Creating aBetter Work World

Problem: Too many workers and employers are not living up to their full potential.

Creating aBetter Work World

Solution: A Better Job Market that incorporates Better Job Coaching and Better Job Placement.

Bad Job MarketProblem: The Job Market is broken because it rewards people for being good at getting a job, andnot for being good at doing the job.Paradox: The last thing an employer needs is for employees to be good at getting a job, and yet that is the first thing most employers and recruiters require of candidates.

Better Job Market

Definition: A better job market brings better employees and employers together based on ability, need, and character rather than persuasion.

Bad Job CoachingProblem: Most Job Coaches concentrate on helping people win at a terrible game and ignore character development.Paradox: Most candidates think that to get a job they must be someone they are not. But who do they plan on being after they land a job?

Better Job Coaching

Solution: Teach authenticity, accountability, growth, and integrity. Concentrate on character development rather than job hunting skills.

Bad Job PlacementProblem: Recruiters work solely for the benefit of employers and concentrate on placing candidates who are best at finding a job and are already employed. They ignore the rest.Paradox: By ignoring all but the most desirable candidates, recruiters and employers miss an opportunity to build community and a better labor pool. A shortsighted approach hurts society.

Better Job Placement

Solution: Identify candidates with good attitude, aptitude, and character. Place them with good employers who value these things.

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Anatomy of the Job MarketConsider the market in terms of two dimensions.

Horizontal dimension: Ability to GET a job.Vertical dimension: Ability to DO a job.

Bad at DoingGood at Getting

UnengagedIn wrong job for person

or unemployed.

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it.

In DemandRight personfor the job.

Bad HiresWrong person

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People who are good at getting a joband good at doing a job

are In Demand.These people are well served by the existing job market.

However, they seldom represent excellent value for moneybecause the employer is paying a premium for the

employee’s skill at selling themselves.

UnengagedIn wrong job for person

or unemployed.

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it.

Good HiresRight personfor the job.

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for the job.

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People who are good at getting a jobbut bad at doing the job

are Bad Hires.These people can not only be a drain on resources, they can

demoralize other workers, and be difficult to get rid of.These people are bad value for money

no matter how little they are paid.

UnengagedWrong workor No work

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it.

Good HiresRight personfor the job.

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People who are good at doing a jobbut not good at getting one are often

unemployed or doing a job that is wrong for them. We call them Unengaged.

These people are poorly served by the job marketand yet it is from this pool that employers will find

hidden talent and the best value for money.

UnengagedIn wrong job for person

or unemployed.

UnneededLacks ability

to get a job or to do it.

Good HiresRight personfor the job.

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Some people are not good at getting a joband would not be good at doing it if they did.

We refer to them as Unneeded.They may be good people. The problem is the market doesn’t need them.

Question: What do we owe the people we do not hire?Answer: An explanation of what is needed and what they are doing wrong.

UnengagedWrong workor no work

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it

In DemandRight job

for the right person

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Bad PlacementConcentrates on moving people from one job to another.

Bad recruiters ignore character and place people who already have a jobbecause they don’t have a way of

judging aptitude for something a person isn’t already doing.

Shuffling

PoachingHarm

Occasionally bad hires are recruited into jobs that are better for them, but it often works the other way around.

Ignored

UnengagedWrong work or no work.

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it

In DemandRight job

for the right person

Bad HireWrong person

for the job

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Bad CoachingTeaches better job hunting skills to the Unengaged and Unneeded.

But why should someone good at doing a job have to learn an irrelevant job-hunting skill they will use only occasionally?

Worse yet, teaching someone who cannot do a job to get one just creates a Bad Hire..Harm

Good at DoingBad at GettingBad Character

►UNHAPPINESS

Bad at DoingBad at GettingBad Character

►DESPAIR

Good at DoingGood at GettingBad Character

►EVIL

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Effects of Bad CharacterWhat do you get when a person of bad character

inhabits these four quadrants?

Nothing good comes from a person of bad character.

Bad at DoingGood at GettingBad Character

►FRAUD

Good at DoingBad at Getting

Good Character►HOPE

Bad at DoingBad at Getting

Good Character►STRENGTH

Good at DoingGood at GettingGood Character►FLOURISHING

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Effects of Good CharacterWhat do you get when a person of good character

inhabits these four quadrants?

Nothing is bad for a person of good character.

Bad at DoingGood at GettingGood Character►REFLECTION

Bad at DoingBad at Getting

Good Character►STRENGTH

Effects of Better CoachingWhat happens when bad character becomes good?

For the Unneeded (no skills or job hunting ability)Good Character converts Despair into Strength.

Bad at DoingBad at GettingBad Character

►DESPAIR

Good character is insufficient to be of value in the market.

However, with the strength that comes with good character you can find the energy to get the skills that are needed by the marketplace.

Effects of Better CoachingWhat happens when bad character becomes good?

For the Unengaged (no job or wrong job)Good Character converts Unhappiness into Hope.

If you do work that isn’t right for you, or you have no work at all, then a person of bad character will be unhappy. But with strength of character that same person can find hope and opportunity.

Good at DoingBad at GettingBad Character

►UNHAPPINESS

Good at DoingBad at Getting

Good Character►HOPE

Effects of Better CoachingWhat happens when bad character becomes good?

For the Bad Hire (has a job but cannot do it)Good Character converts Fraud into Reflection.

If you are good at getting a job but bad at doing it then you are bad value for money and can be toxic to an organization. Developing good character will give you the strength to identify areas that need improvement, and if that isn’t possible, the strength to realize you are unneeded and that you must pursue a different path.

Bad at DoingGood at GettingBad Character

►FRAUD

Bad at DoingGood at GettingGood Character►REFLECTION

Effects of Better CoachingWhat happens when bad character becomes good?

For the In Demand (can easily get a job and do it)Good Character converts Evil into Flourishing.

If you are good at finding work and doing it, but what you do is bad, then you can become evil.

It takes strength of character to do the right thing.

Good at DoingGood at GettingBad Character

►EVIL

Good at DoingGood at GettingGood Character►FLOURISHING

Effects of Good CharacterAbility to find and do work only represents potential.

Circumstances do not determine your future; character does.Circumstances are the playing field and character determines how you play the game. Good character cannot be forged without hardship, and good people will find themselves in all four quadrants at different points in their lives.

Bad Characterleads to

Bad Outcomes

Good Characterleads to

Good Outcomes

Character is Destiny

UnengagedWrong job for the person

or no job

UnneededLacks ability to

get a job or do it

In DemandRight job

for the right person

Bad HireWrong person

for the job

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Better PlacementConcentrates on finding a market for the Unengaged.

The Unneeded and the Bad Hires are referred to coaching.No poaching.No shuffling.

Harm

Better Work WorldDedicated to creating a better work world.

The following efforts support this mission:

Better Job Coaching is the consulting arm of BWW that helps people become better – whether job-seeker, Unengaged, happily employed, or even employer.

Better Job Placement is the Placement arm of BWW that brings together employers and workers who exhibit good character.

Better Job Market is a non-commercial project supported by BWW dedicated to promoting better ways of bringing good workers and employers together.

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