Online Job Search
Online job search is the best source for us to apply easily in the job we want. A job search engine is a website that facilitates job hunting. These sites are more commonly known as job boards and range from large scale generalist boards to niche job boards for categories such as engineering, legal, insurance, social work, teaching and seasonal jobs. Users can typically deposit their resume' and submit them to potential employers, while employers can post job ads and search for potential employees. Through online job search, we can manage our time applying to many companies in single setting in front of computer. Here are some steps for you to be familiarize online job search as well as on applying into a certain job online. The first step in finding a job is to write a resume or prepare to complete a job application. Depending on the type of job you are searching for, you will need a resume, CV (curriculum vitae) and a cover letter or you will need to complete an application for employment. Second one to do is use the job search engines to search the top job banks, company sites, and online newspapers. There are a variety of job search engine sites that will search all the online job sites to capture new job postings. Third one is look for a job online sites that gives a reliable and wide range of categorize jobs in order to search and choose easily. And the last one, if you choose the desired jobpost for you, you can apply it immediately through online application. Online application is the best way to apply fast. All you need to do is fill up the application form online and after that you just wait for the call of the interviewer for the next intructions of your application process. And take note, always give your contact number so that they will contact you anytime. And always checked regularly the job search site for you to check the status of your application in to the job you've applied for.
Applying in online job search is very helpful for the time and effort of job hunter. It has a greater advantage than applying walk in. The advantage are speed processing, convenience, and immediate research. You can apply as fast as you can at any vacancy posted online. By entering the position you are seeking, you may perform an exhaustive search within a matter of minutes and be it, you can apply immediately on the job you want. It was convenient because you are no longer to wait for the next issue of the news paper or job hunt magazines just to apply in a certain job post. As the Internet is a global tool it is now possible to locate vacancies internationally in addition to the vacancies within your own location. In truth there is no limit to the scope of this tool and you may specify job type, job description, location in addition to any other requirements you have. You may access the volumes of information that the Internet has to offer while conduction the research required to perform an extensive job search. This matter will give an intensive development of searching jobs. A total fulfillment for the easy and quick settling of application. Online job search and online application is the most appropriate nowadays to search for an ideal job.
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Becoming a Marketer
Following is part one of an interview with Cheryl Benton, owner of 747 Marketing. Their website says, "We've built a consulting business that helps our clients gain unfair competitive advantages by outwitting the other guys." Visit Cheryl Benton’s website simply by Googling 747 Marketing. Q. Why did you choose marketing as a career?A. Actually, I didn't choose it as a career. It chose me. I started out thinking I was going to be a high school English teacher. I believe John Lennon said, "Life happens when you're making other plans." I was substitute teaching, because there was such a glut of English teachers. I was there until the end of the school year, and I thought, "I'll have to go back to substituting in the fall." I thought, "I'll get some kind of summer job." But, if you told businesses you were going back to teaching in the fall, they wouldn't pay anything. So, I thought, "The next place I go, I'll act like I'll stay here forever." And, that turned out to be a 10 year summer job in a technology firm. I got into advertising there. I became the Ad Director, and then the Marketing Director. After 10 years, I left there and started my own ad agency on Long Island. I had that for 10 years, and it was acquired.Q. What made you decide to start your own agency? A. I was on the client side, and we were working with agencies. I was at a point where I wanted to try the agency side. It would be more interesting and challenging. And, ironically, people were saying, "Even though you've been a marketing person for 10 years, you haven't had experience on the agency side." So, I was finding that the agency door was tough. At that time, some of the big agencies had training programs, but my time for that had long since gone by. I thought, "At this point, I don't want to start all over in my career." So, I said, "I'm going to start my own agency and figure it out along the way."Q. Did you find it fairly easy to pick things up, or was it challenging, or stressful?A. Yes, all of the above. Whenever you're starting something new -- and especially when you're going from something very secure -- all of a sudden, you take this giant leap into uncharted waters. This is particularly true when it's an entrepreneurial project. But, there's a lot of adrenaline, and you have to believe you can do it. My first client was the firm I was working for, and then I had a couple of clients. That was terrific, because they all believed enough in me to allow me to do that. They were enormously helpful. I learned, and part of growing and doing anything is making mistakes. And, saying, "OK, what did I learn from that?" Then, you pick up and move ahead. For example, when you're starting up something, any client who came your way, you say, "Oh, I can do that," or, "I'll take that on." Then, you start to realize that you have to focus your effort more. I found that it took as much time, if not more time, to handle a very small client with a very tiny budget, than it did to pursue clients with bigger budgets. That was a big lesson: When to say no, and when to say, "OK, I'm not going to say yes to this kind of client -- even if it would provide some short-term income. I need to focus on the bigger things that will ultimately be more beneficial." Q. You've worked in Manhattan most of your career. What strengths are required to succeed in this competitive environment?A. You've got to be willing to accept failures, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start over again. In Manhattan or Boise, if you love what you do, and you keep at it, you will succeed.Q. The Manhattan work world has changed since you started. Tell us a change that affected you, and how you adapted. A. Now, with computers and the Blackberry, it's the total commingling of your business and personal life. You're always on 24/7 call, even on vacation. You're getting off a plane and checking your Blackberry. And, there's a good and bad side to that. The good side is: You can work remotely and you can handle certain business things a lot easier than you could 20 years ago, when you had to physically be in the office to do something. The downside is: You're never free! (Laughs.) Q. You've been active in many associations and groups. Did they help you with transitions?A. Yes, it's been great to be in them. I've been involved in advertising industry associations. They've been great for a number of reasons. Early on in your career it's fantastic because you can reach out to other people. It expands your network. I've been in the B/PAA (Business and Professional Advertising Association) and the BMA (Business Marketing Association). Some of my very closest friends are from those organizations. We're friends to this day.You find you have a nationwide network. And that is so critical because when you're ready to do something new, you sit down and say, "Who is in my network?" I would say to anyone at any stage: Get involved with groups in your industry. In your younger days you're taking from those groups. And, when you get more experienced in whatever you do, you will give back to those groups. Q. You continue to have a very successful career. To you, what is career success?A. I think it's loving what you're doing. I've always felt very fortunate that I've always loved what I was getting paid to do. I always loved advertising, I loved marketing, and I love what I do now at The Three Tomatoes Newsletter. I think that's the key to anyone's success. I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who has been successful in an endeavor who has hated what they do. It doesn't mean every day you get up saying, "Oh, my gosh, this is great." Obviously, there are lots of days you get up and say, "Oh, gosh, I have to face this client or that challenge." But overall, it was loving the business I was in, and the people in that business, and feeling that adrenaline. And yes, I loved doing that.Q. What's next for you?A. Who knows! (Laughs.) I have no idea. I love The Three Tomatoes. That's the thing I'm having the most fun with these days. I'm spending a lot of time on it, and we'll see where that takes me. I started out teaching, so kids and education have always been very important to me. So, I've become very involved with a couple of non-profit groups that work with New York kids and education. That has fulfilled that other piece of me. And, that goes back to figuring out what has been important to you all along. Look at what you are passionate about.````````````````````````````````````````
James O. Armstrong, who serves as Editor and President of NowWhatJobs.net, http://www.nowwhatjobs.net, which is The Resource for Job Transitions over 40, also wrote "Now What: Discovering Your New Life and Career after 50." In addition, he is the Cofounder with his wife of Armstrong Solutions Inc., http://www.armstrongsolutions.net, which is a Counseling, Coaching and Career Management Practice with a reduced fee schedule to expand their services to a larger group of men and women with needs. Armstrong also serves as President of James Armstrong & Associates, Inc., which is a national and international media representation firm serving Central US and Canada out of his Suburban Chicago base.
The Benefits of Career Change
Changing jobs is quite natural for many people nowadays. Specialists kept on switching companies looking for a better place to work at. But their functional responsibilities still remain the same. However, such rotation without the change of your occupation is not 100% useful. Psychological research has showed that a person will have more chances to succeed if he changes his vocation once 5 - 7 years. Thus he will acquire new knowledge and experience and he will learn how to deal with new unusual tasks.Even if you have created a dynamic plan for developing your career from a clerk to a senior manager in a particular company new responsibilities don't substitute old ones, but are just added to the existing duties. In other words, you don't change your activity - but the sphere of your responsibility becomes wider. In fact, a person keeps on working in the same professional area. However paradoxical it may be, but after a few years since submitting your sales resume you are more likely to lose your sales competence than to gain or improve it. You get tired of routine work; you fulfill your duties mechanically with no zest and enthusiasm. That is why psychologists suggest changing the content of the work not its place. Human resource managers still make the same mistake: they are looking for the applicants with at least a year - relevant experience. They don't consider retrained specialists or those who have no experience in the pertinent area. They don't take into account that inexperienced candidates have considerable advantages over the experts: they have no professional stamps/ clichés, they are ready to improve themselves, and they have sincere interest for the new job and others.Today more and more people are changing their specialty. Social psychology defines this phenomenon as professional reorientation. Mostly it applies to young people. Older people have less flexible thinking - their professional life is influenced by prevalent stereotypes and they have too high demands for themselves. People older 35 are afraid of taking risks. Even if his life-time dream was to become an executive of car manufacturing company, he won't set himself to writing a resume. The idea of cardinal retraining seems senseless and even careless to older people. Most of them can neither afford no do they want to spend their time and money for obtaining a second education. Two categories make an exception of this statement. They are housewives, who have adult children and now are free to take up their career. Another category is retired servicemen. Both groups come across a lot of objective and psychological difficulties. Psychologists admit that only few people with a specific temperament are capable of abrupt changing their professional life. The ability to take reasonable risk in your professional life - is the major factor of success. And on the contrary - fear of changes or failure inhibit your success. You will always have a well -paid job if you learn to regard studies and job changing as a natural component of your working life. A well - known American businessman, the author of several books on business psychology wrote: "It is not worth sticking to your primary vocation for being rewarded a golden watch when you are retired." Think, may be it is time for you to stop sending your teacher resume from one school to another and consider better choices.
Wanted: Baby Boomer Teachers!
Today, there is a greater demand for teachers nationwide than there has been in many years. Of course, there is not an equal demand for every teacher in every specialty, but there is a tremendous need for teachers precisely because so many baby boomers are leaving the teaching profession due to retirement. This development, in turn, offers a great opportunity for other men and women, who are also baby boomers, to take those positions from the retiring teachers.
Let me give you an example. A person who came into the picture as a substitute high school math teacher for our then junior in high school the following year joined the staff of Woodstock High School and became a full-time math teacher in her late 50s. I believe this is the type of transition our nation will see happen with greater frequency all across America.
In the past, my mother also went back to school to finish her Associate of Arts degree in her early 40s. Then, she earned her Bachelor's degree, received her Master's degree, and subsequently taught high school photography through the age of 70 at Parkway South High School in St. Louis County, Missouri.
And while the individual paycheck may not be significant relative to private industry, public sector pensions for teachers are really excellent. For example, the formula in the State of Missouri for a retired teacher is 80% of your previous income after 30 years of service. Teachers are paid a salary based upon their education level, with the max pay level probably being a Master's degree plus 30 hours.
In my own circle, I have a good friend in St. Louis, who earned a Master's degree plus 30 hours, and let us estimate that he retired at $60,000 in annual income from his Suburban St. Louis position. His retirement at 30 years would be 80% of that figure. However, since he actually worked 33 years, the percentage on the retirement formula was 88%. So, by taking 88% of $60,000, my friend made approximately $52,800 per year, which began at age 55.
Please bear in mind that teachers throughout our nation do NOT qualify for Social Security. So this becomes both a substitute for Social Security and a private pension added together.
But, if someone goes back to school and they qualify to become a teacher in their 40s, they could still work for the next 20 or 25 years. In other words, taking my mother's case as an example, age 45 + 25 years = age 70.
The school districts, in turn, want good teachers, so they may continue to extend that teacher's contract even beyond the normal retirement point, if it's appropriate in a unique circumstance.
Continuing adult education instructor
One of my best friends from St. Louis retired as a public school teacher in mathematics after a 33 year career in a suburban high school. But, his real love has always been music over the years. So each week, he takes a one hour lesson on the mandolin and a one hour lesson on the guitar.
Then, at the local junior college during both the fall and spring semesters, he teaches a class on guitar. He said he doesn't make much money doing it, but it's very gratifying to him on an emotional level.
Ministry
Individual men and women may also feel the call to ministry later in life. That scenario pertained to my own father and my wife. My father went to seminary and graduated in his mid 40s and went on to a longer term career in the ministry. My book, "Now What? Discovering Your New Life and Career After 50," contains 19 profiles, one of which is of my 85 year old father. My Dad is literally the senior associate pastor -- senior meaning oldest -- on the staff of St. Louis Family Church, which is perhaps the largest Protestant church in the Greater St. Louis area.
Ministry today is actually a common career track for men and women, as we get older. This happens with Catholic priests, it happens in the Protestant clergy and it happens in the Jewish clergy as well. My wife is also an ordained pastor, who is a full-time minister in charge of Fresh Harvest Church in Woodstock, Illinois and who is also the point person for Fresh Harvest Ministries. She is also involved with a ministry organization, which has a call to our nation and is located in Washington D.C.
Fitness trainer
I am also a member of the McHenry County College Fitness Center, which has every kind of conceivable exercise machine you can imagine from rowing machines to stationary bicycles to treadmills to a cross country ski apparatus, as well as all sorts of different weight-related machines. MCC's Fitness Center employs fitness coaches, who have degrees, and these trainers come in all different ages. The oldest one, who once served as a coach for one of the Olympic teams, is today in his 70s. But, he still works on a part-time basis at McHenry County College in the fitness center.
I believe fitness should be one part of the transition we pursue, as we get older. In fact, many of the people in my exercise group, who work out three to five days per week at the same time in the early morning, when I use the facility, are actually in their late 60s, 70s or even 80s. The name of this group is "the Wild Bunch," where I am perhaps the youngest person in the group.
Of course, it is always good to be "the youngest," no matter how the group is defined.
Creating Positive Career Changes
You and I are lucky. We live in a world rich in possibilities. We are able to select from an unlimited variety of occupations, and have the right to find happiness and personal fulfillment in our daily work.
The fact that you live in a free society gives you the privilege to decide your own fate. You have as much power in determining where you work as you do in selecting a spouse, a home, a car, or a pet. Your choice of jobs really depends on how much you want to shape your career, and how much effort you're willing to spend to make the necessary improvements in your life.
If you're considering a job change, it's likely related to three reasons :
1 - Personal - You want to change your relationships with others.
For example, you may have discovered that you're incompatible with the people in your company. Perhaps they have different interests than you; or they communicate differently or have different educational backgrounds.
2 - Professional - You've determined the need to advance your career
For example, you have found that you won't reach your professional or technical goals at your present company; or that your advancement is being blocked by someone who's more senior or more politically oriented; or that you are not getting the recognition you deserve; or that you and your company are growing in different directions; or that you are not being challenged technically; or you are not being given the skills you need to compete for employment in the future. Or you have simply lost interest in your assigned tasks.
3 - Situational - You are motivated by other circumstances that all contribute to your satisfaction in the workplace. Maybe you are commuting too far from home each day, you are too compartmentalized in your duties, you are forced to travel too much, you are working too many hours, or you are under too much stress. Maybe you want to relocate to another city, or stay where you are rather than be transferred?
Whatever your personal, professional, or situational reasons may be, you're motivated by the desire to improve your level of job satisfaction and make a positive change. You'd be surprised how many people are unclear about what they actually do for a living, and the way their jobs make them feel. In order to translate your wishes and needs into results, let's begin by evaluating your present position it's the first step to any job change.
For example, whenever I interview a candidate, the first thing I ask for is a complete narrative job description:
"So tell me, Bonnie", I begin, "What is it that you do at your present company?"
"Gee Dave, I thought I told you already. I'm a systems analyst."
"All right", I reply. "But would you please describe to me in detail the following two things:
1- What are your daily activities? That is, how do you spend your time during a typical day
2- What are the measurable results your company expects from these activities? In other words, how does your supervisor know when you're doing a good job?"
Often, I discover that people are hard pressed to come up with solid answers about the specific nature of their work. They're not exactly sure about their job responsibilities, and their lack of focus results in stress or counter-productivity. Many employers expect you know what they want and how that should be done, often without giving you feedback till after you were passed over for that promotion you felt was deserved. It is your job and part of being fulfilled in it for you and your employer is to be on the same page and meet or exceed expectations and goals you both set.
While a little bit of stress may is natural in any job, a steady diet of it can destroy your incentive to work and dramatically effect happiness in all phases of your life. When you count your work week combined with your average commute, most people work more than they sleep (or do anything else), so minimizing any stress in your life contributes to life's satisfaction. A recent study confirms this and indicates a direct correlation between a person's lack of task clarity and their level of job dissatisfaction. Knowing what you want is the crucial first step for getting what is most appropriate for you. Every compromise you make undermines your goal of vocational satisfaction and personal achievement. Asking for what you want shows you are focused, thoughtful, and confident about your skills, goals, and abilities. Proactively approaching your work this way will more often than not impress the people you want to (if they are the right people), and will pave the way to you finding satisfaction and an optimal match in the workplace.
Try this exercise:
On a sheet of paper, write a complete, current job description in which you list your daily activities and their expected, measurable results. This exercise will not only help you clarify your own perception of your work, it'll be useful later on when you begin to construct a resume and communicate to others exactly what you've done and what you are looking for.
Once you've described all the facets of your job, the next step is to understand the relationship between what you do and the way you feel. I use the term 'values' as a descriptor of personal priorities, as a yardstick to help you:
* Understand what types of work-related activities you really enjoy;
* Determine which goals or accomplishments are important to you and give you a feeling of satisfaction; and
* Evaluate whether your personal priorities are in balance, or in harmony with your job situation. new position.
Although it's fairly simple to decipher which daily tasks you really enjoy, the task of scrutinizing your personal priorities can be tricky. That's because there are often factors unrelated to your job that can come into play.
To demonstrate this importance of values in our decision-making process, consider the following:
* A job-seeker can turn down a position because he was an amateur athlete and he didn't like the air quality where my client company was located.
* A candidate who was a long distance runner. He took a position largely because his new boss was also a runner, and would understand his need to take off work twice a year to run the New York City and Boston marathons.
* An engineer that took a job with a company that offered him a demotion, since being highly visible within his current employer's department made him feel uncomfortable.
The theme here is, we all have highly personal motivations which guide our career choices. It is important to prioritize and make these known.
Now that you know how to clearly define your values, the next step is to describe the changes you'd like to make in your new job. To further illustrate, listen to the way Pat, Craig, and Neil talk about their respective situations, and how they take their values into consideration:
Pat:
"I want to have more autonomy where I work. That would mean having a flexible schedule, working different hours each day at my discretion, without having to ask permission. I'd be able to leave early on Thursdays to take my daughter to her acting class, and in return, I'd be willing to spend several hours working at home during the evening and on weekends. With my personal computer, I'd have access by modem to the database in my department, and I'd be able to make a significant contribution to the workload, any time, day or night. Most importantly, I'd be evaluated solely on my performance, not by the number of hours I've punched on a clock."
Craig:
"I'd prefer to work closer to my home. I didn't think the amount of time I spent commuting was very important when I joined the company two years ago, but now it really wears on me to sit for an hour a day in traffic. It's not only nerve-wracking to deal with all the crazy people on the freeway; I could be using the commuting time to be with my family. The reduction of stress would improve my attitude, and give me a higher quality of life. If I could find a job similar to what I have now within a few minutes of home, that would make me happy."
Neil: "I'm interested in my own career advancement. If I stay at this company too much longer, I'll work myself into a corner technically and never achieve my potential. The people here are nice, but I don't share their 'lifer' mentality. Look at Ed, my boss. He's been here 17 years, and although he's a really solid engineer, he's not familiar with any of the latest advancements in technology. He'd have a hard time finding another job in this market, and it makes me worried, knowing I might someday be in his situation. Besides, I won't be promoted until Ed retires. So I'd better leave soon, while I'm still attractive to other companies. That would give me the salary increase I deserve and the opportunity to learn new skills with people who are upwardly mobile and aggressive like myself."
Someone recently asked me whether I helped people get "better" jobs or jobs that made them happier. My answer was that the two were one in the same. As any advocate of goal-setting will tell you, the more specifically you're able to communicate what you're looking for, the faster and more efficiently you'll be able to get what you want and need.
Another consideration is, if you were to look at your career from a purely strategic point of view, I could give you four poignant reasons why it makes sense to change jobs within the same or similar industry three times during your first ten years of employment:
1 - Changing jobs gives you a broader base of experience:
After about three years, you've learned most of what you're going to know about how to do your job. Therefore, over a ten year period, you gain more experience from "three times 90 percent" than "one times 100 percent."
2 - A more varied background creates a greater demand for your skills:
Depth of experience means you're more valuable to a larger number of employers. You're not only familiar with your current company's product, service, procedures, quality programs, inventory system, and so forth; you bring with you the expertise you've gained from your prior employment with other companies.
3 - A job change results in an accelerated promotion cycle:
With a change you can jump, for example, from project engineer to senior project engineer; or national sales manager to vice president of sales and marketing.
4 - More responsibility leads to greater earning power :
A promotion is usually accompanied by a salary increase. And since you're being promoted faster, your salary grows at a quicker pace, sort of like compounding the interest you'd earn on a certificate of deposit.
While there's no denying the strategic virtues of selective job changing for the purpose of career leverage, you want to make sure the path you take will lead you where you really want to go. There is ultimately little reason to make a job change for more money if the resulting frustrations make you unhappy to the point of distraction. Not long ago, I placed a project engineer with a company that offered him a $47,000 a year job. He later confided to me that the same day he agreed to go to work for my client, he'd turned down an offer of $83,200 with rival company. The reason? The higher offer was a consulting position with an aerospace company in Detroit -- a job that would have taken him down a road he felt was a dead end.
The "best" job is one in which your values are being satisfied most effectively. If career growth and advancement are your primary goals, and they're represented by how much you earn, then the job that pays the most money is often the "better" job. Your responsibility when contemplating a change is to evaluate what's most important to you. Whether you focus on a single aspect of your job (like Pat, Craig, and Neil did), or on the overall nature of the job you'd like to improve, the more clearly you connect your values with your work, the greater the potential for job satisfaction.
How to “rig” CareerBuilder and other job boards
Is it helpful to your job search to rank highly in a resume search? It should be, since only about 2-3% of resumes sent through job boards are actually read by humans.It's frustrating, isn't it? Many take it personally, getting angry or depressed.But it's also your best weapon to landing interviews…LOVE THE PRE-SCREEN:Computerized pre-screens are a necessary result of the number of resumes that CareerBuilder and other job sites flood companies with. But pre-screens give you a job seeker a HUGE opportunity to stand out from the crowd, if you know how to "rig" your resume.So how can you get an Unfair Advantage? Do the same thing that SEO experts do to websites – game your resume to show up near the top of searches. It's a technique called Resume Search Optimization, and the idea is simple.Use the same words as the job description. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But you'd be amazed at how few job seekers use this simple method. It pretty much like when you figured out in High School that the more of the teachers vocabulary words you used in your papers and essays, the higher your grade was.Why do so few job seekers use Resume Search Optimization? There's a few reasons:
Try Resume Search Optimization with the next 10 resumes you send. Make your resume detailed, and make sure to use the employers words. Please comment back with success stories!
Phil Rosenberg is President of reCareered, author of www.reCareered.blogspot.com, and Moderator of the Career Change Central group on Linkedin (www.tinyurl.com/cccjoinLI), recently named one of the top Linkedin groups job seekers must join.
How to Make a Successful Career Change
Are you looking to switch jobs or contemplating a career change? This might be the most challenging time in your career life. It is certainly not easy to make a decision when it comes to changing jobs. There are bound to be a lot of apprehensions and doubts in the mind of the person looking to switch jobs. The anxiety about the next job as well as leaving the comfort of the present job is not always easy. However, most surveys indicate that a job change is the most effective step to grow in your career. Therefore, it is commonplace to see people switching jobs in the corporate world. In fact, till last year, the rate of changing jobs was nearly two jobs in three years.
Gone are the days, when people used to wait for linear promotions staying with the same company. Now, professionals want to be in control of their careers looking for promotions and hikes as the demand for their skills increases. This has led to a lot of mobility in the job market. Employers also do not consider job hopping as a sign of disloyalty. In fact, they are ready to absorb talent as soon as they can lay their hands on someone who fits the requirement.
However, one has to be careful, tactful, intelligent and prudent while mulling any job change. To successfully make a career move, one has to weigh all the pros and cons of a job shift. It is good to evaluate clearly why you want to move and what you expect from a job change. Also, other factors such as the market conditions, scope of the industry, company background and compensation raise have to be kept into consideration to make the most out of your job change. This article deals with a few rules of career change to help you achieve the desired success while changing jobs.
Firstly, it is important to have a well-developed and a well-defined plan for making the career change. It would be immature to rush into a career change unless it is properly thought out and a strategy is in place. For this, it is important to take a stock of your current job, the growth opportunities that it offers, the new job and the possibilities related with that job. It is important to see that a job change just for money backfires at times. So, be sure that the profile that you are getting into offers you enough to be satisfied about.
When you start thinking about changing job, it is quite normal to feel insecure or unsure about making a career change. There are many ifs and buts that keep playing on a person’s mind. It is important to be focused here. Just keep in touch with what you really want to do. Once that is clear, it would be much easier for you to pursue the job change. However, you cannot afford to be hasty in matters as delicate as your career. Put in a great deal of time and effort to find about all that is related with this job change. While doing this, it would be helpful if you are clear about your own expectations. That way, you would know, what to do and what not to do.
The reasons for switching jobs could be many, ranging from dissatisfaction or disillusionment with your current job, bad relation with the boss, attitude of the company, or a lack of growth opportunities.
If you are shifting to a job in your own industry, you just have to find about the new company that you wish to join. However, if you wish to get into a new career field altogether, there has to be a proper backing to that idea so that you don’t repent it later. Do your homework and ask yourself repeatedly why you want to leave the present field for a new one. Examine the activities that you like or dislike. Pay more attention to what you like and basis that focus on new careers that center can help you achieve what you like and give you an opportunity to do exactly what you want to do.
You are the best judge of your skills and competencies. Try to leverage what is the best in you by being in recognition of your transferable skills. This way, you would not have to limit yourself to only one field or career, you would be able to experiment with newer fields. To get the best possible job, rely on your networking skills. Get in touch with your friends in the industry and find out about any suitable vacancies. Also, try to look for a mentor who is a few years senior and can give you an objective view of the market and your career position. However, once you have decided to quit, do resign gracefully as you would not want to burn bridges behind you.
Looking for a Career Change?
If you are bored of your current profile and looking to make a career change, you can be anything but not reckless about it. Career change has to be a very carefully thought and conscious decision that cannot be taken in a haste. Whatever be your reason for changing the job, you have to make a very informed and well thought out decision. You have to consider a lot of factors and have to be very careful on each step. You would be investing a lot of time and probably money too in this decision, so take it wisely. A career change can make or mar your future so be vigilant about it.
While making a career change, here are a few steps you should consider. These are general help tips that can help you not stumble and make a wise and careful career decision. Following these, you can be sure that your career change is successful and lets you make that big leap. Also, since a career change always comes with its share of doubts and apprehensions, it is important to take each step carefully. You wouldn’t want to do anything in hurry now that will ruin your chances later and make you regret for life.
Firstly, give a careful thought to whether you really want this career change. You may have got bored of your current job and you may want to look for a new job, which is not easy either, but going for a career change is a different thing altogether. You have to be very sure that you want to go ahead with it. Chalk out what all you dislike about your current job. Are you completely disillusioned with it? What is it that motivates about the new career option? Can you do with a small break or career change is the only thing that you want. These questions are not to dissuade you but to make you all the more sure that your decision of a career switch is the right one.
Once you are sure that you want to go ahead, next thing is to evaluate what are your chances. That means, you have to assess your own skills, interests and personality and basis that decide what would be the best option for you. Many consultancy firms and career sites offer skill assessment tests. Once you have taken a skill assessment test, it will list your strengths and weaknesses and on the basis of that it will suggest the appropriate career options for you. You can even take the services of an experienced career counselor.
Next to that, you should carefully evaluate the list of career options available to you based on your skills. There would be many options in there and you should go about eliminating first, which means that just strike out whatever you feel you cannot do at all or do not wish to do. Post that, you will be left with narrower options that enthuse you. Once you are ready with a list of four to five options, you can start self-talk and figure out what are the most appealing options in there. If there are options that you have considered earlier too and are excited about, keep them as hot favorites. There may be some new options that you didn’t think about earlier but which sound exciting to you now. Once you have a final list ready, now is the time to explore each occupation on this list. Look in detail on the job descriptions given, educational requirements for that job, future scope in that career, and of course earnings.
On the basis of these criteria, you can narrow down your choices further. While you are conducting research, you will realize new avenues and get to know more about each career option. This way, you will have a clear idea what each career holds in store.
Now, with this research you are ready to pare down your list even further. Thus, if you think you cannot invest the required amount of time and energy to acquire an advanced educational qualification for a particular career, you can rule that option out. Or if you feel the compensation offered in a particular career is not good enough, you can strike that off too. Doing all this, you will be left with one or two options from which you have to choose. You can then go about talking to people in those careers and take their first hand experience report. With all this detailed information, you will be ready to make an informed decision regarding a career change and the chances of a blunder would reduce considerably.