Monster is making a monstrous mistake

Most of the information that Monster provides is either wrong or misleading. But it's not just Monster, for all similar job boards are making the same mistake.

They focus on the "job" instead of focusing on people's unique "talent."

In my Ideal Career workshops, I ask participants the difference between "your talent" and "your job."

This is actually a trick question: "your job" does not exist. It's always "their job." The proof is that employers can fire workers anytime.

That is, the "job" belongs to the employer (the business owner or shareholders). They lend you a job for a certain period of time. It is NEVER "your job."

If you focus on the "job," then you are focusing on something that will NEVER belong to you.

You are focusing on an illusion. The employer can decide, anytime and without the need to justify it, to take away your job, in which case you end up with nothing.

Your talent, however, is a different matter. Nobody can take away your talent. It's something that God gave to all of us, and we keep it until we die.

So the question is, If everybody has talent, how come most people focus more on their jobs than on developing their talent?

The answer is: Everybody has a talent, but NOT everybody has the courage to develop their talent. Those who do, despite the incredible odds against them, eventually become stars.

Movie stars, political celebrities (Bill Clinton, for instance), spiritual masters (the late John Paul II, Gandhi), social revolutionaries (Martin Luther King), etc.

They are called stars because, as in the old days of navigation on the seas, they shine high up there in the sky to guide us. They tell us: "You too have a special talent. Find it, have the courage to pursue and develop it, and you too shall become a star."

This is their main message. Everything else that is reported in the newspapers or tabloids about them pales in comparison and obscures the real message that great men and great women are trying to tell us.

This is why I say that Monster is making a monstrous mistake. They teach people to focus on the job, when people should instead focus on what is unique and special about themselves -- their God-given talent.