Find Your Dream Job

Find Your Dream Job

Chris Martinez

 

Copyright © 2019 by Chris Martinez

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.

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For my wife Marisa, who believed in me.

For my children, Charissa, Chalysse, Criser and Cyrus, your dream job is waiting for you.

Contents

Understanding this book

Your ideas are amazing!

Rely on your notes

No notebook, no problem

Plans vs. Actions

Clear your mind

Prioritize and focus

Maximize your day

The best times to focus

Peace and quiet

The flexible job hunter

Getting hired with no experience

Get back on your feet!

Looking for the wrong job?

Open mindedness

Selling to the right employer

Be willing to do what it takes

What are you willing to give up?

Your dream job is within reach

Imagine that you got the job already

You are the best person for the job

Acknowledgements

Contact info

Understanding this book

 This book is organized into 20 short solutions. Each offers an immediate and practical explanation of some vital aspect of landing your dream job. The text is designed to be read through from beginning to end or in random order, selecting topics as questions arise. If you do not understand the worth of finding quiet time during your day to organize your daily tasks and goals, you can simply look through the table of contents to find a subject similar to your current question. In this case, the chapter on Peace and Quiet come to mind.

With an understanding of your job market, you can use this information to shape your plan on growing your current experience and skills set. It will be a challenge, but it is an achievable goal. With guidance from this book, the right attitude and the right mindset, you too can find your dream job.

Your ideas are amazing!

 Your ideas are a place where untapped energy and power exist. It is in the middle of in dense area that I call your thoughts – your ideas are lost in a forest of daily activities and bad habits. You must learn to tap into those ideas and writing it down is the first step in making landing your dream job a reality – your reality. Your ideas are powerful and because they come from you they are unique and special. Making it a habit of committing it to paper or your digital notebook is important because it is in this moment that you start your journey towards landing your dream job.

When ideas on finding a job come to mind, writing it down is a delicate step towards committing yourself to act. Personally, I missed on many good ideas on my previous job searches because I never wrote them down.

Yes, ideas will come to you at anywhere at any time. For example, I've had many ideas come to me while asleep. During my day, it feels like I’ve already experienced the present situation, but I can’t put my finger on it. It feels like déjà vu. Every time you let this happen, you are allowing another potential great idea to slip through your fingers. Even if you are asleep, learn to wake yourself from your sleep just long enough to write down your idea on landing your dream job – it’s totally worth it. This idea may just be the one you’ve been waiting for to break through that situation that seems impossible.

On your bedside table, have a piece of paper and a pen handy. Take the cap off the pen or have a sharpened pencil ready - you don't want to be fumbling with your pen while you’re half asleep. During the day, you'll come up with ideas and you’ll want to be ready for those moments. If you’re driving, obviously your current focus is to arrive safely to your destination. You can ask a passenger to send you a text or to send you an email with your ideas.

When I daydream, I'm see myself in that perfect job. I see myself as the most knowledgeable person in my field and people come to me for answers. I see myself providing more value than ever before. I love my job and always give more than what is expected. I see myself growing every day and getting better at what I’m doing. All of this I write down.

You're probably thinking this is a lot to write down on a piece of paper - you're correct so I’m going to recommend now that you get a hard-back notebook. Personally, I have a hard-back notebook that I can keep in my back pocket or in the pocket of my jacket. My notebook and a blue pen go with me everywhere my wallets go. If that isn’t available, I use my memo pad on my mobile phone.

Over the years, I've build up dozens of these pocket notebooks. There are many options and styles. It’s your preference because any will do. I prefer the ones with the lines because I’m left-handed and when I write I tend to drift and my sentences end up crooked. The lines are very helpful. If you're writing in a small notebook, you’ll want to write as neatly as possible because space is at a premium.

I write down my goals today. Tomorrow, I write them down again. I'm checking off the ones that I completed and writing the next ones that need to work on tomorrow. Writing down my goals for finding a job doesn't always come out in the right order – and that's totally ok. When you're done writing down your goals for the day, go back through and prioritize them. On the upper left-hand corner of the goal, write down the number next it by order of importance - labeling the most important goal for the day as number one.

Just as important as writing down your goals, it is just as important to complete the tasks. Remember, you aren't completing the tasks just to complete them. You are completing the task because it is the most efficient and most effective path to getting to your goal.

 

Remember this: don't mistake movement for progress.

 

One of my goals is to saturate the market. What does this mean? It means that I’m applying for at least 5 positions a day. Why do I submit 5 applications per day? I always thought to myself that if I could just get myself an interview that I would have a high chance of convincing the hiring manager that I’m the right person. The only problem is that I need to get the interview first. That means, unless you can get someone to look at your application, you’ll need to take steps to increase your chances of getting an interview. How I did that was by getting as many applications out there as possible.

Your thinking that 5 per day is a lot and it is. So, start with what you know - if it’s one a day then do that. Eventually, build it up and target two then three. It seems crazy as I'm writing this, but it works.

 

Remember: the goal is to land a job. You're not applying just to apply. Your goal is to get a job fast!

 

In my notebook, I also write down significant changes or milestones in the way my resume looked. As I'm looking at examples online or when I’m talking with people, I may come across a better idea - it's these ideas that I write down. When submitting applications and resumes, I save these versions on my computer organized by year, month and by the job that I applied for. That way I have a collection that I can always reference in the future and the next application I submit won't have to be from scratch.

When you're applying for jobs, think about the jobs that you wanted to apply for but didn’t. Take note of why you didn't - it might be because you're not certified, or you don't have that kind of experience. Note this down in your notebook and create a simple action plan to get yourself certified or to gain experience. For the certification, you could take classes, read books, research online and study until you're ready to take the cert. For experience, consider taking a job in that area but as a basic or novice level then build yourself up. If you land a job this way, you're already partway there!

Remember to write down your plans because you'll never know when you'll need to go back to look at your notes. If you don't write it down at all, trying to remember everything mentally works but unless you've found a way to remember everything, there is a good chance that you will forget later so write them down because you never know when that next great idea will come to mind.

Rely on your notes

It is said that writing has been around for over 10,000 years. Writing things down is the physical form of your thoughts and speech. If you're going to reach your goal of landing your job, remember that you must have a plan. To execute that plan you’ll need to have it written down so that you can refer to it easily. So, you carry around your notebook - what now? Well, do what others have done – use it. Every thought is an opportunity to write things down; as you are looking for jobs, write down your thoughts. As you fill out your resume and you need to make a change later, write that down. If you come across a job that you want to apply for later, write that down.

As you go through your tasks, your mind is already planning so make it easy for yourself and write it down. Develop a habit of regularly using your notebook - if you don't you’re just wasting your time. Maybe you're borrowing someone's computer and you don't have access to your digital notebook, be sure to have your physical notebook with you so that you can take notes - remember to transpose your notes to your master notebook shortly thereafter.

If you use a digital notebook regularly, make sure that you transpose your random notes into your digital notebook. That way you'll have the latest information easily at your fingertips. One thing that I do regularly is to note down my search criteria: I could be looking for a supervisory or management position - this I write down. If I'm looking for a technical or administrative position - I write this down. When searching for jobs online, I'm listing out in my notebook the websites that have netted me the greatest amount of hits.

Over time, you'll have a collection of data that you can refer to and a list of action items/tasks that you need to accomplish. Depending on how much progress you are making, you may check your list several times during the day or once a day. Either way, refer to it regularly and update your notes where appropriate. As I complete tasks, I'm checking it off my list and moving down to the next task.

I'm looking in my calendar and blocking off time to get the work done. If something needs to be done, I put a lot of pressure on myself to get it finished. I know that I’ll feel much better and much more motivated to work on the next task as soon as I get the current

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 18.09.2019
ISBN: 978-3-7487-1580-1

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To my wife Marisa, who believed in my. For my children, Charissa, Chalysse, Criser, and Cyrus, your dream job is waiting for you.