It Didn’t Used to Be This Hard!

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

Whether said by a job hunter expressing frustration over their difficulty with landing a new job or someone lamenting their frustration with someone at work, “It didn’t used to be this hard,” is a way pf attributing blame to others for needing to expend effort that you never used to have to put out.

When you are a beginner, the pay is lower and so are the expectations. As you develop more experience, your salary (usually) goes up and so do the demands and expectations. That’s true both at your work and in a job search.

If you are going to get the bucks, you can’t just be doing the same thing you did as a beginner. If you want to get to the top, you have to put in effort, compete and win more than you lose. With the increased money comes increased responsibility and expectations.

Ⓒ The Big Game Hunter, Inc., Asheville, NC 2019, 2023

ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER

People hire Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter to provide No BS Career Advice globally because he makes many things in peoples’ careers easier. Those things can involve job search, hiring more effectively, managing and leading better, career transition, as well as advice about resolving workplace issues.