What can I do be make myself marketable? Hex 30 to Hex 53

[jp78]

What could I do to make myself more marketable to the position I am applying to?

Hexagram 30.1.4.5 changing to Hexagram 53.

I take this as not very good news at all. I was in the process of doing to application when I asked this question, and I am wondering if I should even bother finishing it. From my interpretation Hexagram 30.1 indicates I am heading into the wrong direction or field. Line 4 mentions true success comes slowly so this is possibly not the right path? And Line 5 reflects my frustration mentioning how I review this situation and what I have done wrong in the past. Then hexagram 53 talks of gradual development. All in all, my interpretation doesnt answer question directly, rather hints that maybe I am not following "destiny".

 

[anemos]

What could I do to make myself more marketable to the position I am applying to?

Hexagram 30.1.4.5 changing to Hexagram 53.

does this application includes a CV , because 53 could be the image of a chronological CV. You have to demonstrate that you are eligible for this place with this application. Maybe the lines of h30 mirror what I call application fear

My impression is the Yi says , in order to proceed ( 53) is to let fears , doubts etc and find the things would be appreciated from your perspective employers. Sometimes in such cases we do what 30.4 says. Become enthusiastic with a position but we fail to keep the fire on due to those details and disposition.

Don't know what it makes you doubt but if its about your skills , focus on your transferable skills. See what they want , see what you have and work on the things they cling

Have a great flight

 

[anemos]

What could I do to make myself more marketable to the position I am applying to?

Hexagram 30.1.4.5 changing to Hexagram 53.

From my interpretation Hexagram 30.1 indicates I am heading into the wrong direction or field. .

not necessarily although it could be the case. You don't give much info.

It is early morning and work begins. The mind has been closed to the outside
world in sleep; now its connections with the world begin again.

It might means you just need a strong cup of coffee

 

[jp78]

Background:

The position I am applying to is a financial modeling position for students who just graduated college starting in 2012. I could not find a job since I graduated this past May, so I took a finance internship which has required me to do an enormous amount of financial modeling for the company's long term profit model.

I have not really finished the application, but it does require a Resume, Cover Letter, recommendations, and all that stuff. I am willing to put in the effort, but the vibe the I-Ching gives me is "this may not be your path".

I am an economics major that was never really interested in business or making profit. I was interested in philosophy, neurophilosophy, and teaching. But sine my professors told me its very competitive and difficult to get a profession in the field, I stuck with econ and hated it. Nonetheless, I found a decent internship after graduation in finance (which wasnt my interest either), but the financial modeling aspect of this internship has grown upon me and I enjoy the logistics of it.

 

[pocossin]

You can make yourself more marketable by highlighting (53) your bright spots (30). Your application probably gives you some leeway to emphasize those aspects of your history that are especially valuable for the position you seek. Line 4 suggests there are things you should leave buried.

 

[jp78]

Pocossin, when you say there are things I should leave buried in Line 4 - are you referring that I should exclude certain things from my application? Or are you implying leave behind certain thoughts of the past or both?

 

[pocossin]

Pocossin, when you say there are things I should leave buried in Line 4 - are you referring that I should exclude certain things from my application? Or are you implying leave behind certain thoughts of the past or both?

That's a good point. Both.

Its coming is sudden;
It flames up, dies down, is thrown away.

Especially, if you have posted anything wild and woolly on the Internet, clean it up before sending in your application.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/61351/social_networking_can_be_perilous_to.html
Social Networking Can Be Perilous to Your Employment

About one in three job seekers have been eliminated from consideration based on information the hiring company has discovered on social networking websites.

 

[ginnie]

30.4: Extremely short duration

Even though you have your hopes, jp78, this reading does not look auspicious to me.

That 30.4 is key. Something flares up but then dies out almost immediately.

For me that line has sometimes meant rushing to get somewhere, but the duration of the 'brilliant part' (the time in which I get to display my brilliance?) was very short.

Not worth one's time, applying for a position of extremely short duration.

It could be that your interest would be of extremely short duration, but usually I have found with 30.4 that the external situation is of extremely short duration.

 

[anemos]

maybe you can find something helpful here : https://career.berkeley.edu/Guide/Guide.stm

there is a downloadable pdf here : https://career.berkeley.edu/Guide/EntireGuide.pdf

 

[anemos]

I have not really finished the application, but it does require a Resume, Cover Letter, recommendations, and all that stuff. I am willing to put in the effort, but the vibe the I-Ching gives me is "this may not be your path".

I am an economics major that was never really interested in business or making profit. I was interested in philosophy, neurophilosophy, and teaching. But sine my professors told me its very competitive and difficult to get a profession in the field, I stuck with econ and hated it. Nonetheless, I found a decent internship after graduation in finance (which wasnt my interest either), but the financial modeling aspect of this internship has grown upon me and I enjoy the logistics of it.

I read again your posts and makes me think that perhaps working towards this direction to you seems like leaving the path of philosophy studies. Could be a way to interpret 30.4. I'm sure you are aware of Masters in philosophy of economics. Those two subject are not irrelevant, on the other had I'ld say there is a strong connection between them.

i'm not trying to persuade you about anything , just I've see things coming together in a way I would never imagine .

 

[jp78]

Thanks, Poccossin & Anemos & Ginnie. I will look over the Berkeley website, Anemos. I just got back from work, but will take a look tonight. As for the social networking part, I am very careful what I post online and tend to be conservative about that aspect. Ginnie, I could potentially see what you are talking about line 30.4 that "something potential" just burns out quickly. With my luck, things have been like that in the past but not all the time. As for the position, I don't think its my interest that would burn out quickly because it is one I am willing to invest time, develop, and willing to make a possible career path.

As for philosophy of economics, I never took a class in it therefore I never actually inquired about it - not to mention everyone including my professors warned me to stayed away from philosophy as its a rather difficult field to get a job in and decent placement. I've taken metaphysics, ethics, and postmodernism and I enjoy some aspects of each especially metaphysics hence my interest in neuro-philosophy.

 

[ginnie]

30.1..5 > 53: Why get involved even briefly with a corrupt system?

Hexagram 30.1.4.5 changing to Hexagram 53.

I take the hex 53 to be what you are hoping for: a gradual development leading to a successful career. The relating hexagram often does not indicate the result, however. It often indicates our wishes in asking the question.

As I posted above, 30.4 indicates something of sort duration.

30.5 can mean either going into a rage or bursting into tears in my experience. It's a line with intense emotional content.

Can I say something out of all my years in the business world? If your primary inclination is towards teaching and scholarly pursuits, I think it might be mistake to head right now (at this time in history) into the mad, mad, mad world of commerce.

The commercial world is afflicted now with terrible apprehensions about the state of the worldwide economy. Established professionals with the most solid backgrounds and credentials are busy tearing their hair out. Protests against the wealthy, and by extension, the biggest corporations, are growing. Banks are not lending to each other as they used to. The employed and the working poor are almost completely disaffected and actually indulging in heated outbursts in the workplace. The unemployed .... are in even a worse state of mind; even more deteriorated.

Why involve yourself with such a mess? It is a corrupt system at the present time. To get engaged with it now would be taking a meaningless detour for you, I think, since your basic inclinations are otherwise.

 

[jp78]

Well, I can't figure any other practical path that I can take other then business. Right now I am interning I don't enjoy it. To go back and study right now requires money and I just graduated college - need to build a foundation. And even though I dont enjoy what I am doing now, hopefully I will get into a path or position that is personally rewarding and I enjoy. It is corrupt, filled with corruption everywhere in every aspect, but that's how to world works I guess. I just force myself to go with a flow that I dont believe in.

 

[ginnie]

Making Your Own Luck

It is corrupt, filled with corruption everywhere in every aspect, but that's how the world works I guess. I just force myself to go with a flow that I don't believe in.

I hear you.

But I wonder if there's not a small niche somewhere that would suit you. Why not ask Yi a question more along those lines, instead of a question about how to fit yourself into a system you don't believe in.

People every day set off in careers they despise and then wake up 40 years later with the realization that when they took that little detour in their 20's that they set the course for the rest of their working lives. You see, once you've worked in a field, then all your references are in that field, and then that's all the employment you can expect to get in the future, too.

It's important to set out in a direction you really want to go in.

I guess what I'm saying is that you'll need to trust first that it is indeed possible to proceed on what seems like blind faith. But this is the way we make our own luck ...

 

[jp78]

I agree with you. Not quite sure what I would ask the I-ching. Maybe what career path I should take or should I pursue business or something else. I will think of question and post again soon. Thanks for the input. I definitely don't want to pursue a career path which I don't fully believe in or care about.

 

[lucia]

Well, I can't figure any other practical path that I can take other then business. Right now I am interning I don't enjoy it. To go back and study right now requires money and I just graduated college - need to build a foundation. And even though I dont enjoy what I am doing now, hopefully I will get into a path or position that is personally rewarding and I enjoy. It is corrupt, filled with corruption everywhere in every aspect, but that's how to world works I guess. I just force myself to go with a flow that I dont believe in.

2 things:

30 from Wikiwing: Clarity. Harvest in constancy.
Creating success.
Rear female cattle, good fortune.'

Harvest in constancy: catching the bird, getting the message, is not meant to be just a one-off ‘aha!’ moment, but sustained awareness. And – heng, creating success – a way of creative two-way engagement with the world.

Female cattle represent what supports and sustains clarity. They’re the support of a culture: source of food and especially of power for farming. Because they lend their strength, we can develop higher civilisation.

Also, they are docile and willing – cows rather than bulls.
So these are the ‘fuel’ for the light of a whole culture. There are three factors:

The light of awareness
The capacity to sustain that light
The actions to nurture that capacity

The economic world may be corrupt but there is one hell of a lot of work there compared to other fields right now. Philosophy you can study in your own time. Put the two together in the future when you have some experience of the working world and you will be highly employable in "alternative" economic fields.

Hexagram 30.1.4.5 changing to Hexagram 53

Why "changing" why not in the context of? So 30.1.4.5>53....

In the context of gradual development you are just getting a sense of the world, a hint if you like. It isn't as bad as you think but it requires constancy or focus to reach your ongoing trajectory. There is no big bang moment, that is a myth but if you accept the world is a tough place and if you get on your way you will gradually reach a point that is much more satisfying. You will also develop your awareness of how you can use your interests and skills together to achieve something both workable and that you can feel more happy with in the long run.

Economics is a big wide field it ain't just bankers and accountants and "business" there are also development NGOs, alternative economics foundations, financial journalists etc etc. If anything, with the current global crises there is going to be a big demand for those who can use their skills to imagine better ways of doing things. You say that your internship has given you an interest in modelling. I suggest you try and develop this interest maybe you could get tooled up for more interesting things in the future!

53 Gradual Development........
Good luck!

 

[jp78]

This is a very insightful post - thanks for the feedback and the interpretation on the hexagrams and my question.