Take command of your career
and don’t rely on others to manage it for you.
The Internet has made it very easy for
job searchers to rely on other people to manage their careers,
usually with limited results.
Here are some suggestions to ensure you
take command of your career:
1. Don’t rely on other people to
run your job search for you.
A recruiter doesn’t work for you,
they work for any client company that pays them to find staff.
A recruiter isn’t paid to get you a job, they are paid
to find someone to take a job that their client has available.
Similarly, while it’s good to get
advice from trusted friends and family regarding your career,
it’s your career not theirs so the ultimate responsibility
lies with you.
2. Don’t rely on resume-blasting
services.
You may have heard of companies that you
can hire to mass email thousands of hiring managers and recruiters
with your resume.
I wouldn't expect great results from this
sort of service. If your resume is getting emailed along with
hundreds of other resumes, it's likely to get lost in the
shuffle or blocked by a spam filter.
I remember signing up (as a recruiter)
to receive resumes from one of these services just to try
it out. I did not find this service useful and usually deleted
the emails without looking at them.
Protect your resume and treat it like
something that has value. It’s hard to take command
of your career when you put it in the hands of thousands of
people you haven’t met who don’t know you either.
To find your dream career, you need to
manage your resume's distribution and using this sort of service
likely isn’t something that is worth your time.
Take command of your career, don't put
it in the hands of strangers.
3. Don’t apply for jobs you aren’t
qualified for.
Some people think they should apply for
jobs they are over qualified or under qualified for, hoping
that it will lead to another more suitable job in the company
being presented to them.
Applying for jobs you aren’t qualified
for is a waste of your time and the hiring manager’s
and chances are they will just think of you as someone who
is desperate and who can’t follow instructions.
You may end up being blackballed from
a company and ruining your chances at a future job with them
that you are qualified for.
Take command of your career by understanding
what positions you should and shouldn't apply for.
4. Don’t start looking to find your
dream career until you know what you are looking for.
Don’t choose your career goals based
on what other people tell you is “hot” or what
they think you’d be good at.
You also shouldn’t choose your career
path based on what you think will make you the most money.
At the end of the day, you know yourself better than anyone
else and only know what will make you happy.
The quest to find your dream career needs
to result in more than just a job that will fill 8 hours of
your day.
Take command of your career by first understanding
what you are looking for.
Carl Mueller is an Internet
entrepreneur and professional recruiter who wants to help
you find
your dream career.
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