If you were happy in your current job, completely and totally satisfied, you wouldn’t be reading this in the first place. The fact that you want to improve your current circumstances is the only reason that anyone considers a new gig.
Posts Tagged ‘Dream Job’
Looking For Your Dream Job? First Get Optimistic With Your Current Job
A great deal of emphasis has been put on finding your dream job lately. And by lately I mean over the past 12 years or so. I believe strongly that really enjoying what you do is very important to a balanced and happy life and think everyone should strive to find that elusive dream job. ... - Read full post
Dream Your Job: Part 3 – Being Infectious
Dreaming your job into existence is much more than simply knowing what you want.
There are three legs on the career management stool: understanding, promotion and attraction. Any effective job search, network conversation, cover letter, interview or development plan involves using all three. Understanding means all of the things you do to learn about what you ... - Read full post
Can You Visualize Work & Career Goals? Create A Vision Board
About a year ago, Oprah Winfrey did a show with a panel of psychologists who discussed the power of a vision board. A vision board is a large presentation board that included cut outs of pictures, words or key phrases from magazines, newspapers or anything form of paper to capture something you hope to achieve. ... - Read full post
Dream Your Job: Part 2 – Find or Fund?
There are two primary ways to think about work. Your job is either a source of meaning or the source of funds for meaning you create elsewhere. One or the other.
How Important Are Your Friends In Finding Your Next Job?
A very close friend or mine acknowledges that four of the six jobs in his career came from me referring him to recruiters who had called me on the position and I passed my buddy’s contact information to them. Once a year, around the anniversary date of another friend’s hire date, I get a note ... - Read full post
Dream Your Job: Part 1 – The Checkbook Game
Most career resources assume that you know what you want when you’re looking for a job. The starting point for resume development is usually a short instruction about writing a career objective. Job boards and search engines require that you know what you’re looking for. There are scant tools for figuring out what you want.
Don’t Get a Job
Don’t get a job, get a dream. Write that on a yellow Post-It and stick it on your monitor. It’s the most important thing you can know about career navigation.
Career Lessons from George Costanza
Whether you watched the original series or are now enjoying it in syndication – or both, you’ve likely been touched by the nine-season running Seinfeld sitcom in some form or fashion. Good comic relief and laughs about the awkward moments in life is always a great way to unwind after a long work day (or ... - Read full post
