Mir Garvy Of Job Market Solutions On 5 Things You Need To Know To Create A Successful Service Based Business

An Interview With Jake Frankel

Take calculated risks. When you own your own company, you have to believe in your ideas, in yourself, and in your ability to bounce back from setbacks, your own errors in judgment, and circumstances outside your control. In graduate school and when I worked in the usability field, I learned about the concept of rapid application development. Applied to business, this means I don’t think in terms of making mistakes; I think in terms of responding to a new business challenge with a prototype solution; testing that idea, method, or tool; and then course correcting from there. It’s like building your airplane while you’re flying it. Taking calculated risks is a “muscle” that can be developed over time and with practice, and I think it’s an essential part of being a business owner.

As part of my series about the “5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Successful Service Business”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mir Garvy.

In the career services world, Mir Garvy is a leading job search strategist, writer, and speaker. An authority on resume writing, LinkedIn design and development, and job search strategy, Mir delivers engaging, fun, insightful keynotes and corporate events. Mir is the owner and founder of Job Market Solutions, a resume writing firm providing resumes, LinkedIn makeovers, and career guidance to job seekers across the nation. The business is 10+ years strong and counting, has five-star reviews across many social media channels, produces award-winning resumes, and has helped clients land jobs with companies like Google, Tesla, Salesforce, Facebook, Amazon, Google, Disney, Airbnb, Adobe, Spotify, and more. She is a…