Found: My Herd

This week we did a podcast on Blog Talk Radio that was all about the job seeker. Our goal with the show was to get our "tribe" to talk to one another, ask questions, get answers and share experiences. I think for round one, we succeeded.

My favorite line from the might was when Mindy said that through her seasonal jobs in Alaska, she finally "found her herd." She found her people. She found folks that got her and she got them. What a gift to be where you belong.

That kind of story just makes me smile, especially in this day and age where there are so many false expectations that to be successful, one has to climb the corporate ladder, make a lot of money, live in a big city, and so on, and so on. That may be true for some, but certainly not for all. Everyone needs to find out for themselves what is right for them.

Our belief at Cool Works is that life changing and satisfying experiences can be found in a summer job in a great place. Perhaps that summer job may lead to a full-time career. Perhaps it will only be one summer in a long life of doing other things. Perhaps it may be the best thing that person ever does. Perhaps not. But, no matter the experience, good or bad, or otherwise, it takes guts to try and be out of one's comfort zone, trusting that all experiences will benefit whichever path one takes.

So to you, the reader, what are you going to do this summer? Is a summer job in your future?