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How to Find a Job You Will Love?
How do you find a job that makes your toes tingle? Surly I’m going to tell you about the best online job sites or hidden recruiter resources. Nope. The answer has nothing to do with job search. The key is you. Your values, enjoyable skills, career-related interests, and natural born temperament constitute your talent package. They are your life-long compass, guiding you to a career you love.
Knowing your talent package is essential. As important is being able to describe your capacities to people who can open doors for you. When asked to “tell me a little bit about yourself” do you struggle? This common question is simply a request for you to introduce your prospective employer, investor or business partner to your talent package. You need to be able to describe your interior talent capacity with ease.
How do you get to that point? Here are three steps to embracing your talent package so you can find a job you love:
Step One: Bolster your self-confidence.
If you have a hard time giving yourself credit for the things you do well, your vision for yourself is diminished. Your reluctance to shine is the first obstacle you must overcome. The root of this problem is a lack of self-confidence.
Tackle it head on. Join an empowering free program like Toastmasters. Or, if you can afford it, attend a personal growth workshop or hire a career coach. When you walk tall and proudly champion your talents, you will be on the road to an amazing career.
Step Two: Take a career self-assessment.
A high-quality career self-assessment will include and describe all four components of your talent package (values, skills, interests and temperament). In the early stages of my career I hunted for a career assessment that included all four of these elements and was unable to find it. Therefore, I created it myself and it is called Elevations.
These benefits of completing your career self-assessment are substantial:
- It’s a self-esteem booster (getting back to step one).
- You will gain self-knowledge.
- You will have an accurate description of your talent package.
- You will be prepared to write your resume, network, and conduct job interviews.
Step Three: Determine What Jobs or Entrepreneurial Opportunities Align with Your Talent Package.
Armed with both self-confidence and the knowledge your gain from your self-assessment, your eyes will be open to great opportunities.
Here are some action steps to take:
- Learn how to describe the key components of your talent package. Be ready to share your unique capabilities with influential people.
- Identify key words that that describe you best. Enter those words into a Google search and on job sites.
- Get creative and combine all of your interests. Design the perfect-fit career that is unique to you.
- Think about careers that have appealed to you in the past and notice if your talent package lines up with previous, perhaps long-forgotten, dreams.
Finding a job you love is possible. But, as you can see, the three steps I have outlined are substantial. You won’t slay this one overnight. If you want some inspiration, check out the video on my YouTube Channel called Embrace Your Passion for Sports. I interview a college student who reveals how he plans to employ his multiple passions. Watch the entire video, he is impressive!
Fully embrace your talent package and find the job that never feels like a job; a job you love.
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