With the economy rebounding and thousands of jobs listed on the Internet, why does it seem so hard to find and land the right job?
You want to find real career satisfaction. Probably you’ve considered some of these questions:
- Should I start my own business?
This can involve rewards, but also high risks, long hours and years of financial hardship. Would that lonely road be right for you anyway?
- Is there a resume secret that gets interviews?
And what are the right words to say in an interview?
- Do the best jobs go only to people in an ‘insider’ group?
What is the missing key that will turn the lock and open the door to the right role?
Millions of people wrestle with these questions. Most people – including executives, managers and professionals – never find the answers and never reach the career rewards that do justice to their hard work.
Changing your career (and your life) demands a different set of questions.
Why?
Because many of these questions are based on a misunderstanding of how the job market really works. These questions can’t get around the big problem in our employment system.
The problem: Our society’s employment system was designed for a different day and age – an age when…
- workers were interchangeable,
- valued for physical rather than their mental abilities, and
- forced by necessity to take any available job.
Today this system is utterly inadequate. Today education, experience, drive, cultural fit and commitment – to a role and to a team – are the essential foundations of success.
Yet still we relegate our best people to the role of ‘candidate’, as if they were seeking a favour or handout, when in fact they are seeking a place to bring their contribution and passion.
Modern changes like recruitment agencies, psychometric testing and the Internet have not changed this system at all. It’s not showing any sign of changing any time soon. For now, the solution must be found by each of us individually.
The solution begins with an understanding of how employers function within our dysfunctional employment system – in other words, learning how the job market really works.
And with that understanding in place, the solution includes:
- Correctly identify roles that are right for you (and why you are the right person for them)
- Discover how to directly reach people who control the jobs you want
- Find out how to sell yourself as the best solution to an organisation’s need
- Build a level of confidence that’s contagious. Without it, you’ll be massively handicapped. If you’ve lost it or never had it, you’ll need a strategy to gain or regain it.
In future posts we’ll address these areas in more detail.
In the meanwhile, let me make a sincere offer:
I’d like to invite you to try a free and completely confidential 60-minute meeting with one of our Senior Career Consultants. This is a chance to explore some of the solutions we discussed above in more detail.
Irrespective of whether or not you ultimately choose to work with us, you will walk away with practical ideas that you can use to advance your career both immediately and for years to come.
To book a meeting, simply complete the online application form or call 1300 123 377.
