CAREER PLANNING

Conducting an effective job search is a process. The extent to which you are deliberate and thoughtful in executing your search will directly affect the success of the process. In the same way, the extent to which you are deliberate and thoughtful in planning your career will determine how fulfilled and satisfied you feel with your choices.

It is very important, especially in today’s marketplace, that we all understand that we control our career. The choices we make along the way are our responsibility. Occasionally, there are situations that we cannot control.  What we do in these situations is what determines our future.

Few of us are ever taught how to conduct an effective job search. Understanding the process and making helpful suggestions are two of the ways The Schultz Group differentiates itself.   The following are some other recommendations for a professional career search process.

Doing a career assessment is a critical step that job seekers often neglect as they begin to look for growth or change.  It is very important that you take an inventory of your knowledge, skills, and values.

• What industries do you know?
• What are the critical skills you possess?
• Where would you rank yourself in those skill areas?
• What is important to you about the environment in which you work?
• What kind of people do you prefer to be working with?
• Of all the tasks you execute, what energizes you the most?
• What have you accomplished in your past career experience? (Try to define this in terms of how it affected the company’s bottom line.)

As you answer these questions, you create an image of the job you are looking for.  You should prioritize what elements are most important to you as you create the image.  If you do not have a picture of where you want to go, it will be more difficult to get there!

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