Finding the perfect job is a challenge that can persist throughout our lives. Perhaps you too do not feel fully challenged in your current position.
An article by Brian Tracy, famous motivational speaker and salesman, suggests when the time is right to consider moving on from your current job. You need to find work where you can really use your natural talents and abilities. And the job must also bring you joy and satisfaction.
1) Reflect on what drives you
Before making a decision, think about yourself a little. What do you enjoy? What are you good at? Decide what kind of a job will allow you to do what you really enjoy doing.
2) Supply yourself with a lot of information
Schedule some informal meetings or have a coffee with your prospective employers. Meet with people who are in the industry you consider would suit you. Find out as much as you can. Focus on all possible aspects of the industry you are thinking about.
Another benefit is that by meeting these people you are also making potentially valuable contacts. Address people via LinkedIn, where you can easily look up people from a specific industry.
3) Commit to doing your job to the best of your abilities
After you have finished the process of informational interviewing, dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to doing the job you have so carefully selected.
You will soon discover whether the new job is the best thing for you. You will realise even sooner if it is not. In the latter case, it is time to renew the search. By investing all your energy into doing an outstanding job in the career you are trying out, you will quickly know whether you have found it or not.
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