A better career Archives

An introduction

Introduction to ‘A better career’

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Are you figuring out what career to pursue? Or are you stuck in your career and want to explore new avenues, but don't know where to start? You have come to the right place!

Find your purpose

1.1 Focus on your strengths

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The key to success is to steer around your weaknesses and focus on your strengths as they are part of your innate success mechanism.

Find your purpose

1.2 Follow your vocation, not your passion

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What will see you through is not a surface level passion but the sense of deep connection to what you're meant to accomplish.

Find your purpose

1.3 You’ve got to find what you love

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This is a transcript from the second story in Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Scroll down to watch the full video segment.

Find your purpose

1.4 Evaluate work- and life experiences from the past

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You break down your past jobs into their basic building blocks (i.e. your interests and skill sets), then rearrange those building blocks in new ways.

Find your purpose

1.5 Maybe you’re an artist!

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The essence of art lies in an unusual sensitivity to some aspect of everyday experience. This sensitivity is something we were born with.

Find your purpose

1.6 What career suits you? Do the test!

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Holland codes are a way of classifying people according to their interests so that they can be matched with appropriate careers.

Visualize your future

2.1 What do you instinctively feel drawn toward?

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Your natural interests determine what you will actually do well, more so than your intelligence, talents or skills.

Visualize your future

2.2 Assess the quality of your current life

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How satisfied are you with your current direction in life? Where do you think improvements are possible?

Visualize your future

2.3 Study different future scenarios of yourself

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The authors of ‘Designing your Life’ recommend creating three alternative versions of the next five years of your life.

Visualize your future

2.4 Where do you want to work?

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Consider what geographic location, industry and type of organization you would prefer to work in.

Experiment!

3.1 There is no standard career path

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You can make career decisions for two different types of reasons: instrumental reasons or fundamental reasons.

Experiment!

3.2 Make prototypes of your future career scenarios

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Review your future scenarios. Examine the questions that pop up. For example, information that is missing or obstacles that your need to overcome.

Experiment!

3.3 Keep a journal to reflect on your life

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Keeping a journal is a great way to help you order all kinds of ideas that float in your head during the day. Flashes of insights can be jotted down.

Experiment!

3.4 Connecting the dots in the past

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This is a transcript of the first story in Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address on YouTube. Scroll down to watch the full video segment.

Networking

4.1 Design the path to your dream job.

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Often your dream job is not something you can start right away, since you lack experience. However there are several steps you can take to get closer to it.

Networking

4.2 What professionals do you connect with naturally?

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At a fictional party, people with the same interests have all gathered in the same corner of the room. Which corners would you go to?

Job application

5.1 How to design your curriculum vitae

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A CV is a document that summarizes your past education as well as your professional skills, proficiencies, and experiences.

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5.2 What questions to expect during a job interview

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In general, there are two things hiring managers are concerned about when they interview you. Make sure to emphasize these in your CV as well .

A better career

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