Can't get a job without experience, can't get experience without a job? Now What?...

So you’ve heard the saying over and over again: “Can’t get a job without experience, can’t get experience without a job.” How exactly does this phenomenon work? Here you are, ready to leave for an exciting college experience, that is also supposed to prepare you for the real world, yet you’re disturbed by the constant buzz of friends and older siblings, who have already been through the four year college adventure, but are still struggling with the job search. Are there ways to overcome this obstacle? Absolutely! Take a minute to read the website created by Andrew Horner, an unemployed college grad, not only to get a job, but also to make a point, and show the world he’s not just another resume:

http://www.reversejobapplication.com/

The good news? Andrew did get a job from his website efforts. The bad news? Your skill set may not necessarily lend itself to sketching a goldfish in a mere 7.5 seconds. Well, that’s where we come in. At oneTRUEzone, we’re dedicated to helping students find his or her own unique calling in life, and helping to get them on the right track. We are experts in helping you learn more about your own strengths and passions, so you will be able to make yourself incredibly appealing to potential employers, regardless of your work experience. Granted, Andrew’s website is an awesome one, but it’s Andrew’s! If you want to create a website that showcases your doodles and innermost thoughts, no problem. We’ll teach you how to market yourself and land a career in which you’ll feel happy and fulfilled. Work hard, play hard. Live by it, and you’ll be on the right path to a successful career in no time.

For more information on how oneTRUEzone can help you to land the perfect job, email us at: info@oneTRUEzone.com. (No ice cream eating turtles necessary.)

"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."

As legendary UCLA coach, John Wooden, once said, “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

Every now and then the game of life throws us a curveball, and our first instinct is to be upset that we didn’t know it was coming. It’s so easy to get caught up in the negative energy that is often a result of the “unknown.” Am I going to get into the college that is my top choice? Will I ace the chemistry exam that will determine whether or not I get college credits for my AP Chemistry class? Am I going to be happy moving away from my family and friends to go to the college I decide to attend?

We often find ourselves trying to control every aspect of life, so we do not have to face the unexpected. However, the fact of the matter is, we can’t control everything. Life is always going to throw us a curveball or two. For example, consider former mortgage broker Shane McConnaghy’s story in the link below:

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/01/26/my-unemployed-life-i-felt-emasculated/?icid=maing%7Cipad%7Cdl9%7Csec1_lnk3%7C39245

At the age of 45, Shane was faced with the devastation of loosing his job, in an industry that was simply not hiring. What was the outcome? After a period of feeling emasculated, but taking time for reflection, Shane learned to look at this unfortunate circumstance as an opportunity to become empowered!

Today, Shane is happier than ever with an entirely different outlook and finally following his life long dream. How do you spare yourself from years of sitting on pins and needles, waiting to find out what your life’s calling will be? Get ahead of the game and learn how to catch a curve ball now. At oneTRUEzone we’ll show you how to call a “time out” in the game of life, step away from the plate, and assess things from a different angle. It is with this unique perspective that our students learn to catch the ball, and become All Star Players in the game of life!

Want to know more about becoming an All Star Player with oneTRUEzone? Email us at info@oneTRUEzone.com.

So You’re Academically Prepared for the College Experience… How About Mentally?...

You’ve been slaving away for the past four years: paper after paper, exam after exam, and admissions essay after admissions essay. You are finally in a place where you are figuring out what state you’ll be residing in throughout the next four years, and there’s no doubt that the so-called carrot getting you through each day is the gratification that graduation will bring, paired with the image of a phenomenal summer of friends, family, and sun, before you embark on your new journey.

But are you really ready to start your college experience? Yes, you’ve proved to be academically prepared, but how about mentally prepared? Media is everywhere today, and there is no way to escape the new stats that are constantly pouring in about college students, their performance, successes, and experiences.

An article in this morning’s USA Today states that:

“Nearly half of the nation's undergraduates show almost no gains in learning in their first two years of college, in large part because colleges don't make academics a priority, a new report shows.”

So how can you get the most of your tuition’s worth over the next two years, make mom and dad proud, and feel like you’re tracking in the right direction towards a successful and fulfilling career you’ll love? It’s simple. Do your homework.

Granted, that’s the last thing that you’ll want to hear after a stressful year of compiling a plethora of seemingly useless information. However, there just may have been a method behind some of the madness.

Take the research skills that you’ve polished in your paper writing, the thinking outside-of-the-box that you’ve honed in trying to come up with a college essay, and the extreme dedication that you’ve shown to your future by putting out nothing but your best work to get into the college of your choice. Pair these three tools with the realization that you are not going to be handed your career choice, nor are you going to be handed a fast-track in preparing for your career and being sure that it’s a good fit for you. Now take all of this information and make a promise to yourself to utilize a combination of the upcoming months, and your first two years of college to dig a little bit deeper to ensure that you’re on the path to success.

How, you might ask? Well, a great start would be checking out our white paper on careers on our site to see what’s out there:

http://www.onetruezone.com/100-careers-whitepaper.pdf

Then what? Keep abreast of our blogs! They’re written FOR YOU on a weekly basis to give you the support that we know you need! Want to know what other resources oneTRUEzone has to offer you in your quest to find your purpose in life? Shoot us an email at info@onetruezone.com, or post on our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/One-True-Zone/113736698682344.

High school and college students alike use us as a resource each week, why wouldn’t you?

For more information on today’s USA Today article, please consult:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-01-18-littlelearning18_ST_N.htm?csp=hf#uslPageReturn

Are you really sure you will love getting up every day of the week to go to work to do this? How about a lifetime?

I once heard a friend say: “If you're considering a job as a mechanic, don't ask yourself whether you like cars. Ask yourself whether you like lying on your back undoing bolts.” My first reaction to this was that he was being unfair to mechanics, who do skilled and often complex work, but upon reflection I realized the point was right on target. As a mechanic you don’t race cars all day, or simply get to discuss your favorites. You work on and repair cars that are broken. It's a technical, difficult and even dirty job, which requires mastery of all the components that make a car function, and one that leaves little time for just playing with the cars. Considering the sparse amount of time most people actually spend choosing careers (read: not much) these unhappy outcomes are almost predictable.

The reality of working in a certain career or job is not always what we thought it would be. Even if this seems obvious to you, it is amazing how often people select careers they really know little about, only to find themselves unhappy with their choice. It is easy to select a career that looks great either by its trappings or perceived status, and make a decision on these factors alone. When decisions are made in this manner, you have effectively ignored what it is you will actually be doing on a daily basis for a lifetime! No surprise so many people are dissatisfied with their lives, and live for vacations and weekends.

Paul Graham is the founder of startup incubator Y Combinator, an organization dedicated to providing small amounts of funding, mentoring, and even workspace to start up companies to help to propel them to success. Mr. Graham is someone who is constantly evaluating aspiring entrepreneurs to see if their passions line up with their work, and only if they do, does he invest in their projects.

"That's what leads people to try to write novels, for example. They like reading novels. They notice that people who write them win Nobel prizes. What could be more wonderful, they think, than to be a novelist? But liking the idea of being a novelist is not enough; you have to like the actual work of novel-writing if you're going to be good at it; you have to like making up elaborate lies." (http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html)

The real trick to happiness is to find a career which leverages your unique skills and abilities, and one in which the day-to-day work is enthralling TO YOU. At OneTRUEzone we are dedicated to helping you find the career, which is right for YOU, and will bring you personal happiness and fulfillment.

Are You Prepared to Rob Yourself & the World of Your Gift?

There are things in life that people are afraid of and therefore avoid, from the fear of failure to fear of heights and everything in between. However, the one fear that I have encountered all too often, and have rarely seen addressed is the fear of success. It is almost nonsensical, that we can be afraid of achieving our dreams and having them actually become reality, but nonetheless it happens all the time.

This is not just an abstraction. When people are more afraid of success than failure, the result is almost always the same; we frequently go on to fail. We end up not putting in the work or hours necessary for success, or we sabotage ourselves by trying only halfheartedly, or we fail by accepting rejection too easily without putting up a fight.

"Perhaps I am stronger than I think" – Thomas Merton

Through this unconscious fear of success, we may accept failure prematurely, reinforcing longstanding beliefs about our ability or self worth that are unfairly negative. This fear of change can manifest itself into a destructive life force. If we fear change and actually cause our own failure, we do not need to adapt to the positive, but new world, in which we have succeeded. If we have ever failed in the past, it is easy to see ourselves as perpetual failures.

This is a dangerous and unfortunate cycle that can easily develop. Here, at oneTRUEzone we are certain that every single one of us has a unique gift to give the world, and an inner strength that comes from recognizing and embracing that gift. By being scared of what we are truly capable of, and not pushing ourselves to achieve our dreams, we are robbing the world and ourselves of contributions that are ours to make and that can lead to personal happiness.


"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure."
-Marianne Williamson