Finding the Jobs

Great news for job seekers: there is a clear way to shorten the job search.

And it’s deceptively simple.

It’s from Richard N. Bolles, author of the mega job hunting hit, What Color Is Your Parachute? and The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide. Bolles has been sending the same message for decades now.  And it’s a message that has an 86% success rate. He suggests that the first and perhaps most important step for job hunters seeking satisfying work is to look in the mirror and ask these questions:

What skills do I have?

What do I do well?

What do I like to do?

Where do I like to do?

By providing a very detailed answer to those questions, job seekers become clearer about what it is they’re looking for and then better target their job search.  That shortens the time it takes to find a satisfying job.

How about your job search?  Have you conducted a self-inventory?