The Job Farmer

By george verdolaga

The Job Farmer is a parable that illustrates two very different approaches to putting food on the table: hunting and farming. The comparison between hunters and farmers represents traditional and modern approaches to making a living, and our story describes what happens when the future meets the present. This book was written to help you understand why it’s critical to always think long term, keep your mind open and not be stuck on just one way of getting a job (or clients). You’ll discover other means that are much more powerful and effective, and also learn how to cultivate relationships with all sorts of people. You’ll also understand why it's important to go beyond your comfort zone to get the things that you want out of life. You’ll also discover how you can get what you want much more easily and effectively. And finally, you’ll learn how to get access professional opportunities and never be out of work. Once you learn how to become a job farmer, you’ll have more than enough to feed yourself and your family throughout your life. And you’ll even have “food” to spare for others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: george verdolaga
• Release date: Aug 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9780986563652

Book preview

THE

JOB FARMER

The 21st Century Approach to

Finding a Job or Getting Clients

for Your Business

GEORGE VERDOLAGA

Copyright 2011 by George Verdolaga

Smashwords Edition

GEORGE VERDO-LAGA

A Constellation Press book

All rights reserved. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, transmitted or resold in whole or in part in any form, without the prior written consent of the author.

The book and its related courses and materials are meant to provide competent and reliable information regarding the subject matter covered. Reasonable efforts have been made by the author to provide current and accurate information for the readers.

The characters and events depicted in this book are entirely fictional. The book is not intended to be a historically accurate depiction of a particular place, people or time in history.

The book’s website is http://www.thejobfarmer.com/

Visit the author’s website at http://www.georgeverdolaga.com/

Cataloguing data available from Library and Archives Canada

ISBN: 978-0-9865636-4-5

Cover & interior design by Greg Lam

Copyediting by Ted Morrison

Proofreading by Heather Lea

Illustrations by Grahame Arnould

Are you a Hunter

Or a Farmer?

Find out at www.thejobfarmer.com

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU:

If you have stories about personal struggles and successes involving your quest to find a job or build a client base for your business I would love to hear them. If you’ve also had the chance to attend one of my courses, seminars and webinars or finished reading one of my books, I would appreciate it if you could share your feedback. Please send these to:

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* Learn a much more effective alternative to mass-mailing resumes that actually works

* Find that BACK DOOR to your dream job

* Discover the perfect time to look for a job, when you’re at your most appealing

* Increase your callback rate and the number of inter-views you’re getting each month

* Turn the tables on job interviewers and make THEM pitch the jobs to you so you can do the pick-ing and choosing

* Talk to the right people who can actually OFFER you a job on the spot instead of convincing a recrui-ter, or someone at the human resources department, to grant you an interview

* Create a powerful lifetime network that will keep you consistently employed throughout your career

Order the SITTING PRETTY home study course at www.sittingprettycourse.com

Create a career safety net so that you’re never out of work

* Never worry about the state of the economy – or your company – like everyone else

* Understand how to properly manage your performance and your relationships at work so you never have to see the writing on the wall

* Learn how to protect yourself from corporate downsizing, layoffs or mass firings at work

* Become a top resource & go-to person in your industry so that employers & recruiters will seek you out

* Pick and choose jobs (or clients) suited to you, rather than just going for the one that’s available immediately

* Be fully in control of your career and decide who to work for, how long to work for them and how much vacation time to take in a year

Order THE CONTRACTOR LIFESTYLE book at www.contractorlifestylebook.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

They say that it takes many people to create a book, and The Job Farmer is no exception.

I would like to thank my wife Maita, first and fore-most. Her advice and constant support have been instrumental in the making of this book. She is a big reason I’ve succeed not only in business, but in life. And she constantly inspires me to be a better person.

I would also like to acknowledge my wonderful par-ents, who unfailingly encourage and support me in all my endeavors. I dedicate all my achievements to these two very special people, who have always been there for me. Without their prayers and their generosity, I would not have gone very far in life.

I am eternally grateful to my friend Greg Lam, who designed the cover, interior and promotional website for The Job Farmer. He continues to be a valuable source of information and his sharp insights enabled me to make significant enhancements to the story of Kolo and Miiku.

I would also like to mention my editor and second pair of eyes - Ted Morrison - whose input, tremendous generosity, patience and editing skills have made my books and courses effectively communicate my ideas and my experiences.

I would like to express my thanks to Mel Smith of Bullseye Marketing Solutions. He has helped me strengthen my mental game and continually assists me in promoting my brand – and my message – to the world.

And finally to our Creator, who always laughs when-ever I share my plans with Him. Thank you for taking me on this amazing journey and opening my eyes to life’s wonderful possibilities.

George Verdolaga

June 2011

FOREWORD

The Job Farmer is a very unique and enjoyable little book that offers not only a definite prescription for finding a job (or getting clients for your business) but an orientation for life based on establishing win-win relationships with others.

George’s simple and memorable parable about the lives of an ancient hunter and his farmer friend brilliantly illustrates a philosophy based on living in abundance. Through this book, the author demonstrates how we can easily obtain all the jobs – or business clients – we could ever imagine!

Kolo and Miiku, the two main characters in this story, pursue two different paths to feeding themselves and surviving in the wilderness: one maintains a belief built on scarcity while the other adapts to a philosophy of abundance. Their individual choices impact all of their daily decisions and actions.

However, they both remain continuously respectful of each other’s differing lifestyle and philosophy. They both also experience vastly different life outcomes as a result of their opposing beliefs and food-gathering strategies.

A scarcity mentality has ruled many people’s lives such that it has influenced our choices, values and even our pride. While great events have occurred within a scarcity mentality, so too have great tragedies. These could have been neatly sidestepped if most human beings thought differently about how to use (and share) the Earth’s resources.

Perhaps societies of the world can learn to merge their old-fashioned scarcity views with the new abundance thinking so everyone can benefit. As a result of adopting this mindset of abundance, we can all start to witness more positive outcomes in our own lives.

Instead of job (or client) hunting, we definitely need to start job farming.

Don Morgan, MA

New York