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What do you do when looking for a job? (Part Two)
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In part one, we discussed taking control of your career search process and selling the product called YOU. In this installment, we will learn more about how our perspective determines our career search and transition success.
CHANGING YOUR VOCABULARY - Many people say they are looking for a job. Some say they are hunting for a job. Others say they can't find any jobs. Part of the paradigm shift is to look for opportunities not jobs. A job can a single event, successful or unsuccessful. Opportunity creation means ongoing possibilities in the form of jobs, contacts, skill building opportunities, creating relationships with mentors and industry gurus, freelance and part time work, business opportunities and more. However, we usually have a pretty solid reason why we don't 'get' the concept of opportunities. Sometimes it's as simple as we've never had a stream of opportunities so we don't really understand what it means.
TIME - few job seekers are always in the market to see what's going on. Many people don't do anything because they dread the process. Some of this dread comes from being unsuccessful or having poor experiences in career search or transition. A large part of the dread is fear of failure, fear of job loss, uncertainty due to change or downsizing and fear of the unknown. A number of job seekers don't take advantage of time. During the time when they are not under the gun they fail to do career planning and development assuming that things will be stable for awhile. Failing to do so puts an individual in a difficult position when the company changes hands or the boss is replaced or the job is relocated or other factors that can affect satisfaction.
The other aspect of time is that job seekers may not use their time wisely while on the job. Or, they may not manage their opportunity search well. This is tough stuff! And, it isn't taught in school or on the job! So, people who are in a mid or late career status use the same techniques they used to get entry level jobs. Entry level people make poor assumptions in the way they use their time. TIMING also considers the stage of your career. There are specific things that early career, mid-career and late career professionals should do. Techniques also need to be updated to fit the person's interests, the field or discipline the geographic / competitive environment and so on.
In our next installment we'll discuss the Career Opportunity Creation System.
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