Unlock the Hidden Job Market: 6 Steps to a Successful Job Search When Times Are Tough

Chapter 8. Ability, Motivation, Fit: The Top Three Factors for the Ideal Job

No question. The traditional job search method (if you could call it that) is easy. It just doesn’t work that well. You find an announcement of an opening that remotely matches what you’ve done before. You apply. And then you wait. After you get desperate enough, you broaden your search criteria to include jobs you have no interest in at all, that have nothing to do with your background, and that may require that you compete with teenagers for summer minimum wage. See how easy that is? After a while, you become so accustomed to turning a deaf ear to what really ignites your interests. And pretty soon, you forget those job specifications that would completely engage ...