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Help From Spouse's Friends

Contact your own personal network, but don't forget that your spouse or significant other has a different circle of friends. When the oil field was down, Tom Jacob got a good job through his wife. Her best friend's husband was a senior executive in a major oil company. You can take this one step further by asking your business friends to write to their key contacts on your behalf.

DICK AND LAURIE THOMAS
435 Mountain Way | Colorado Springs, CO 80919
H: 719-594-3096 | C: 719-895-1258 | lthomas@gmail.com

September 24, 20––

John and Joan Emerson
300 Nightingale Street
Hatboro, Pennsylvania 19040

Dear John and Joan,

We are looking for some advice and assistance from friends.

As you may know, on July lst, Electronics, Inc. sold the Colorado Springs facility to a small company based in California. As a result, Dick's job was eliminated. In addition, Electronics, Inc. is currently going through a major restructuring process which prevents us from continuing his 22 year career with them by relocating to another facility. Consequently, we have made a career decision to enter the job market.

Dick would like to continue his financial management career. Enclosed is an outline of his job preference characteristics. As you can see, he is open to a broad range of industries, and we are willing to relocate to other parts of the country. Please keep in mind that these characteristics are preferences, not absolutes, and therefore Dick and I are open to most opportunities.

If you know or become aware of any business associates, friends, or acquaintances who may be in the market for someone with Dick's abilities, please give them a copy of the enclosed resume, and send us their names so we can contact them personally.

We are excited about the prospect for change and we hope that you can help us make it a positive change. In the meantime, Dick is doing some temporary consulting, Jared has started kindergarten, and we are getting along just fine.

We would appreciate any assistance that you can provide.

Thanks for helping,

Laurie

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25 Reasons I love consulting.
by William S. Frank

Brand. You are your own brand, and you can define it any way you want. For many years, I provided outplacement to the ex-employees of Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield service corporation. When departing employees left the company, they didn't request outplacement in their severance package. They said, "I want Bill Frank."
Demand. The world will always be full of terrible problems that need solving.
White Hat. I can be a helper and get paid for it.
Pay. I can be paid to do things I'd gladly do for nothing.
Variety. Every day is different.
Happiness. At this stage of my career, I only work for people I respect and care about. If a client micromanages me or is otherwise no fun, I complete the assignment and replace them.
Talent. I'm using 110% of my talents and stretching myself to the max.
Change. I can change my focus any day I want. If you're a McDonald's franchisee, you don't say, "Hey, I've got this great idea for a meatball sandwich—let's try it out today." In consulting you can adjust your focus hour-by-hour, as long as your clients still understand and appreciate what you do.
Income. No one else would pay me as much as I pay myself.
FUN. I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing.
Retirement. I can write and consult as long as I am physically and mentally capable. Peter Drucker worked into his 90s, and when asked which book was his best, he said: "My next one."
Job Security. Although clients come and go, no one can come into my office and say, "Pack up your stuff . . . You don't work here anymore." In 29 years, I've only had one employer: ME.
Travel. I don't have to travel unless I decide to. I travel if it's both FUN and profitable—or at least FUN.
Commute. I live five minutes from my office, a corner office in an upscale six-story tower. In winter, I leave a heated garage at home and drive to an underground heated garage at work. There's seldom time to hear even one song on the radio.
Vacation. Consulting is more fun than vacation (except on Wailea Beach in Maui).
Friends. I have developed hundreds of close acquaintances and several lifetime friends.
Time. I can work as much or as little as I like: four-hour days or 18-hour days. (Of course, my income will reflect that.)
Employees. I can work with employees, subcontractors, partners, or alone—I've done it all.
Passive Income. I've developed several products that provide "mailbox money." I earn while I'm sleeping.
Ethics. I've never had to violate my values or personal code of ethics. I've never had to lie, purposely deceive or harm others, or promise things I can't deliver. I go to bed with a clear conscience. That doesn't mean there's never any conflict. But the conflict is conducted according to generally accepted business practices.
Virtual. My career is fairly portable. With the Internet, e-mail, cell phone, and FedEx, I can work nationally, even internationally from my office—or anywhere in the world.
Purpose. I make a difference in peoples' lives every day. I see it in their faces, hear it in their voices, and read it in their thank-yous.
Experience. Every painful or joyful life experience makes me a better consultant. So does every person I meet or book I read. Grey hair can be good in consulting.
Structure. I have to work very hard, and the clients expect superb results—but I get to structure my days, weeks, months, and years.
Boss. Most of the time, I love my boss.

As I was posting these letters online, I realized I want to communicate my love for consulting. It's just a great business. The single letters, taken together, may create a picture of enjoyment, but in a burst of creativity I listed some of the reasons consulting is such a good fit for me—and perhaps for you, too. They are not prioritized; this is just how they came out.