blentz

I’ve been on the receiving end of similar requests before.

“I’ll work for free or nothing if you let me do what I love under the umbrella of your organization because I love it so much.”

I did one or two agreements like this and then stopped altogether. The individual would start their work, others would start to depend on its existence and the individual would leave in a matter or weeks or months because something else better came along for them. There was no incentive to keep the relationship going over a longer term. My organization just wasn’t setup to see any upside to short lived but high quality team members.

Is there anyone out there who does work agreements like this currently and benefits from them? Would love to hear more details. Perhaps that feedback could help Franceso with his pitch.

Franceso please come back in a week and let us know what kinds of offers you received. Will be very interested to see where this goes.

As someone who hires and also coaches people into entry level positions, your story is not unique.

You asked a simple question: “how can an unhireable person get a job?”

Answer: You can’t get a job because you have given yourself the label unhireable. Period.

Everything in your post builds and reinforces the story you’ve been telling yourself for a long time. You are putting most of your energy into explaining why things aren’t working out for you.

Until you drop that story, no amount of advice will help you.

If there is a part of you that can recognize the truth in this, you have a chance to rewrite your story.