How to find your dream job: good advice from the "bounty hunter"

How often, after the dismissal of you swear to myself that no longer kupites on promises considerable annual bonuses, the words of close-knit team of professionals, interesting projects, interesting office finally to free coffee and mountains of office cookies!!! Normally, if the "dream deal" immediately took off, the former office samurai hurry to return to his alma mater - a large comfortable office with a cute smiling staff.

But just a few months the feeling of euphoria from the return pass, and you start to look back toward the door, sighing about never happened dream. And your summary replenished another nice point about the place of work and place of employment is deprived of another professional. And so it can continue endlessly until you get tired of searching for that perfect job (or your own project).

For information on how to stop rushing between the offices of various companies, and, finally, to find a job that will suit you in all, divided "bounty hunter" Jennifer Gresham.

Ignore the good advice

With good intentions, as we know, is lined road in not a very nice place. For example, you found a job in one of the districts of the city and is now looking for an apartment, from which you could quickly get to work, for example, without the aid of machines.

Search criteria can be any, but it is your own, so someone it may seem strange and not quite right.

And you begin to ask the people living in different areas close to your future place of work, about how there live, etc. And they begin to convince you that their neighborhood is the best, because they live there and know where OK. And you gradually begin to doubt their initial choice, think about what might really worth all the same to buy a car and live in an area that you have advised.

Similarly, with the work. People are beginning to convince you that the company (or field of activity), in which they operate, is the best choice! Maybe for all of them it is, but not the fact that your criteria are the same and the same place of work for you to be in the same ideal.

Do not let the knock yourself confused and think about what is good for you, not for someone else.

Were asked to describe a job with the help of adjectives

When you read in the guidebook description of an area, without having seen it, you already imagine its buildings and streets, just trusting adjective, which he described. Or try to ask his friend to any place and to the area. And then go there yourself and see what it is causing your association.

Likewise, and with the work. Ask someone who works there, pick the adjectives that best describe her brighter and reflect the essence. For example, the adjective "promising" can easily be replaced by "competitive" or "tight" - sounds is not so tempting, is not it? Consider the suitability of this work for you personally.

Before making a final decision, ask your employees as much as possible

How often do you hear that the company - is one big happy family, where every employee is valued and his considered opinion. We say that does not go away from us, but from the wrong boss. But in reality this is not always the case.

If your team is not accepted to cover each other's backs, and the staff are often in a state of permanent war with each other, think carefully about whether your nerves stand such work.

What would be a great reward you would have offered and whatever the darling your boss. You just can not not do their job efficiently and within the time limits either feel relaxed.

You can take years to understand that you mean "strong family", if you need all this feeling and, of course, to find just such a team. So if you come for a trial period, try it for a while to get to know their possible employees not only in the workplace, but also on vacation - go to them for lunches, attend general trainings, etc.

Be honest with yourself

Imagine that you have to choose from two apartments. Inside, they practically does not differ from each other, but one has a wonderful back yard, and the other not, but there is a lovely view of the neighbor's garden. Of course the one that with backyard, is much more expensive. So you need to gather your thoughts and realize that you no longer need - the backyard or just need a beautiful view? Especially if in the previous apartment have a backyard, which is simply not used. Should I pay extra just because so kind and made exactly the same yard was in your old apartment?

Exactly the same analogy can be carried out with your job search. Be honest with yourself, and figure out what you do not like, that's annoying. Maybe you do not like is not the work itself, but only a few things that you perceive as a waste of time? Came into conflict with your ego and try to understand the true causes unpleasant feelings towards work.

Beware of the zone of indifference

If you have to choose between two apartments, one of which is very good, and the second level two heads below the first one, your choice will be obvious and will not be difficult. But if the apartments are almost identical and each has its own nuances, which can be both pluses and minuses at the same time (as povernesh), the choice is complicated, and you begin moral torment.

With all work the same way! If a lot more benefits than the second, your choice is clear. But if the job offered is almost the same, you have the problems begin. All of you are comparing to compare, write out on a piece of paper the pros and cons, compare lists again write. And so it can continue until a nervous breakdown, or selection operation with a coin (heads or tails).

The more you think and compare, the more you will feel regret over not selected work - and suddenly it would have been better ?!

In this case, your choice of torment absolutely useless, because both work the same (neither better nor worse). Calm down, take a deep breath and just select one of them.

Checklist working conditions

Everyone is different and each has its own criteria for the desired operation. The list of criteria may not be too full, but the answers to his questions, you greatly facilitate currently searching for its perfect operation.

Physical (what it's like your job)

• Indoors or outdoors?
• City or countryside?
• How long does it take to switch?
• How will you get to work (car, bikePublic transport, on foot)?
• How often do you travel?
• How many hours do you work?
• A separate room, office, or common area (ie, laboratory, classroom, kitchen)?
• Noisy or quiet?

Emotional (feelings that cause your job)

• What is the pace of your work?
• The content or that excites?
• Funny or requiring concentration?
• Relaxing or stimulating?
• Stable or requiring initiative?
• Predictable or unpredictable?
• Structured or without a particular structure?
• Can you be by themselves, or you have to adapt?

Social (with whom and how you interact)

• Do you spend most of their time with clients or colleagues?
• Are you a leader or a follower?
• Whether you work in a team or independently?
• The work is in the nature of a partnership or the opposite - competition?
• Horizontal or vertical relationships between employees?
• Large or small organization?
• Liberal or conservative?
• What is the demography of your colleagues?

Not all of these factors are important to you when choosing a job, but they will help you to significantly narrow the range of choice of employment and maybe you linger on it for a long time.