Name: How to Job Search (Without Being Too Picky)
Uploaded: 2020-03-09T04:01:01.000Z
Duration: 8 min 37 s
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Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you

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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

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the honour of being able to help numerous professionals land their dream

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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

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