Randy’s Career Tips

Research has shown that the average adult changes careers at least 3 times during their life (and often more than that). That figure makes sense when you consider how much we grow over time and that a career spans at least 40 years. Over time our values, priorities, and interests change and we often find ourselves looking for something different from our work. The career we found ourselves in during our 20s may differ greatly from where we would like to be in our 50s. Although many of us realize at some point that we would like to change careers, there are many things that hold us back - lack of direction, fear, money, or uncertainty can all contribute. These simple strategies can help get you started on finding the career of your dreams.

1. Assess your strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes. Make a list of what you are good at and what you enjoy doing. This list should include everything you enjoy - even if it is just a hobby for you. Ideally, you want a career that allows you to use your strengths and perform work that you love doing all day. Along the same lines, you don’t want a career that doesn’t fit your interests or your skills. This will make your days long and lead to dissatisfaction in your job.

2. Research your career choices based on the preferences you identified in the first step. This may include taking a couple of professional career assessments. The benefit of career assessments is that they help identify things you aren’t able to see yourself and can suggest career possibilities that you may have overlooked or not considered. Some assessments can even tell you, based on the test results, how well you would fit in with the “typical” person in that career.

3. Explore the occupations on your list. Speak with someone currently in that career and see what they enjoy and what they dislike about it. Find out what advi (more…)

It seems simple enough. The internet has everything these days, so why can’t you find an hourly job online? There are several websites that cater to career oriented job seekers, but why not hourly jobs. Yeah sure, there are those obscure websites that probably don’t have a job listed in your city, or if they do it is something you are not interested in. So here are some tips to help you find an hourly job online.

First, type in the name of your city followed by the word “jobs.” If your city has a directory of hourly jobs then that will pop up in any major search engine.

Second, decide on the type of job you want, and type in that genre. This should produce several results.

Third, try typing in the name of a company you want to work for. This should produce there website on any major search engine. Then follow the link to their website and see if they have any online applications you can fill out.

Fourth, if you are a student or a teenager, try typing in keywords or phrases like “teen jobs” “jobs for teens” “hourly jobs” or “jobster.” Any of these should yield results that will help you find an hourly job.

If none of the above works, then I suggest searching for websites that list hourly jobs. These are hard to find, but usually the ones at the top of the search engine produce decent results. Good luck in your job hunting quest!

http://www.teenjobster.com