Perfect Career

Find your Perfect Career

Surveys tell us that:

• only 12% of the working population like their job and the organisation they work with,
• 31% just tolerate their job, but
• 57% of people go to work each day disliking their job and/or their company.

To find your perfect career often involves a longer term project and can involve things like:

1. The first and most important step is to identify what sort of work you may be best suited to.  A model I created to do this is called the “Interest Ability Factor” which builds up a profile of your perfect career based upon the skills, functions and duties that you both believe that you are very good at, and you also (more importantly) enjoy.
2. The next step is to undertake career research to establish if that ideal position (or one very similar to it) does exist in the real world.

To proceed in certain careers may (for some) require moving to a new geographical area.

1. The next step is to identify what other key qualities employers are looking for when they engage staff in this type of position. This may require looking at your personality and other personal characteristics.
2. You will also need to establish what training or qualifications you need to acquire.  This will also mean researching educational institutions, to find out which one offers the best course for you and which one is the most convenient for you to attend (assuming you meet all the entrance requirements).
3. The next step is the process of actually getting a job with organisations that offer your perfect career. You will need to know all the other job-search skills and techniques for example:
   how to create a resume

information interviewing
how to answer interview questions
dress and grooming
telephone techniques, just to mention a few.

You may even decide to complete your training or get some type of position where you can train on the job as well as undertaking formal external training/learning as well.

 6. A great stepping stone to get your “foot in the door” to desirable employers is via work experience.  Many organisations offer work experience. The biggest limitation appears to be the insurance issues.

Make sure you have the insurance issue covered

Lastly I remember a comment by a lady who worked with the sick and dying who said most people on their deathbed “don’t wish they had spent more time at the office”.  However if you are going to spend a significant portion of your life working, doesn’t it make sense to find something that you are both good at and enjoy. More Info