Your sixth sense to build a career

 

What do you do if your career seems to have finished? - A hypothetical question alright, but it is pertinent. With joblessness a widespread phenomena, one needs to know how to face challenges that go with it.

If you happen to be unemployed or discontent with your present job, what should you be doing? It is high time that you understand the following issues:

·   The time to re-start is now:   You should view things positively and realize that your unemployment is actually a God send and that you can utilize the time available to rediscover yourself and your career. You should think of it as an appropriate period to re-start. You should be on the lookout for windows of opportunities, duly steered by your sixth sense. Remember that if you want a boat ride, you need to get close to the river bank.

·   Rewrite your account:   Your coworkers may not be cooperating with you or your seniors may not be favourably disposed towards you – in a nutshell you may not like your job. Let all these issues be history; do not mention them to anybody. You should understand that they are all alibis to let you remain an injured party. There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it. You should look within and you will discover a new direction being provided by your sixth sense; go with that direction.

·   Thank God that you have time:    Any person will feel disillusioned when unemployed. However, if you are able to get over your cynicism, you need to be thankful. The reason for doing so is that it is a chance to re-boost and rejuvenate yourself, even if it amounts to quitting your present job. You should shed all pessimism and take a step forward to attain whatever you have dreamt of, again steered by your sixth sense.

·   Understand who you really are:   Do you know what you are doing and what you intend doing? Do you know your true self and potential? Dejection will come naturally if you are not in sync with your career plan. You should get out of your shell and let your hidden capacities come to the fore. You should hook up with your sixth sense and realize your unknown abilities. It will not be long when you are face to face with your intrinsic capabilities and proficiencies.

·   Think big and beyond:   Man is by temperament, a being of custom and routine. All human beings focus their efforts on what they know. This predisposition sabotages their ability to think big and beyond; and resultantly, they are unable to view and lay hands on fresh openings. You should gear yourself up and act with gusto. If you think big, you will become big. It is a fact that people are what they think; it is their thoughts that make their world. You should query your sixth sense on what and how to do, now that you are ready to discover new breaks and prospects.

·   Let your courage reign:  A re-start implies trudging new paths; and to be able to do so, you need to be bold and daring. You will undoubtedly be plagued with uncertainties and you may often feel that you are not fit enough for this venture. At that juncture, you should take your mind back to how you were face to face with your intrinsic capabilities and proficiencies. Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; on the contrary, they are intended to help you discover who you are. To do that, you have to be courageous. Connect with your sixth sense and assert that you cannot let them go waste.

You should remember that your sixth sense is indeed authentic and can provide you a means to live your life in conformity with your ideas. If you can keep your head, trust yourself and not get exhausted by any wait, success will be yours to kiss. 

Provisional placements aren’t bad

Everybody seeks a permanent job and an interim placement is viewed with skepticism. Unattractive and disliked, provisional placements are regarded as mind-numbing.

The belief that temporary jobs are detrimental to career interests is not correct because they do offer remuneration and are jumping boards for a permanent job. If you can understand this aspect, you can use them to your advantage. How?

·   You heighten your curriculum vitae

Resume rot is a malady that afflicts the unemployed. If you happen to be jobless and unwaged for long, you focus your endeavours exclusively on job hunts. Little do you realize that you could utilize the time for beefing up your resume.

Provisional placements are a source of income and present a chance to gain work experience that can be of immense utility subsequently. You will be able to grasp the fundamentals of any business or organization; and when you land up in a permanent job later, your knowledge and familiarity will count. In addition, you stand to acquire new proficiencies and improve your existing expertise. The very mention of these aspects in your resume is by itself a positive factor. Even part-time jobs make good fillers. After all, your resume is an advertisement to your skills, experience and knowledge.

·   You make your presence felt

   Contrary to general belief, no temporary job is without accountability, though in some organizations, it could well be rather stress-free. You need to appreciate that it could show the way to a better job.

   It is not that a temporary employee is not assessed. Your efficiency and understanding of work together with your displayed traits and general outlook will invariably be under scrutiny. So, you need to utilize the opportunity because you never know that your appointment can be confirmed and you are absorbed as a permanent employee. After all, luck is always a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Temporary placements offer you practical acquaintance with people; the confidence level that you build with them will stand you in good stead, should any of them be assigned a role to hire new people.      

·   You gain experience

   You will always feel the impermanency attached to your provisional placement, come what may. It is essential that you do so because then you will not be rigid and unyielding in your approach. Even if the job requirements are severely demanding, you will always have this gut reaction that you are not there to stay forever.

The significant point is that more often than not, ab initio, men and women are unaware of what they want to do and attain in life. A provisional placement is a good method to experience and understand different job conditions. The only source of knowledge is experience and whatever knowledge you gain at a temporary job will help you in its application later in life.  Experience is a lucky grindstone; you ought to be brightened by it and not ground.

·   You enjoy pecuniary benefits

   There is no denying the fact that money makes the mare go. Though this should not be the singularly important factor, but it is a significant one; and hence you should have no reservations in accepting a temporary placement to get the money that you need.

   Like money, good jobs do not come easily and without effort. If feasible and workable options do not come your way, getting into a provisional placement is an excellent method to make some money. If you are still at college, you can take on an evening job; alternatively, you can also work during day and attend evening classes.

The final word

You may not be very pleased about a temporary placement, but you need to view it as an opening to get into motion to achieve your long-term objectives in life.  And if you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.

Which career should I choose?

 

The market is galore with job opportunities. If you are not sure of what you want to do, every step that you take will be a tricky one.  But remember that maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty. Analyzing what you have not got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

You should choose a job you love because in doing so, you will never have to slog in your life. Here is what you ought to be doing if you are not still sure of what you should do in life:

·   Self-evaluation:   Your principles, inclinations, expertise and persona will render some career options particularly apt for you and some explicitly inapt. Therefore, you need to be aware about yourself before exercising any option so that a list of professions that match your personality can be drawn. Self-evaluation will help direct you to prepare your next performance from the past and today's experiences.

·   Know more:  You should ponder over various careers that you have identified for yourself. Thereafter, preliminary research should be done on each to discern their pluses and minuses. The ones that do not appeal to you should be discarded so that you have a narrowed down list of six to seven choices.

·   Practical acquaintance:  Querying and spending some time with a person engaged in a specific pursuit will help you remove the haziness that you may have on a particular career option. You should go well prepared to meet him so that you can ask relevant questions. You will thus have a detailed insight about the career option and be able to figure out how to go about getting an employment, should you decide to take it up.

·   Pruning of options:  With your research practically over, you now need to prune your list further. You would have realized which career is your cup of tea and which is not. You will now have in front of you one or two choices that are realistically attainable. Remember that you cannot do everything, but you can definitely do something. You must not fail to do the something that you can do. You have to now decide which career option you ought to select.

·   Identifying objectives: Now that you know what you should be doing, it is high time that you formulate a scheme of action to land up in a job that suits you. But prior to that, you need to set objectives, both short and long term for yourself. They should be plausible, attainable, credible, describable and modifiable.

·   Developing an action plan:  You now need to put together a plan that timetables your journey from selecting a particular field of pursuit to getting a job in that field and eventually achieving your long-term objectives. You will face many hurdles in this journey and you ought to identify and categorize them in advance..

·   Preparatory training:  Acquisition of new qualifications, undergoing basic on-the-job sessions or attending programmes to acquire new proficiencies will help train you for your new calling. The world of today is saturated with contests and you have to brace up for it; remember that when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

There is no denying the fact that destiny is not a matter of chance but a matter of choice. You cannot possibly do everything, but can definitely do something. Have the will to do that and not limit yourself in any way. You should never be intimidated into quiet. You should never permit your discrimination. You should not agree to anybody’s characterization of your life. On the contrary, you need to describe and lead it yourself.

Remember that pleasure in your job will put perfection in your work. Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally!  

From college to …. finding a job

There are various standards that employers are on the lookout for amongst fresh graduates. These are generally related to leadership qualities and camaraderie; crisis management and resoluteness; and general smartness and communication skills. And the best place where you can imbibe these qualities is your college.

What you learn at college helps you in your voyage ahead. If you can understand the significance of the following, you will render yourself striking in the eyes of interviewers and potential employers:

·     Talkers have always ruled:  Amongst extra-curricular activities regularly organized in colleges, debates and seminars are quite common. Participation in them, besides boosting your confidence to face an audience, also improves your speaking skills. You should remember that any person who wants to convince and persuade others should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of speech has always been greater than the power of sense.

·    Writing makes an exact man:   You should not grumble against having to do written assignments. Since the advantages of possessing good writing skills, which also include editing and refining last a lifetime, your efforts will stand in you in good stead in your later years. You write not because you want to say something, but because you have something to say. After all, the skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

·    Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable:   Fitting well in a team is one issue; leading it is another. Leading a group puts you into limelight and the college has several platforms where you can do that. Since organizations always seek team players and if you are one, your chances to get hired increase manifold. You should never forget that in any organization, coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

·     You delay, time will not: If you can fit in several tasks in your schedule and complete them within stipulated timeframes, you will emerge a winner. It is important that while at college you learn to manage your time well. Time management implies prioritizing matters and splitting large ones into small, workable portions.

·     Do something before doing something:  You also need to monitor all your assignments so that there are no delays in completing them. Whether you maintain a dairy or make a things-to-do list, you have to make certain that you conform to deadlines. Learning to systemize things is best done at college. .

·     In analysis you expose:  Employers want staff who can evaluate conditions from various angles. You learn these skills best at college because of the plethora of coursework that you may be required to indulge in. Your incisive skills will gear you up well to face the challenges of a job.

·     It is my hill, I will climb it:  People who are determined invariably excel. And at college, it demands working with a strict professor or taking on assignments that no other student dares to do. If you happen to triumph over one or two of such difficult projects, you can talk your way to success when being considered by employers for recruitment.

·     Your values are your destiny:   The college environment affords you immense chances to nurture potent values of work like commitment and enthusiasm. At work, your attainments and progress manifest them. Employers look for honest and sincere staff and if you have these qualities, you sure will be hired.  

They say that the direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. A college is like a fountain of knowledge and where windows of opportunities exist to develop and transform you. It is the place where you replace an empty mind with an open mind. Clinch your fists and get set to make the best use of your college because one thing you cannot recycle is wasted time. .