Get a New Job This New Year

With the new year almost upon us, it is a time when many people reflect on their lives and make what has been coined as, "New Years Resolutions".  These resolutions range from losing weight to quitting smoking, and lets be honest they are hardly ever met.  The great thing about this tradition is that you take time and look at your life and pin point things that make you unhappy and that you want to change.  For many people one thing that makes them very unhappy is their job.  Unless you are in the military your job typically one area that you can change and should really consider doing if it is the cause of your unhappiness.

Finding a new job can seem like a daunting task, but if you break it down and focus on it, it is really not too difficult.  You'll need to first figure out if you like your career path, and if not you might need to retool or reeducate yourself.  You will need to find available jobs in your job field that you qualify for, and you will need to write a resume that is laser targeted to that job.  Finally you will have to interview for that job, and get hired!

You need to know whether you are dissatisfied with your current job or your career path in general.  What I mean is that you have to take a look at what you don't like about your job and realistically compare it to other jobs in your career field.  If you have to put up with the same issues that you do not like about your current job, then maybe the career field you have gone into is not right for you.  Also you should write down the things you do like about your job so you can use them to find the perfect job opportunity or career that you will be the most happy with.  Once you've analyzed if your job or whole career path needs changing then you are going to want to look at reeducating yourself into something new that meets all of the items that you enjoy doing at your current job.

To find available job positions this day and age is pretty simple.  You can just go on the Internet and search through many of the job search engines for companies that are looking to fill a vacancy.  The only problem with this is that typically the easier the job position is to find, the larger the amount of competition there is for that job.  Never really on only one source to find jobs, exhaust all available resources at your disposal.  The most powerful way to find jobs with low competition to this day is word of mouth.  This means you will want to pick up the phone and call all your old bosses, friends, co-workers, etc and see if they know about a job position that you qualify for and would enjoy.  Once you have found the perfect job you will want to tweak your resume to really target that job listing and make it stand out from any one else who is possibly applying.

Last thing to do is to be confident in yourself and nail the interview.  Show up on time, be dressed properly, and review popular interview questions before hand.  If you do these things you should have no problems at all giving a great interview.  Make sure your next year is happier than you last by dropping the job you hate for the one you'll love.