Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success
For prospective employees, job hunting can quickly turn from an exciting exercise into a depressing grind. If you’re sending out application after application and hearing crickets in response, it’s easy to become convinced that there aren’t any jobs out there – let alone one that’s a good fit for you.
So, you might be surprised to learn that in the US alone, there are between six and seven million job vacancies created each month! At least one of those vacancies will be right for you. It’s not a scarcity of opportunities that’s stopping you from getting interviews and job offers. It’s the way you’re going about your job search.
The key message here is: Want to get hired? Think like an employer.
Remember, you’re not the only one on the prowl. Prospective employers are constantly looking for great new hires. In many ways, both prospective employees and employers share the same objective: to match the right candidate with the right role. The problem is, you and your potential employer are searching in different ways.
For one thing, many job-seekers take a traditional approach to landing a new role. They comb classifieds, send out résumés, and wait. But while job-seekers prefer to wait for companies to flag that they’re hiring, companies actually often prefer candidates who take the initiative and approach them. Moreover, businesses would rather hire someone with whom they have a personal connection, or who’s been recommended by a trusted person from within the company itself.
Another difference is that while job-seekers hope the information they provide on their résumé is sufficient, employers are increasingly taking the bigger picture into account, vetting candidates’ backgrounds and social media profiles.
But why are job-hunters and employers so out of sync when it comes to filling roles? Simply put, both have different priorities underpinning their search. For job-seekers, time is at a premium. Completing an application can be a drawn-out process, so a job-seeker will want to reach as many firms as possible in the same session. That’s why so many take a blanket approach to sending out résumés – it’s efficient. But it’s not well-targeted. The result? You could end up applying for, and even accepting, jobs that don’t speak to your passion.
Remember, hiring and onboarding a new employee is expensive and time-consuming for a company. When a new hire doesn’t work out, the firm takes a hit. Candidates who use the blanket approach – and don’t make their value to the prospective employer abundantly clear – will likely get their application stuck on a pile of résumés on the employer's desk.
So, tailor your approach in a way that directly speaks to the firm’s needs. That way, you’re far more likely to parachute into a dream role – one that leverages your passions and progresses your career objectives.
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2021 (2021) is a fresh edition of a book that’s widely regarded as the job-hunter’s bible. It’s packed with classic exercises and time-tested strategies that empower prospective employees to find, and secure, the role they want. This new edition contains essential updates that speak to the contemporary job market.
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von Yuval Noah Harari
