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Choosing a career when the options seem limitedBY: Guest User | Category: Careers | Submitted: 2010-02-22 09:26:17
Times can be tough. When it comes to finding a job, you may not have the pick of the litter. Despite your education, experiences, and personality, sometimes the job that you want is just not to be found. In these times, it's important to be able to look at your education and experience creatively so that you can market yourself well to potential employers. The first step in any job search is to determine what your target is. What would your ideal job be? Brainstorm everything from desired hours to location, type of company to your supervisor's leadership style. When you have a good sense of this, brainstorm the outer edge of your target: what would you be willing to take if you had to? How far would you be willing to drive? Would you be willing to take work home after-hours? Would you be okay with travelling? This is the step in which you determine what jobs you absolutely will not take. Now, check out the jobs that are currently available. Use all means that are available to you to find out what jobs are available: job web sites, friends and colleagues, your almamater's alumni web site. Start a spreadsheet of jobs that you find that are interesting to you, and make sure that you copy the entire job posting to a word document (or email it to yourself) just in case the job is removed from the job board before you get a chance to apply for it. Think of this as a brainstorming session; copy every job that fits anywhere on your target. Next, quickly sort the jobs according to your desire. Don't worry about ranking them all; just assign a label like "perfect," "good," "okay," and "if I have to." These will help you prioritize the amount of time that you will spend on applying for the job. Now is the fun part: writing your resumes. Yep. Resumes plural. Every job that you apply for should have a unique resume and cover letter. Even if every resume has the same jobs listed on it, the descriptions of the jobs should vary depending on the type of job that you are applying for. If you were an administrative assistant, you can highlight different things: writing and managing a budget for an accounting job; producing flyers and updating web sites for a marketing job; greeting and contacting clients for a customer services job; et cetera. Before you begin writing your resume, read the job description that is posted for the job that you are interested in. Read it again. What do you notice? Does it seem like they are looking for someone to maintain a program or to innovate? Do they want someone who knows the system well or someone who is new to it and has a fresh eye? Do they care about your education or your experience more? What does the company value? Highlight these things in both your resume (through your work experience and education descriptions) and your cover letter (through specifically connecting your attributes to what the company is looking for). By looking at your work, education, and life experience with a fresh eye for each job that interests you, you can open up opportunities that you didn't even realize were available to you. Article Source: http://www.writearticles.org/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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