Gold Nugget Coaching

CareerBuilder.com [link] (also found through the URL careerbuilders.com—with an “s”) claims to have more job postings than any other site. That’s a pretty big claim and hard to validate especially since there are one-stop job search sites such as Indeed.com that I discussed in the last post.

Regardless, careerbuilders.com is rich in resources and can be very helpful if you know how to use it. So in this post, I’ll give you some valuable time-saving tips. . . .

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You’re working hard in your current job and, at the same time, trying to plan your future. Maybe you’re thinking about a potential career change. Or maybe you have “layoff aversion” and would be comforted by having a sense of what the future might bring in your current occupation.

As I noted in the last post, regardless of where you are in your career or what experience and skills you have, there are market forces at work in the job arena that are beyond your control. And whether or not you’ve experienced a layoff yourself, we all know it’s not the most pleasant of experiences.

Your best insurance against the effects of market forces and/or a layoff is to be proactive in designing your future, rather than just waiting for it to show up.

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Obviously, most people use online job search methods and tools like monster.com, CareerBuilders.com, and others to find a job. These resources (and the others that I’ll talk about in this series) can be incredibly useful if used the right way.

And I have, in fact, seen many people be very successful in finding a job using these tools. But, unfortunately, there are others who, even after much time and effort, are unable to find a good job “match” and end up very disappointed. The disappointment often turns to frustration and then to resignation. And then they stop looking all together.

The process of online job searching can feel like the lottery: sometimes you win, but most times you don’t. Regardless, it practically always feels as though it’s all outside of your control. And, frankly, in large measure it is.

But there are strategies that can help put you in the driver’s seat. So let’s begin exploring what underlies being successful with online job searches. . . .

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There are many factors that determine work satisfaction. Overriding all of them is the path you choose to follow, whether it’s the “traditional” career path (which, as described in previous posts, other experts consider to be obsolete), or one of the life style paths I’ve mentioned: a Professional’s Path or a Service Path. (If you’re clinging to the obsolete notion of career, I suggest that you read this series from the start in case you’ve just dropped in to this post.)

Getting clear about this overriding choice of path and how it fits into your life will pay off for you whether you’re doing goal setting for your life and/or career, considering a career change, or perhaps working on a personal mission statement.

So before you start your job skills list, or take that “perfect job quiz,” or peruse the “top jobs in the usa,” my advice is this: get clear about your path.

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Most people who are dedicated CareerBuilders will benefit by re-framing their roles in the workplace to better deal with its new realities. Thus, for example, instead of pursuing a career path that may no longer exist (the traditional concept of “career”), you may want to get clear about your path in terms of following a Professional’s Path or a Service Path—as I described in the previous posting here. But before we talk more about the details of the paths, let’s take a little detour and talk about a related concept.

It’s not so clear to me that you choose a path, but rather that a path may choose you. Let me explain.

I’ve observed in my life coaching and career change coaching that with many people, a career calling comes into play.  I’ve seen this again and again with people who participate in my life- and career-coaching workshops. The other thing that I’ve observed is that a career calling can be very subtle.

So let’s talk about this concept of “career calling”. . . .

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