Is the Job Seeker the FISH or the FISHERMAN

Is the Job Seeker the FISH or the FISHERMAN Last week I was in Maryland and Virginia speaking to about 300 job seekers.  It was a delightful trip.  In one presentation someone made an indepth analogy between the job search and bass fishing. I havent seriously fished for many years, and when I did, I was great at catching blue gill, but that was about it.  Bass and trout and catfish was what better anglers caught.  I say this because Im going to explain what was explained to me, but I might mess it up This job seeker explained that when you fish for bass, you need to get the lure/bait (HOOK) right in front of them.  If its on the side, or too far in front, or too far above the fish, they wont see it or get it. Okay, if this is wrong, dont tell me its wrong I dont really care how to catch bass, but the analogy is what we were going on This job seekers was explaining that we need to make it easy for recruiters to find us.  They are the fisherman, and if we arent easy to find, they wont put their hook in the right place. It was an interesting and neat analogy.  However, it didnt sit right with me. Within a few minutes I challenged the idea and asked if we are acting like the fish when indeed we were the fisherman??? That question/thought was a showstopper. Too often we focus on being found when in fact very few people are or will look for you. I think its time to get out of passive FIND ME! mode, and start to do proactive I found you lets chat! mode. What does that mean? Big stuff. Like, participating in the July Job Board Fast, and picking up the phone, and networking, and having conversations, etc. Hows that going, anyway? Is the Job Seeker the FISH or the FISHERMAN Last week I was in Maryland and Virginia speaking to about 300 job seekers.  It was a delightful trip.  In one presentation someone made an indepth analogy between the job search and bass fishing. I havent seriously fished for many years, and when I did, I was great at catching blue gill, but that was about it.  Bass and trout and catfish was what better anglers caught.  I say this because Im going to explain what was explained to me, but I might mess it up This job seeker explained that when you fish for bass, you need to get the lure/bait (HOOK) right in front of them.  If its on the side, or too far in front, or too far above the fish, they wont see it or get it. Okay, if this is wrong, dont tell me its wrong I dont really care how to catch bass, but the analogy is what we were going on This job seekers was explaining that we need to make it easy for recruiters to find us.  They are the fisherman, and if we arent easy to find, they wont put their hook in the right place. It was an interesting and neat analogy.  However, it didnt sit right with me. Within a few minutes I challenged the idea and asked if we are acting like the fish when indeed we were the fisherman??? That question/thought was a showstopper. Too often we focus on being found when in fact very few people are or will look for you. I think its time to get out of passive FIND ME! mode, and start to do proactive I found you lets chat! mode. What does that mean? Big stuff. Like, participating in the July Job Board Fast, and picking up the phone, and networking, and having conversations, etc. Hows that going, anyway?