01/30/2026
A tough Friday conversation:
6 reasons you can become virtually unemployable 😧
Careers aren’t linear. You’ll move up, sideways, and sometimes backward just to get into the right lane. It gets messy. You’ll make mistakes.
Trust me—I’ve been fired more than most. And that’s OK.
Recently, I came across a young MMJ who publicly trashed a former employer on Facebook and encouraged others to pile on. Her frustration? She no longer liked the terms of an employment agreement she signed, accepted paychecks under for years, and now felt was unfair.
Somehow, that became the employer’s fault.
Reading the comments made me reflect on patterns I’ve seen repeatedly—ways people quietly make themselves virtually unemployable outside their current role.
Here are six of them:
1️⃣ You bash a former employer on social media, screenshots happen instantly. Once it’s out there, you’ve lost control. Future employers will assume you’ll talk about them the same way.
2️⃣ You have unrealistic compensation expectations
Markets change—your expectations must too. TV news pay has crashed over the last decade. A smart entrepreneur once told me:
“Mike, the tooth fairy only comes once. You'd better recognize it when it happens.”
3️⃣ Entitlement creeps in
Time served, market size, or past titles don’t guarantee future status or pay. When skills become outdated, or you’re timed out, entitlement makes reinvention harder—not easier.
4️⃣ You have zero network
When the job disappears, so does the safety net. Networks want to help—it’s human nature. They may not walk you through the door, but they’ll open it.
5️⃣ Your skills aren’t transferable—or you can’t explain them. You must constantly pressure-test your value outside your current role.
6️⃣ You’re shocked by layoffs in a declining industry
Career success often comes down to two things: timing and ex*****on. Miss the timing or execute poorly, and you’ll find yourself on unemployment island.
You are in control of your career.
If you stay curious, remain a student, and develop real self-awareness, you can make yourself timeless—even in a shrinking industry.
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