Get The Job Of Your Dreams With These Surprisingly Simple Steps

October 28, 2017

So you’ve been to college, maybe even university too and you’ve spent a lot of money on further education to better yourself, yet you’re still struggling to find the job of your dreams. If this sounds familiar, you’re not the only one in this position and luckily, there are some surprisingly simple steps that you could take to increase the chance of you landing your dream job.
Experience
Unfortunately, many places require new members of staff to have acquired experience in the field of the job at hand. This of course, is difficult for those of us newly entering the working world because we haven’t had the chance to gain any experience.
The best advice here is to volunteer at firms that are within the industry you’ve been training for. While this might seem like a waste of time, especially if you’re not earning anything from it, it will certainly give you the experience that companies are after when they’re looking to employ. Even having a small amount of experience will put you one up on those who have none.
Alternatively, some places offer apprenticeships which could be another option you could take. The money isn’t great, but it’s better than nothing and there’s usually a job position available for you at the end of your apprenticeship.
Seek Help
There are companies out there which help people find the jobs that they are after by seeking out companies for you. These are called headhunters, and they will crawl through job openings that will suit your preference and experience and then put you in contact with the company for an interview. Employers often use headhunters too to ensure that they are finding the right person for the job. Click here for more information and to sign yourself up to a headhunter!
Doing this will lead you straight to the job of your dreams, and your prospective employers will already know that you’ve had the necessary training and have the right qualifications for the job.
Apply To Everything
While you want to find the job of your dreams, there is an incredibly large unemployment crisis in the world today. Rather than waiting around for the right job to come along and getting yourself into further debt, apply for every job that becomes available so that you can begin building money and a life. Make sure you have job alerts for your dream job for your email and phone so that if something comes along, you can go straight ahead and apply.
Sometimes, experience within another job might help you when you come to interview for the job of your dreams. For example, having experience with customer service is always a bonus for any job around the world. No company wants to hire someone who doesn’t know how to behave with customers.
Try these tricks today and land yourself your dream job!

Mark Asquith

That British podcast guy, Mark is co-founder of Captivate.fm, the world's only growth-oriented podcast host. A Harvard, TEDx, Podcast Movement and Podfest speaker (amongst many more!), he's a wildly approachable Brit and Star Wars/DC Comics geek.

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