Changing Your CAREER –

        Looking for a new job is not easy and it should be tackled logically and professionally.        

Make it a learning experience.

        Why not set up your own business from your home.       

A Handful of Tips to help you get a new job    

* Network

        Build strong networks.

        Contacts are important when looking for work.

        It is not what you know, but who you know that often gets you a new job.

        Join social and sporting groups to get known.

* Who do you know?

        Focus on friends and supporters.

        Approach friends, old schoolmates, and relatives, and renew contacts with others who could help.

        Ask them if they know of any suitable job vacancies and if they could look out for a job for you.

* Emphasise your achievements

        Stack your resume with your achievements.

        List your academic achievements, your work experiences, and your non-work achievements.

        Don’t forget your sporting successes, offices you have held in clubs, and roles in music, drama, and educational groups.

        Organisations look for reliable people who can get things done.

* Get listed

        List with several employment agencies.

        Visit recruitment agencies to enquire about vacancies.

        Dress well and leave an up-to-date resume.

* Become your own boss

        Create your own work

        If no suitable jobs are available consider training for a new career.

        Learning a new skill can be stimulating and rewarding.

        What are your interests and hobbies?

        Use your skills to set up your own business and start working from home.

        See the many jobs you can do from home in the free book listed below.

        Seek work overseas in a new country.

        Often you can get your foot in the door by working in a voluntary organisation.

        There are many possibilities if you show initiative.

        Life is too short to have a job you do not enjoy.

-Geoffrey Moss(mossassociates.co.nz)

“No bees – no honey

No work – no money!”

Source: “No Job! What Now?” Published by Moss Associates Ltd, New Zealand available online FREE from mossassociates.co.nz.

        Also available as “Secrets for Career Change” by Cengage Learning Asia.