{"id":171,"date":"2024-12-11T11:58:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:55:07","slug":"before-you-begin-your-job-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/before-you-begin-your-job-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Before you begin your job search\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searching for a new job is strenuous.\u00a0 Oftentimes it becomes a full-time job in addition to the one you already have.\u00a0 So its important to go about your search efficiently, which essentially means having clarity and focus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I confess I wasn\u2019t super diligent in this area myself during my corporate life, but since the start of Talent Junction, I\u2019ve had a chance to think more deeply about this topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and foremost, be clear about your career goals and answer questions such as:\u00a0 why are you searching for a job at this point?\u00a0 What do you ideally want to accomplish in next few years that is not possible in your current job?\u00a0 What type of industries and companies are best suited for your education, skills, work experience and personal goals?\u00a0 The last point \u201cpersonal goals\u201d appears a bit hazy, so here\u2019s an example.\u00a0 A person having worked only in big corporates may want to join a well-placed startup as a step towards his\/her goal of joining a private equity firm \u2013 that would qualify as a personal goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, plan before you execute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarity on these points, will help you write a truly effective resume and show your passion in interviews \u2013 two critical ingredients for success in your job search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching for a new job is strenuous.\u00a0 Oftentimes it becomes a full-time job in addition to the one you already have.\u00a0 So its important to go about your search efficiently, which essentially means having clarity and focus. I confess I wasn\u2019t super diligent in this area myself during my corporate life, but since the start&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.talentjn.com\/tj-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}