In Search of Your Ideal Job


Research is key

Finding the job that best suits your personality and your lifestyle is never easy. It’s actually a full time job in and of itself.

To better understand your needs and increase the chance of succeeding in your chosen field, you will need to conduct a personal evaluation by asking a few pertinent questions about a particular job, as well as the company offering it:

  • Is this the career I want?
  • Is there room for growth?
  • Is the salary reasonable or even acceptable?
  • Is there an appropriate level of benefits?

It is important to understand the difficulty in evaluating a position in the absence of reasonably good research. According to a recent survey, graduate degree holders in the U.S. earn an average of 35 to 50 percent more than bachelor’s degree holders.

This could explain the increased number of students who are pursuing their Masters. Of course, there might also be an offer or two for individuals without Masters, but they would have to make a concrete decision to ensure they obtain the right type of job and situation in today’s job market.

Know what you want

Knowing what kind of personality you have and having a solid grasp of what your interests are will give you an idea of how you would like to spend your day on a job. The activities you’d like to get involved with plays an important role in keeping you motivated. Of course you could also make a list of the types of people you would like to be working with.

For example, people who like being told what to do, authoritative types, loud people as opposed to quiet types, etc. And would you like to be in a place where people love socializing or not? There are different sizes of companies as well; there are small, medium, large, overseas, local, and regional companies you might have to choose from.

The Internet is a valuable tool that assists online job seekers in looking for a job they could fit in. Trim down the choices depending on your needs and wants to get the more possible pool of companies you can try submitting resumes.

Technique table

Below are a number of common job search techniques which may be of some help to you.

Make it work!

*Percentage results obtained from dividing the technique by the total number of job hunters who tried to use the method, successful or not.

Your major strengths and weaknesses will help indicate how well you will perform in the work you have chosen. Your progress dictates your maturity and enthusiasm at work. Finding the best job for you is a full time job itself. It requires time and passion to get positive results. No matter what you choose, it should always be a place where you can identify yourself and remain happy.

Job Sites – The Top Five by Preference


Of all the web sites currently being used by aspiring job applicants to search for and locate suitable employment, there are five that stand out and have risen to top the list of most preferred by online job hunters. Following are those sites along with brief descriptions listed in order of preferred to most preferred.

5) Net-Temps.com – Preferred

This site provides job openings at one click. All an applicant needs to do is simply enter a keyword and specify the location for this system to list over a hundred job results. It also provides assistance in posting resumes, including a tutorial on how to create one.

Additionally, this site allows searchers to use a job search assistant that searches thousands of contracts and direct jobs to store up to three cover letters/resumes for each applicant. Other helpful features can be found in the advice and tips for interviews and preparing impressive resumes.

4) CareerShop.com – More Preferred

This is a company that actually delivers products and services which help organizations in acquiring human resources by means of improving the power and effectiveness of the Internet. The company also offer a hiring management system which is focused on recruitment and management staffing.

3) TrueCareers.com – Even More Preferred

This site caters to job hunters as well as employers looking for qualified applicants to fill positions in their companies. It provides a list of available jobs, resume postings, employers currently in need of applicants, hot openings, and even advice to small business owners.

2) JobCentral.com – Second-Most Preferred

JobCentral provides information about their member companies as well as assistance to new graduates and old time job seekers. The site also provides a salary calculator for calculating average salaries based on position, including information and premium salary data depending on the state or kind of company being applied to.

1) Hotjobs.com – Most Preferred

Woo-hoo! We come to the most preferred site: HotJobs! It has all the tools you need for completing any job search. The site has a complete set of workflow tabs that provides assistance.

Home and Job Search tabs provide the basic assistance in order to search different related job categories, locations and descriptions. The Job Search tab more specific My Searches tab gives an applicant the complete list of searches s/he saved.

This eliminates redundancy and reduces duplication of jobs already seen days before as it is thenature of job search engines to change data on a daily basis. The My Saved Jobs tab helps an applicant search for the saved jobs in which s/he is most interested, while allowing said applicant to plan and manage searches in one convenient location.

The My Resume tab help employers find a qualified applicant, who in turn can upload an existing resume and even create a new one.

The Career Tools section assists applicants in preparing a resume as well as composing a job-winning application letter. It also provides support to applicants for interviewing and preparation in making a great impression; helps applicants make connections and create relationships, and lastly, it calculates how to find out the most effective way to negotiate starting and future salaries.