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As
a result, you have to determine what factors in a job and
company
fit with what you feel comfortable—with what you value in
a job? For example,
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Big company or small company?
* Regular hours or hours as needed?
* Specific skilled area or generalist?
* Structure or little structure?
* Static or trendy company
* Start-up or well-established company.
With
what you value personally for your self and lifestyle? For
example,
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Risk-taking or security?
* Regular
pay or stock?
* Relocation or permanency?
* Opportunity for rapid promotion or slow but steady promotion?
* Increasing responsibility or static responsibility
* Presentation and interaction or minimal speaking publicly.
These
are only a few of the many values you need to
determine and consider.
Why
do you need to bother?
For
you to make the most of the job and its opportunities you need to
decide not only what you want—but also what you
don't want.
For
you to make the most of the job and its opportunities
you also have to have a sense of the job's future
impact on you.
Most of us have only an inkling of what
these things may be. As a result, we rush headlong
into what looks good only to start feeling a
gnawing sensation that some- thing's not right. You
hadn't thought about how you'd feel if asked to take
over leadership on a moment's notice in a fast-paced
environment. You hadn't thought how the long hours and
possible weekends might affect your time with loved
ones or pastimes.
Once
you've gone through all the time, effort, and agony of
the job-getting process, you don't want to finally get
something only to find it doesn't fit you in the most
basic of ways. Granted,
nothing is going to be "perfect," but
you don't want it to grate or be unsatisfying.
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You need to remove as many of the negatives ahead of
time as possible.
* You need to know where the
compromises are likely to occur.
* You need to know what compromises are acceptable,
what are not, and where you're willing to make
sacrifices to achieve you job and personal goals.
The
object is to give you the greatest amount of control
in this important evaluation process—control over what you
want and how your wants match what's available. So YOU
are the one to make the decision of what is more
likely to work for you.
"What
Are You Really Looking For in a Job?" is
a 13-page pdf guide which discusses
*
Job-related
values
* Their potential impact on you
* General areas of concern
* Pros and cons of each.
It
then takes you through a series of comprehensive
assessments to help make you aware of the values you
hold personally for your lifestyle and job as well as
what you will need and want to consider in your
overall job-getting process.
Only $15.
Claim
your copy now!
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