Career Change? Get The Job You Want...faster

By: RL Stevens

Most career transitions are built on past moves that affect future career progress. Ideally, when seeking a change in career direction, job role or function, your job search should be done by design and not default. The career track of many professionals and executives often results in getting stuck in a rut without definable goals.

It is easy to remain in a position that is comfortable. It is easy to dismiss your intuition and elude early warning signals out of fear of changing jobs. Effective career planning means you routinely ask yourself:

- Is the industry I am in still viable for my long-term goals?

- Have I been passed by for advancement or participation in key projects?

- Am I still excited to go work, or do I really dislike Sunday nights?

Examining your answers to the questions above is a great place to start in deciding whether it is time to change careers and in determining if you are on the right path to career success. In addition, your personal attitude can be a good indicator of career success. If now is the time to change careers, creating an intentional career is the way to go.

In general, a person gets hired because of his or her optimistic spirit, positive energy and what he or she selflessly can offer an employer or organization. These factors can outshine a person's background, competency or education. What you think is who you are. Who you are will produce what you do. The choices you make will set the course for your professional history.

Great careers do not happen by accident. They are intentionally acquired by design. The law of cause and effect, coupled with the law of attraction, provides foundational support for a career filled with passion and purpose. The law of attraction asserts that you will attract to your life whatever you give attention, energy and focus. Success breeds success.

Persuasion can help you along the way, whether you are changing careers, doing a different job function or transitioning into another industry to gain a competitive advantage. The key here is to differentiate yourself. A great way to differentiate yourself and persuade a potential employer to think favorable of you is through the use of a web portfolio. A web portfolio and hypercard are two of the best and fastest ways to distinguish you as a candidate, promote your brand and establish credibility. Four reasons a job seeker should include a web portfolio in his or her job search toolkit:

1. A well constructed and visually appealing Web portfolio is powerful and persuasive because it enhances information recall.

2. Web portfolios help focus an interviewer's attention on accomplishments and value, therefore shortening the hiring process due to the content's immediacy.

3. Web portfolios easily prove cross-functionality, adaptability and relevant transferable skills.

4. A Web portfolio allows "on-demand" access to one's professional profile, accomplishment summary, core strengths, education, core values and r

About the Author

Randolph L. Stevens, President and CEO, incorporated R.L. Stevens & Associates in 1982 based on a strong desire to help people succeed and built on an unwavering commitment to helping executives achieve their career goals. To find out how we might help your executive search, contact us ==> http://www.interviewing.com

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