Getting Clear On Your Job Search Focus

On today's episode, host Sheila Boysen-Rotelli takes us through her tips for making a job search successful by focusing on three distinct areas: your job and career targets, desired work environment, and business reality. Episode Highlights: Focusing a job search can make the process significantly less stressful. There are three important components for a successful job search: job and career targets, work environment, and business reality. It is worthwhile to take the time and energy to take charge of your own career instead of letting it happen to you. Ask yourself questions about what you really want to do, and be open to new ideas that you find exciting and inspiring. Sheila suggests using a tool like O*NET Online to find career paths that suit your interests and skills. Narrow your job titles or areas down to about 10, and then whittle them down further by investigating whether or not each one fits your values. Work environment includes geographic location, whether or not you'd like to work in an office or from home, what the pace of your ideal workplace is, etc. Culture is an important factor in work environment as well. Business reality is filtering your job and career targets and desired work environment through the lens of practicality. Sheila recommends using a salary website like Glassdoor to investigate whether or not a career is financially feasible for you. Clarity about your targets will help you speed up your job search. Sheila suggests finding 10 companies that have your desired job positions to look at as targets. 3 Key Points: There are three important components for a successful job search: job and career targets, work environment, and business reality. Assessing business reality involves filtering your job and career targets and desired work environment through a practical lens. Focus is vital to making your job search effective. Tweetable Quotes: "A successful job search isn't just about finding a job, it's about finding the right job." - Sheila Boysen-Rotelli Resources Mentioned: Contact Sheila at [email protected] Fast Track Your Job Search: fasttrackyourjobsearch.com O*NET Online