Interviewing is lifestyle insurance for you and your family

Accepting interview requests is lifestyle insurance for you and your family. As I write in my bestseller, Ladders 2018 Interviews Guide, perhaps the best way to ensure your family’s financial future is to make sure that you keep your interviewing and job search skills current.

In the strong economy of 2018, we’ve seen unemployment among college-educated professionals drop to as low as 2%. With this type of demand for talent, you’ll almost certainly be receiving outreach from recruiters on Ladders and elsewhere.

Now before you turn those interview requests down — perhaps you have no intention of leaving your current job — I’ll urge you to accept the opportunity to interview. Staying in good practice for the future, keeping your interview skills current, and making the connections that come with consistent interviewing, are all essential components to making your career recession-proof.

We won’t always have an economy as strong as this one, and there will be a recession again in coming years. When that happens — and should your employer, team, product, or job get disbanded — you’ll be much safer, more secure, and feel less anxious, if interviewing has remained a comfortable skill.

Pick up Ladders 2018 Interviews Guide and give it 90 minutes — it’s a quick read that gives you all the essentials you need to know about interviewing. And that provides you peace of mind and lifestyle insurance for you and your loved ones.