It is the time of year when lots of people start thinking and talking about new beginnings, especially in our careers.
If your plan this week is to escape family discussions around the table, slink to your childhood bedroom and apply for jobs, here are some quick pieces of advice:
- Assess the situation: If you’re unhappy in your current job, or if you are looking for something different from your last job, examine why. Would you benefit from a different leadership style? Higher pay? A warmer culture? A more goal-oriented role? A bigger challenge?
- Be open: Identify your interests and what excites you, in and out of work. How can you incorporate elements of those things into your career or job? Search for job descriptions with those skills and allow yourself to be open to stepping outside of your last job title or industry.
- Make a plan: You don’t have to apply to every job you see, immediately, this weekend. Instead, set yourself up for a pace you can maintain. Identify roles you’re interested it, set up alerts for job openings that are similar, and work on a few versions of your resume and cover letter that you can tailor and deploy. You want to make your life easier in the long run and your job search more successful, by creating high quality application materials that are ready when your ideal job opens up.
What are your tips? Email me and share.
