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<\/p>\nI understand as well as anyone the importance of landing a job to pay the bills. Any job will do, right? Well, if you\u2019re looking to turn this position into the start of your career the answer to that is a big fat no. Maybe you\u2019re not exactly sure what you should be doing, or even what you want to do. But I\u2019m here to tell you why “just any” job is not the answer, and how to find what\u2019s right for you.<\/p>\n
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In times like these where jobs are harder to come by, picking up any position might seem like the best course of action \u2013 but if you can be picky, do it. Taking a position in which you are not well suited not only means you have to work harder to excel, but it also that the employer is not getting all that they should from the position. It\u2019s like trying to jam two puzzle pieces together when they don\u2019t fit. It leads to a problem, no matter how you look at it. And if you\u2019re trying to grow within a field that doesn\u2019t align with what you are naturally good at, you\u2019ll find roadblock after roadblock after roadblock, and nobody wants to be frustrated with their work for their entire career.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re not sure what you want to do, you need to first do a little research on yourself. Though you might think you\u2019re good at everything (and hell, maybe you are), you are probably better suited for some positions rather than others. And if you\u2019re like most people, you ultimately want to end up doing something you\u2019re good at. If you\u2019re not exactly sure what you\u2019d be best doing, or you have a perception of your skill set that might be different from reality, take a personality test like the Jung Typology Test<\/a> or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment (and for the sake of all that is good, be honest<\/i>). Tests like these help to determine who you are, your strengths and weaknesses. By dissecting the results of these tests you can decide what type of work is best for you.<\/p>\n When looking for your next position it\u2019s important that you stick to your guns, not only will you be a better fit as an employee, but you will also be much happier with your career choice. Once you\u2019ve determined exactly what it is you want to do, do yourself a favor and create a video resume<\/a>. Video resumes help highlight your soft skills, and will elevate your chances of landing a position that is truly right for you.<\/p>\n I understand as well as anyone the importance of landing a job to pay the bills. Any job will do, right? Well, if you\u2019re looking to turn this position into the start of your career the answer to that is a big fat no. Maybe you\u2019re not exactly sure what you should be doing, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,41,12],"tags":[70,64,35,16,24,13],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs-2","category-resume-tips-2","category-video-resumes","tag-finding-a-job","tag-job-search-tips","tag-resume-tips","tag-video-pitch","tag-video-resume","tag-video-resumes-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24105,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/24105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.jobma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"