Why you should be active in the labor market?

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Hello, today I want to tell you something about why I like to be active in the labor market. I think this activity has a lot of advantages and not only for change the job.

Know the labor market

I read a lot of job offers, these give me a lot of information. I know what is popular in the labor market. I know what business need and where is a deficit. I think this very helpful on my job. When a lot of businesses use a specific framework, I think I should know about it a little thing. Maybe this knowledge is not useful now, but for the next project I could use it. The second advantage is I know what the specific company do. This knowledge is useful, when you find a solution. These companies a lot of time organizes a Meetups, so I can decide if I want to go to it. Finally, I know How much a programmer is worth. This is very dynamic, but we can average it for our comparison.

Get a feedback about yourself

This is why I like to be active. I have my opinion about me. My associates have an opinion about me too, but these opinions are different than the strangers people have. I got a lot of different opinions. A lot of advices which I implemented. Of course, sometimes I got a bad opinion, a lot of time I must to face with it, but always I try to be better and better in the labor market, so all about we talk I always analyze and I draw the conclusions.

Your job is the best which you know

Did you say sometimes "He has better job. I would like to have it too."? I think sometimes we envy someone's job. I did it too. I thought my peers earn more money, have a less stress job and have more developing job. Now, when I have a comparison, I know that more money is equals more stress or bad project. I compared a lot of companies with my and I still think I am in the best company, which I know. This is very motivational. Now, I do my work the best I can, because my job is worth it.

You are better and better

We can get experience for recruiting too. I think I am better and better during meet with a new employer. This is less stressful now for me. A lot of questions I have prepared like What kind of team I want or What kind of project I like. I have my option about a lot of asked things. I heard one sentence, maybe two years ago. "The unemployed, which is searching a job for a lot of time, is in a better position than you when you lost the job, because he have an experience." I cannot disagree with that.

Disadvantages

Yes, like a lot of things this has disadvantages. I don't like to say "I'm not interested in this offer". This is my disadvantage, because a lot of time I must say it. I think this is not easy, but fair. Yes, I couldn't answer, but this is very rude.

The second is stress and lost the time. I don't eliminate my stress. I always have a stress, so this is a hard time for me. I hope that I will absorb it, but now I have a problem with it. This is leaving the comfort zone, which is the most productive thing.

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