Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. And in this video I am going to walk you
through my three ways on how to strategically navigate your job search
and career especially when you're having to deal with external pressures and
there are people who are telling you that you're being too picky with your
job search
Ready to get the job you want? Top Notch Interview is coming soon! For more info
and free training head to JOINTNI.COM as a Career Strategist I've had
the honour of being able to help numerous professionals land their dream
job offers and so if this is something that you're interested in working with
me one-on-one I can give you details about that at the end of this video have
you been feeling a bit frustrated stressed or upset lately about your job
search it could be because people around you are saying things to you like why
don't you have a job yet why are you being so picky you should do insert job
title here that's a good stable job so perhaps you have a clear idea on what
job it is that you do want to do next or maybe you just know what you don't want
to do next in your next job either way you have some sort of idea
you've been actively applying yet you haven't had much success many results
and now you're wondering if you're on the right track or not with your job
search so in this video I'm gonna walk you through three questions that you
should ask yourself that will help you to determine whether you're on the right
track with your job search and some tips to help you navigate it more
successfully so the first question that you want to ask yourself is why do I
want the job that I want if you know what job you want but at the same time
other people around you are telling you that that's unrealistic first of all I
want you to ignore what they're saying and give yourself some quiet time to ask
yourself why do I want this job do I want it because of the money do I want
it because of the prestige do I want this job because it's a hot thing in the
marketplace now and that's what everyone's jumping into and it's better
job security for me if I take on that job if these are the main reasons why
you want this job then perhaps it's time for you to rethink whether this is
actually the job for you there has to be more about the job that you know is
going to give you fulfillment it means that the job has to leverage
and make use of your own natural talents and strengths if it's not going to make
use of your natural talents and strengths you're gonna find that working
everyday in that job might feel like an uphill climb and if that's how you're
gonna feel every day in the long term you're gonna be unhappy in that position
on to question number two is this job heading in the direction of your calling
I don't often use the word calling but that's the best way to encompass and
describe the feeling that you get when you think of a career that is going to
be most fulfilling for you it's a calling it's something that you're
driven towards internally so you have to ask yourself is this job heading in the
direction of my calling do I have a sense of feeling pulled internally to
want to do this job or know that this job is going to lead me to the end job
that I wanted you even if this job isn't the end goal that end destination but
it's getting you there step by step that's a perfect place to head into but
instead if this job is not really going to be making use of your talents and
gifts meaning you're not going to find it natural and easy to do and you might
actually feel stressed and frustrated through the process then you have to
rethink if this job is the right one for you what I'm saying here is you know not
every job is going to come naturally of course you're gonna have to learn the
key skills the key duties and tasks to do the job but at the same time it has
to align with you in some way shape or form it can't just be a job that the
only reason you joined it was because you wanted a paycheck from it or you
wanted the prestige or you wanted the reputation those things will not fulfill
you so you really want to be really clear on that and make sure that the job
that you're in aligns with your gifts and talents and finally question number
three on navigating your job search is to ask yourself am i learning how to
impress employers to get the job I want let's say that there is a job that you
want and it's going to take you a while to get there maybe you know that this
job is extremely competitive to get into and there's only a handful of positions
and beneath that we'll hire for this
position and if that's the case it likely might take a while before you're
going to be called for an interview and get that opportunity because there may
be time periods where they're just simply not hiring for this position so
that means you're gonna have a lot of free time and not a lot of money to
spend while you're searching for your job
because you won't be making any money if you're not working so what's the best
thing to do in this case the best thing to do is to maximize and optimize
whatever time and money that you do have to make sure that by the time you get
that interview you are going to know how to stand apart from the rest of the
competition so that you can nail that job offer and
you won't be able to have to stay unemployed that much longer instead of
wasting your time and money invest your time and money in yourself for example
let's say that you know that your resume your interview strategies and your job
search techniques could really be improved on instead of trying to figure
it out on your own and last months and months being unemployed and still not
getting those job offers you could invest your time and money in working
with someone who will help you to improve in those areas and that will
then result in you getting a job offer way earlier and faster than if you had
done it all along on your own and as an aside my standout get hired program is a
proven method that has helped numerous professionals land their dream job
offers so the link is below if you want to check it out or there are other ways
to maximize and optimize your time and money you could spend that time and
money to invest in certifications in programs courses that you know are going
to be applicable for this next job that you want to get into or perhaps use that
time to go volunteer and do related tasks that are appropriate for this next
position so that they can see that you've been actually implementing the
skills and techniques you've learned throughout your programs or past jobs
and volunteering that in another environment anything that you can do to
make your resume look even more impressive is a good use of your
time as long as you're doing things that are going to get you closer and closer
to that end goal that job then you're on the right track and if you haven't been
doing these things then it's time to get started and to end this off I'd want to
leave you with an inspirational quote and that says be miserable or motivate
yourself whatever has to be done it's always your choice by Wayne Dyer so
there you have it those are my three questions that you need to ask yourself
in order to help you successfully navigate your job search now if this
person is you if you've been looking for a job for the last little while now you
haven't had much success you haven't had many interviews and you realize that you
need one-on-one professional guidance from me then feel free to reach out head
on over to my website lindaraynier.com/standoutgethired read through
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are a potential match to work together then my colleague will be reaching out
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will see you in the next video. Ready to get the job you want? Top Notch Interview
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