The snake sheds its skin

Practitioners are reinventing themselves as spirit guides, tour guides, cruise directors — anything to maintain their current lifestyle and ego gratification. (Refer to these people as retreads because they do resemble that type of tire.)

Some practitioners are looking for the next fengshui “fix” in hopes of gaining a competitive edge. Chasing after an unknown teacher who promises exotic new material is so much easier than working on improving your techniques (do these people remember that one should not inflict one’s learning curve on paying clients?). These practitioners live in a constant state of insecurity regarding their skills, but cannot bring themselves to read the want ads and look for work like everyone else.

The marketing tool du jour is the fengshui resume (or CV, for curriculum vitae). Sadly, a fengshui CV isn’t treated like any other CV. It’s an excuse to abuse clients’ patience and attention spans by listing every seminar or speech the practitioner thinks would impress the reader. The “education” may be absolutely worthless but the practitioner hopes you don’t know that. They cherish quantity over quality.

Look at the CVs of fengshui practitioners like you would look at job resumes. Few people trust someone who frequently changes schools and majors, just as businesses don’t trust prospective employees who fail to show a consistent work history or a reasonable explanation for the job-hopping.

Bloated CV’s do not indicate competence; they indicate people who desperately hope the fengshui fad will return. (It won’t.)

Reasonable people also wonder why someone would want to list every little thing they’ve ever studied, when it is more important to know what was learned by taking the class and how the person applies that knowledge.

You can expect this kind of CV from career students, dilettantes, and the chronically unfocused, but not those serious about a profession or seeking work.

Fengshui practitioners who embrace the CV fad need to consult experts like Yana Parker to craft a winning CV.

What matters now is true expertise. Practitioners who achieve consistent results are not afraid to offer money-back guarantees; they feel confident about their skills.