideas lobbed at me with little clarity and I have to figure out what is really wanted.” Staff is caught between a rock and a hard place and doesn’t know target of task or have a clear idea of what needs to get done.

2. “I don’t have sufficient resources to get job done.” Fitting 10 pounds of stuff into a five pound bag is pretty tough. Imagine you’re ten pounds and have to get squeezed in there! Staff often believes they have inadequate resources to get a job done.

And number one reason your staff wants to quit:

“My company is grossly underpaying me.” Show me money! Staff can read job ads online and learn what their real value is. As much as they may love you and their work, eventually people realize they need to pay their bills and start to think of leaving.

Your staff, ones you are mistreating or taking for granted are your competition’s staffing solution (just as theirs is for you). Rather than taking their continued employment for granted, motivate them, excite them, coach and encourage them and they will go do anything for you (at almost any price).

Jeff Altman Concepts in Staffing jeffaltman@cisny.com

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Jeff Altman is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm. He is also a certified leader of the ManKind Project and a practicing psychotherapist.

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When you adopt this philosophy all of external obstacles fade into background and you are left with ideas, thoughts, circumstances and opportunities that focus on work you do want! You are no longer a victim of corporate or economic circumstances.

Where do you start?

1. Stop complaining about all things outside of you that you can’t control. Wasting your time and energy on this takes away from clearly defining and pursuing what you want. The only control you have is how you perceive things. Start noticing how you let these things take your energy and change it today!

2. Define what you want. What does personal and financial freedom look like to you? What does it REALLY look like to you? It’s very important to not think about how you are going to do it, just think about what you want. Remember, if you only desire what is, you can’t create beyond that.

3. Stop being a job seeker, become a “Career Creator”. Define job you want and go out and create it. I had a client who wrote his ideal job description and actually brought it on an interview. He walked away with exact job he described. Another client wrote hers and found exact description posted 2 weeks later.

Start using your power for your own good!

We live in a culture that is more secure in complaining then in taking action. Break mold, take these steps one at a time and see how liberating it is to stop holding yourself back and start heading towards a career that will really satisfy you personally and financially!