Resume and Job Search Secrets

My wife was on the Good Morning America show a few weeks ago. Good Morning America was putting on a job fair in Hollywood Florida and my wife was one of the expert resume reviewers. It was a really cool experience, but one thing stuck in my mind.

Someone from Good Morning America was interviewing a job seeker and asked “What kind of job are you looking for?” The job seeker replied “at this point I’ll take any job I could get”. This comment made my skin crawl.

I understand getting into job search hell, and getting desperate. However, one of the biggest mistakes that I see people make, during the job search process, is to become unfocused. They tell me they have no idea what kind of job they want or that they will take any kind of job that comes along.

This is a mistake. This is like getting onto a plane and saying “I don’t know where I want to go, just take me anywhere”. People live there life this. They sit behind the wheel of life and they don’t bother to grab the steering wheel.

To be successful in your job search you must have a target job/career. Generally the more specific you can be the better your job search prospects will be. This is true regardless of the level of employment you are seeking.

So if you are looking for a job and are having difficulties you need to assess the job market and your skills, and pick an appropriate job target. Then focus all of your job search energies toward this direction. You will have just greatly increased your changes of finding success in the job search game.

Filed under: Job Search, Resume Success