Search
Recommended Products
Related Links


 
 

 

 

Informative Articles

Does Your School Teach You How to Achieve Financial Freedom?
Does Your School Teach You How to Achieve Financial Freedom? Study hard, get good grades and you will have a bright future! I am pretty sure many of you have been brainwashed by your teachers with this statement when you were students. And your...

Find a Job Online
The Internet has simplified everything from shopping to banking and now even employment has been made easier because you can have a job online. That is right, as amazing as it sounds you can work from the comfort of your home, while traveling, or...

Getting Creative In Your Job Search
Have you been looking for a job for ages? Been to all the online job boards? Do you routinely check the help wanted section every morning with little success? In this age of downsizing and layoffs, you are not alone. Many people start each...

How To Make The Best Out Of Job Fairs
Finding a job is such a daunting task. Here, there, and everywhere, job seekers tend to look for the best means in order to find the best jobs. However, most of them are predisposed to neglect job fairs. This is because many job seekers get...

Is Pursuing a Career in Patent Law the Right Move For You?
Did you know that you might be eligible to gain entry into the field of patent law even without a law degree? The basic requirements are a degree in a technology-related field and the will to pass the Patent Bar Exam. The field of patent law...

Job Applications Don't Risk Lying
"Everybody does it" as they say. Face it, the job market can be a very tough place to compete. If everyone inflates their experience then how can an honest person get a job? Well, as tempting as it may be, you do NOT want to risk lying...

Job Downsizing - Make The Best Of It
You're working at your family's welding business during the day, and then go to your second job at night. You're 50-some years old, working as a cashier at Target. You always said that if you're 40 years old and have a career that requires you to...

Job Search Advice for Desperate Job Seekers
Another morning of job hunting lies ahead of you. You pour a cup of coffee and open the paper to the employment section. With a mixture of anticipation and desperation you pick up a stub of pencil and prepare to target and identify some possible...

Job Search For Online Jobs
Jobs Available Online In the past, applying for a job meant looking through the classified ads in the local paper. The advent of the internet has created various job sites online making it easier for someone to apply for work in another...

The Prehistoric Brotherhood Mining in Lake Superior
Lord Renfrew, Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge University states: "Archaeologists all over the world have realized that much of prehistory, as written in the existing textbooks, is inadequate. Some is quite simply wrong. What has come as...

 
 
 
Career Builder: Turn Your Passion Into A Dream Career!

We've been taught to think that "career builder" is a process out there that we subscribe to. Like those commercials you see on TV for Career Schools. You select one and then get information on how to apply. Then you sign up for a career.

More frequently we just fall into a career. It's often associated with our first job or one of our earlier employments. If it suits us we stay with it. If not we start to look around.

But what if you could build a custom career around a vocation or avocation you're passionate about?

A passionate career builder examines what's going on in life that consumes your mind a heart . . . and then builds a custom job search around it. The reward is that you're extremely committed. And you're able to generate a strong positive response from employers. They're more likely to buy into your passion because of your enthusiasm.

For example, let's say you love animals. In fact, you'd readily give up your current job for the opportunity to be involved with animals somehow. Why not turn that passion into a dream career?

The first step is personal research. Make a list of all the personal experience you have with animals, e.g.

* You own pets you've taken care of in sickness and in health

* You do volunteer work for a local vet or have worked part-time for one

* You know something about seeing eye dogs and how they're trained

* You've shown animals in professional or amateur shows

* You donate time and money to the

 


ASPCA

* You adopted a pet after Katrina

* Etc.

Now list the specific marketable skills that come out of those experiences. You're looking for real life applications that could be valuable to an animal professional or organization. For example

* You know how to administer medications or handle animals who are ill

* You have sales experience that's transferable to animal-related products and services

* You have administrative capabilities that could be useful in a business setting

* You're a quick study when it comes to learning about animals

* You have office or manufacturing experience that's readily transferable

* Etc.

Once you've carefully made those determinations, the next step is critically important. You want to test market your ideas with people who are familiar with animal work and who can give you good feedback. Then you're in an optimal position to say whether or not this is an avenue for you to pursue in the job market.

You can apply the same steps to any other passionate interest. If customizing your search around your passionate interests makes sense, you'll become the career builder of your dreams!

About the author:

Paul Megan writes for EEI, the world-class pioneer in alternative job search techniques and non-traditional career advancement strategies . . . since 1985. Grab our stunning FREE REPORT: "How To Lock Up A High-Paying Job In 14 Days (Or Less)!" Click on RSS. http://www.fastest-job-search.com