How To Find a Job You Love
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Is your job no longer rewarding, but you're unsure what would be better? Do you feel stuck in a career you don’t enjoy? In this powerpoint presentation, Career Coach Hallie Crawford shares how to define your dream job.
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How To Find a Job You Love
- 1. FIND A JOB YOU LOVE HallieCrawford.com, LLC www.halliecrawford.com Copyright 2015 Hallie Crawford, MA, CPCC Certified Career Coach and Founder
- 3. Sense of passion and Purpose
- 4. AGENDA 1. Why imp 2. Define Fulfillment 1. Career Values 3. Ideal Career Model 4. Expand Your Thinking 1. Career Brainstorming Online – 4 Steps
- 6. #1. WHY IMP TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT FIT – ARE YOU? 2013 Gallup poll: 70% are unsatisfied at work! http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/30/americans-hate-jobs-office- perks/2457089/ Set goal based on where you fall within 3 categories: Very Satisfied – be prepared if things change Somewhat Satisfied - separate what works and what doesn’t Very Unsatisfied – define the right fit
- 7. Good News You can find direction and fulfillment
- 8. Bonus Tip: List of Wants Dig underneath dreams, interests,
- 12. Define FULFILLMENT • How to 1. Define success 2. Identify interests – lose track of time 3. Ideal day at work – what qualities 4. Identify top 3 Career Values 1. Peak experience exercise 2. Example • 2 action steps to honor those values more at work-now
- 13. IDEAL CAREER MODEL # 3
- 15. • Difficult to narrow down choices • Many factors to consider to find right fit • No website with comprehensive list • Result: Career seekers, already unhappy, can become overwhelmed and fearful, don’t know where to start Problem: #4 Expand Your Thinking
- 16. 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 CLIENTS TELL US THEY ARE THEIR BIGGEST OBSTACLE IMPACT
- 17. SOLUTION Online research Brainstorm with others Dream team Informational Interviews 1 Informational Interviews: http://www.halliecrawford.com/2014/informational- interviews/the-most-underutilized-tool-in-job-searching- informational-interviews/ http://www.halliecrawford.com/2012/video-blog/a-helpful-secret-for- the-informational-interview-process/
- 18. 3 Tips to Conduct Effective Info Interviews http://www.slideshare.net/halliecrawford/three-tips-to-conduct-effective Informational Interviews 60-70% of jobs secured… through hidden job market
- 19. ONLINE RESEARCH • Online research: 4 step process • Keywords • General search sites • Brainstorming sites • Job boards • Client Catherine in Denver • Associations • Education
- 20. STAY ORGANIZED! Use Excel to track: Relevant keywords Career ideas Pages you want to re- visit Requirements, salary Sample Excel Sheet http://tinyurl.com/l3muel
- 21. OVERVIEW OF SITES o General search o Brainstorming sites o www.mypursuit.com o www.onetcenter.org o www.wetfeet.com o www.glassdoor.com o Job boards o www.indeed.com o www.simplyhired.com o Industry-specific o www.idealist.org o http://www.marketinghire.com/
- 22. STEP ONE: KEYWORDS interests, values, skills
- 23. STEP TWO: GENERAL SEARCH SITES Cast a wide net “Career in data analysis” “Jobs in education” 3
- 24. STEP THREE: o Keywords plugged into these sites help you… o Narrow down ideas o Begin to make real – See requirements and salary Brainstorming: http://tinyurl.com/kf5tf4o Brainstorming Sites
- 27. 4 steps Online Career Research 1. Keywords 2. General search sites 3. Brainstorming sites 4. Job boards
- 28. Think about 2 actions step for this week Set up Excel sheet from Slide 20, Career Brainstorming Reading: How to organize your search: http://tinyurl.com/kopq386 Do What You Are, Tieger & Barron The Pathfinder, Lore, Nicholas IDEAS FOR ACTION
- 29. DEFINE YOUR DREAM JOB EXCLUSIVELY FOR UGA ALUM Starts Next Week, April 1 Wednesdays at 12 noon ET Participate on your lunch hour 4 Session Webinar Program http://tinyurl.com/nmjaa4u Interactive coaching group and individual support " The best choice I made during my transition.” “The knowledge you gain is priceless… the results are spot on accurate.” “Worth every penny.” *Discounted UGA rate $199*
- 30. What will be DIFFERENT tomorrow as a result of today? 2 Action Steps
- 31. “The greatest risk in life is not taking one.” Anonymous www.halliecrawford.com
Editor's Notes
- I understand. When I was 25, living in basement-Not only living in it, emotionally in it. Jumped around from job to job very unhappy with all of them. 5 different jobs before 26. Unsure what I wanted to do for my next job, much less what would be rewarding for me-or how I would find fulfillment. Hadn’t had it before work wise. Only thing going for me was this cute Hallie berry haircut.
- But, I found it and sharing with you some of the ways I did so. Frame this out: Not pollyana, hear do what you love, money will follow. Yeah right. Hard work! And some days would rather sleep in and be ind wealthy. But-as hard as I work, it doesn’t feel like work, it balances and centers me. AND the good so far outweighs the bad that I barely notice the bad-that’s the feeling we’re going for. I have that, our clients do as well, 98% satisfaction rate of finding that fulfillment.
- Agenda is to be like this guy, hello he is happy right! This advice is for whether making a change OR staying put, finding more fulfillment OR course correction.
- What brings you here?
- Right now get out pen, make some notes (HANDOUT) What category: Satisfied and in right fit, what we suggest is focus on career management. keep eye on next steps in case (take class ev 6 mos, evaluate where you are with career ev 6 mos, attend assoc mtgs, stay on top of trends). Somewhat satisfied, you can give this time to look around (about 6 mos I would suggest of thinking and research). One of the steps you can take is make a list-seeing it in black and white helps-of what works in your current job or previous one, and what doesn’t. Good start. Very unsatisfied, you need to do something now bc the process of brainstorming ideas and also making the transition takes time (defining direction typically takes about 2-3 mos just to define, then implementation timeframe varies 6 mos to year to conduct the job search). Think about which category you fall into and set a goal.
- We saw the bad news with the Gallup poll-Good news is you can have a job you’re engaged in, takes time and effort, balancing act of being practical and passionate, there will be compromise (not pollyana), but it’s possible. -98% of our clients find their career direction and are excited about their work again. -70% of our clients make less of a dramatic change than they think they needed to
- One of the ways to get started knowing what you want – whether it’s a job change or not – is to write a list of things you want to have in job. 2 ways to do this, think about this now write down in handout. Likes/Dislikes-Think of something you’ve liked about a job in the past, what was it, write it down? Think of something you’ve disliked in the past, write the opposite down? Dig underneath passions/dreams-Weekie Watchie ex as a kid. Entertainment, creativity, freedom in owning a biz.
- On our ideal career model, which we’ll look at more in a minute, we help clients define what’s fulfilling first. Cornerstone of everything else.
- Key point-Need to identify this first, any ideas why? -Impacts every other part -Hardest thing to identify but will sustain you throughout your career ups and downs -Gives you the greatest clarity about your direction, rather than just looking at talents and skills Any ideas on how to define it?
- How to: Define what success means to you Identify interests Ideal day at work, what are qualities you see in addition to tasks you’re performing (working in a team, working on number alone, planning an event, data analysis) Identify top 3 career values-client had a trip as an experience. Learned about other cultures (education, being more worldly), challenge to get by in different language (challenge every day), had to plan and budget for it (working with numbers) Honor them now more-see if you can and it can make a big difference in how you feel and you may not need to move. 70% of time our clients don’t need to make as dramatic a change as they think. Any ideas what a career value might be for you?
- If you’d like copy of presentation, drop biz card in or write your name on piece of paper.
- These are all elements you need to consider. -Assessments or books often only cover 2-3 of the pieces, which is why you end up empty handed. Circus clown, basket weaver, window cleaner. -Helps you be passionate but also practical. *Btw, if word passion too strong, throw it out. Use enjoyment/something else instead. *Untrue that follow your passion money will follow, I’ve worked VERY hard. But it doesn’t feel like work, much less so. Truly enjoy it. Balances me. Fulfillment we talked about. Enjoyment is this, other tasks you perform outside your main role/task. Career as pie. These 3 go hand in hand: Talents/skills-only those you WANT to still use. Strengthsfinder.com assessment. Helps you define what you want and when you define it, gaps in how to get there. Education-past courses you took you liked? Do you want to leverage it or not? Also gaps. Experience-past experience you enjoyed? Also gaps. Client at museum docent. Personality type-make or break (Myers brigges, introvert/extrovert come in) Interacts with Environment-culture, location, space, values of org Compensation-not just $ Questions on this? The workbook we have at back table outlines how to dig into each of these pieces, exercise to do so, built around it. Program coming up next week for those wanting to define direction – 4 session webinar using this workbook. With coaching session with me. Fliers at back look like this. Happy to talk to you about it.
- We know why this is important, we’ve established an approx timeframe for the process. Let’s address the difficulties people have with brainstorming long term career options to find the right fit. Main problem is: It’s Difficult to narrow down options 1) Many factors to consider Lots of things to consider in finding right fit, career model. Be sure you take time to carefully consider them all and how they fit together. Career tests as ex only tell you some of pieces. People come to me saying took career test told me circus clown. Read book but still unsure. 2) No website with one comprehensive list Result: overwhelm and stagnation Prospect called me one year later almost to the day, had done nothing bc overhwlemed about where to start. I’m guessing some of you may feel this way.
- As a result people get frustrated, and they stay put and don’t make changes. Bc of fear or something else.
- Solution is 2 things –conduct online research, talk to others Today focus on online research but lets’ touch on brainstorm w others for moment Dream team and info interviews Each defined. Team: Find 2 people to help you with your search. Write down now. Spend x amount of time with them (Ex of Ben) Info interviews, conduct 3-5 in each area you’re considering. These are short meetings with people in the industries you are interested in to learn more about how to get your foot in the door and if they are the right fit. More info about info interviews on my blog - links
- For more information – do another speech on this topic or a webinar Bethany.
- Focus on Online research today bc it’s first step, don’t go out there talking to people in info interviews until you’re armed and dangerous w some information and sense of things For my clients I suggest and walk them through a 4 step process to help them brainstorm ideas online using the internet. Through online research you can learn about different career paths you may not have known about before. The key here is to stay organized in your search so you do not get lost in the internet or get overwhelmed with information. This is an Overview of process. Client catherine interested in owning b and b. online research, found and looked at assoc for b and b owners. Found convetntion coming up and education. By looking at these sites found out in-sitter as possible option. Attending courses to do that not full time but to get her fet weet in industry to see what thinks. Do it few times to see. Break it down into 30 mins to one hour per week. Write down now: When you can do this work (Sat am wake up earlier, Wed eve stop at Starbucks on way home from work with your personal computer) How much time you can devote, 30 mins, one hour (I’d stop at one hour)
- With both talking to others and online research. Key is stay organized! Excel sheet and walk through these steps. This sheet has additional tabs for your job search once you get to that point, What to add as tabs in your sheet – on this list.
- Overview of sites: are three main categories of sites: General search sites like Google®, career brainstorming sites like www.mypursuit.com, and job boards like www.indeed.com, industry specific sites as well.
- Create a list of keywords HANDOUT. This list can include your interests, values, talents, and skills. For instance you might have an interest in lanscaping, gardening, reading, data analysis, management skills. If you highly value education (it could be teaching, mentoring, coaching in some way), value efficiency-operations director or efficiency consultant. And if you have a skill in organizing data, financial analysis, marketing or presentation skills, you can use those as well. It is not important whether the keyword is one word or a phrase. It can also describe a specific task you like to perform – event planning, database management, market research – as well as a particular industry you are curious about.
- Start with the general search sites like Google®, Yahoo®, and Bing®. They will provide all kinds of big picture information –help you cast a wide net, make the fish bowl bigger – so are a great way to begin. You plug your keywords like “career in data analysis” or “jobs in education” and browse through the pages that look like they would be helpful to you. Copy and paste them into a document to re-visit them later in greater depth.
- Next, use the brainstorming sites like www.onetcenter.org and www.mypursuit.com to plug in your keywords. Whatever looks appealing to you, copy and paste those pages as well to re-visit later. Begin to make real at this point-requirements/salary Additional article about brainstorming-how to generate ideas by combining skills, specific process to do that
- Finally, visit the job boards including the ones you prefer www.indeed.com, www.simplyhired.com., and www.linkedin.com. Using your keywords again here can pull up actual job openings (even if they are not in your area, looking outside your area can help you brainstorm ideas) that may be appealing to you. Copy and paste those as well to review them later. Sites here: Jacket Net to search jobs – Industry Specific sites, this takes you to my website where there’s a list of sites. Questions on this?
- If you need help with any of this, I’m great at brainstorming ideas with people in a 1 time call. job search whether it’s info interviews, elevator speech, networking, interview skills, resume or linkedin profile, here to help. Happy to talk w you about our services in a consultation.
- Overview of steps again. Timeframe? Depending on how much time spending each week (one hour week min), give yourself 3 weeks to get a sense of what you’re looking for. Themes in what you’re finding and possible jobs within industries.
- Start to think about 2 action items for this week
- This is perfect for you if you 1) want to figure out how to make your current job more fuliflling and whether you should stay or go AND 2) if you want to change direction. Flier at the back table in the stand up holder.
- Action Steps-come up with 2
- Quote that inspired me to take action out of the job I was so unhappy in. And got me through the tough times in transition. Got out of my mothers’s basement – bc she hired me a career coach. As I slowly took risks, bigger and bigger over time, I was able to make it happen – and you can too!