How to Find the Job You'll Like

By Muhammad Sayyid

Is It Gonna Be A Job Or A Career?

So you feel you need a job at this time in your life? Are you a newcomer to the job world and require some guidance? Or are you pressed by current circumstances and living pressures that force you to have to generate income? Or maybe you are currently employed in a dead-man's post with no hope for advancement regardless of the quality and quantity of your contributions to your company? Whatever your circumstances, here is some vital information that can smooth your job-search and yield you the job of your dreams.

1. Search Job Listings For Work You WANT to do.

Most job-seekers employ a "fishing in the bathtub" technique when searching job listings. They look first for a job-title. Then they compare the listed educational requirements with their own academic qualifications and summarily dismiss themselves if these do not match. All things being equal, they then look at the salary-range before deciding whether or not to apply. They may haphazardly skim through the JOB-DUTIES, reasoning that, once employed, they will receive the training necessary to perform satisfactorily. Is it any wonder then that so many jobs are occupied by academically-qualified people who are totally ill-equipped temperamentally for the positions they hold? Not only is this method of job-search frustrating, but it is also counterproductive.

To maximise one's chances of scoring that desired job with minimum wasted effort, first decide what you would like to do to earn money and then concentrate your search efforts in that sector. The required JOB-DUTIES are extremely important when viewing a listing. Why? Because this is what your prospective employer will require you to do EVERY DAY if hired, despite your sterling academic achievements! If you do not want to perform such actions, then DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME applying for the job regardless of the FANCY TITLE or SALARY RANGE.

2. Know Something About the Duties For Which You Are Applying.

Most job-seekers make major mistakes applying for a job about which they have no clue! Let us visit the reason for an employer's job-listing. An employer is, first and foremost, a business seeking to make money from its investments. The business must be profitable or it will die! Period! No ifs, ands or buts! Every dime invested in assets of the business must produce a profit. Every dime must justify its expenditure. Every employee is a business asset. Every employee must produce profits for the business or be discarded! Period!

The job-listing is NOT a Charitable gesture. A job-listing means that a business is seeking to acquire an asset in the form of an intelligent person who is fully capable of performing certain profitable actions for a long period of time. In other words, the employer is seeking YOUR COMPATIBLE SKILLS AND TIME for use in his business venture. While he is obligated to train you in the techniques used in his business, he expects you to have some idea about the purpose of his business. That's why he lists the required DUTIES of the job! Do not be confused about what you are doing when you apply for a job. You are offering to trade your SKILLS, TIME and KNOWLEDGE to a business in return for financial consideration. Therefore, the more you know about the job-duties, the more valuable you are as a prospective employee.

3. Your Resume Is Only A Key To The Employer's Door.

Yes! You heard right. Too many applicants depend on their resume to get them a job. A well-written resume is only a key to your prospective employer's door. It arouses his interest in meeting you. Do not assume that the employer already knows WHO he wants to employ. The employer only knows the TYPE of person he wants in his business. He is working with BROAD GUIDELINES, trying to maximise his return on his financial investment. Therefore, he is WIDE OPEN to ANY applicant who falls within his target area. It has been my experience that, except in cases of myopic dogmatism, many academically-qualified job-seekers have been beaten to a post by an ENTHUSIASTIC, KNOWLEDGEABLE, TEMPERAMENTALLY-CORRECT individual of less sterling academic achievement. The reason being that, while your resume may get you into the boss' office, it is YOUR CHARACTER that will get you the job.

No employer can be reasonably expected to invest money in a highly text-book educated individual with no concept of his own personal value. As my deceased father (May God bless his soul) used to say: "Common-sense is much more valuable than book-sense." NEVER, NEVER, NEVER go into a job interview expecting your resume to speak for you. Only YOU can speak for YOU! Once your resume has done its job of getting you into the boss' office, be prepared to sell him on the profits he can acquire by having you as an asset in his business. Remember, no employer is obligated to GIVE you a job because you are academically-qualified and NEED one.

4. You Got The Interview, Now What?

It's not rocket science now, is it? Let's review how you got this far. Because of some life-altering reason, you NEED to generate money. You have decided what you want to do to get the money. A business needs someone to do what YOU WANT TO DO. You send a resume telling them a little bit about yourself and stating your interest in DISCUSSING their proposition further. They like what your resume says and think YOU MAY FIT THEIR GUIDELINES. They set up an appointment to speak with you personally (the dreaded interview!). Now what?

If you have been following the logic this far, you realize that you are potentially ahead of the game IN THE EMPLOYER'S EYES when you get called in for the interview. It is in YOUR BEST INTEREST to research the company BEFORE attending your interview. Why? If you really want to stress your potential value to the business WHEN HIRED, you NEED TO KNOW to what you are going to contribute YOUR SKILLS. That knowledge allows you to CONTROL the tone of the interview. Most applicants approach an interview seeking a charitable gesture from their prospective employers, but you are NEGOTIATING how best TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR TALENTS to assist in further developing the business.

That's the only way you can further cement the FAVORABLE IMPRESSION that got you the interview in the first place. With knowledge of where you can fit in, you are miles ahead of the competition who thinks their value is in their resume. You can use your knowledge to declare your value to the company without any bluff or chest-thumping. Use that knowledge to make the employer WANT to invest his money in YOU!

If you understand and apply these insights, you will find that job interviews and job searches will be less frustrating and more productive. Remember, when you apply for a job, you are agreeing to allow an employer to control 3 precious assets: Your Time, Your Skills and Your Knowledge. In return, the employer pays you an agreed hourly value for using those assets. If you currently find yourself in need of generating income and intend to embark on a job-search, it is in your best interests to pay attention to the points discussed.

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Muhammad Sayyid, will soon release his new book "The Success Chronicles (How to Unleash Your Entrepreneurial Spirit)". He edits a blog "Sound of Success" and operates a marketing website promoting business opportunities and related services. [http://www.simplefinancialsuccess.com]Visit his site here!

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