Oscar Wilde once said, “The only difference between caprice and a life-long passion is that caprice lasts a little bit longer.” Don’t feel that way about your search for the perfect job. It’s out they’re, buried under apprehensions, misgivings, misguided intentions and undeveloped goals and aspirations. How can you establish the job targets most helpful to you in your job search? Why are they so elusive? Read on for some thoughts by a non-authority on a most difficult subject.
Many people will often say that they don’t care what industry they end up working in, but when they really think about it, they realize that they do. If you think that any industry would work for you, then ask yourself the following questions: Would you work for a non-profit company? A chemical company? The advertising industry? Or how about a company that makes smelly cheese or animal crackers? Would you work for a magazine or other kind of publishing company? Does it matter if the organization of your dreams has forty or forty thousand or four hundred thousand employees? Shaking your head? I thought you might be.
So let’s assume you are not sure. One thing you can be certain about is that you have selected a job target the moment you can clearly and without hesitation state the industry or company size that interests you, your specific position within that company and some guidelines in reference to geographic location. Once you have gotten this far, you can hone your choices to an even sharper level. Would you rather work in a fast-paced dynamic environment or are you more comfortable in a slower, more stable and routine space? Do you want to work with sharp savvy people out to make a buck or would you rather interface with those whose ultimate wish is to make the world a better place?
These questions are important, and you need to address them in order to land the job that will make YOU happy. Think of the job market as a battlefield and you, the job seeker, are the one brave soldier with more ammunition than the next. It might be safer for you to remain at home on the living room couch, but would it be more exciting?
Good luck and leave the machine guns at home.
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“A Resumé For The Electronic Age”
“What Are Hard and Soft Skills?”
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