Does your value as a person equal your value in the market place?

2016-03-28T15:54:20-04:00

You're no doubt very important and of huge value to your family and friends. And in most cases they will lift you up by telling you how great you are. How does your personal value translate into monetary compensation from your employer and clients? Are you as valuable to the market place as you feel you should be? Why or why not?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2016 4:10 PM

2016-03-28T16:10:02-04:00

Your value in the market place is what someone else is willing to pay you. An analogy that I think is relevant here is what my dad told me about Baseball Cards when I was young. I told him this card is worth $50, he said that's great but it is only worth what someone else will give you for it, because it is just a piece of cardboard to me.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 28 at 2016 5:48 PM

2016-03-28T17:48:34-04:00

Your family and friends will tell you that you are a great person, even if you are not, because they are your family and friends. Your value in the market place depends on whether you have the education and training needed by potential employers.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 28 at 2016 6:00 PM

2016-03-28T18:00:44-04:00

There are a lot of moderating variables like requisite skills, how the bosses treat you, how you get along with fellow workers, how the corporation or company is doing, are you micromanaged, how generous the organization is.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Mar 28 at 2016 6:21 PM

2016-03-28T18:21:53-04:00

Sometimes the Corporations will fire those with the most value to save the most money.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Mar 28 at 2016 9:51 PM

2016-03-28T21:51:48-04:00

Great topic. You'll tend to wind up in a better place mentally if you are close to your value in the marketplace. Undervalued has its own set of frustrations. That can turn inwards with anger going outwards. Overvalued has its own set of problems. That leads to the inevitable crash and burn. So if you're good at something, you have to be able to demonstrate it to someone who needs what you got. In my prior life as a senior GS going out and working job or small business fairs, people fell into three categories.

1. Where's the magic pill? I'm entitled.
2. What's the easiest path to mediocrity?
3. I'm hungry to excel and I'm doing it regardless.

Funny thing is I'd see the same #1s at the same fairs year after year. They's say "I have 25 years experience" and I'd say "You have one year experience 25 times". #2s would fade in and fade out still not dealing with their wet fuse. #3s would soon have their own booth and are aggressively building their dream. Those are the ones I heard back most often as it was more a matter of clarity and focus that I helped in. They could always do their thing better than I ever could. And they don't think much of the #1s and 2s because they see them as a drag on the marketplace and wasting SBA or other resources that can be better spent on the #3s.

Bottom line, value is a determination by someone else. So what are you doing to tell them you're worth a look?

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 29 at 2016 2:37 AM

2016-03-29T02:37:32-04:00

Though I am long retired, I would say this about your post: my self-esteem should ALWAYS be of more importance and value to me than to any other person or entity. That said, if my professional, working value is higher to me than it is in the marketplace, then I am selling myself short and not marketing myself properly. If the former is lower, my priorities are askew somewhere.