The following are the steps involved in career preparation.
The measures involved in getting a job are as follows:
1. Decide on a career path.
2. Focus on a specific job.
3. Gather all of your job-search materials.
4. Improve your interviewing and job-hunting skills.
5. Find ways to keep yourself motivated.
6. Keep looking for the right job until you find it.
You will notice that the skills in the following areas improve as a result of doing the above.
• Identifying a career path • Preparing for a career path • Creating a resume/CV • Conducting interviews
Enhancing Job Search Techniques
Understanding the idea of DOORS
It is important to learn what we call the DOORS principle in order to fully comprehend how to get a job. This will assist you in preparing yourself as well as the work materials by providing you with the proper perspective.
The basic DOORs definition is as follows:
Before you begin any job search planning, you must first consider the employer’s viewpoint.
This means you’ll need to research what the boss is looking for to figure out how you meet their criteria. The great you are at this, the more likely you are to get the job you applied for.
Before you start looking for a job, ask yourself the following questions: • What is the job title, designation, or task for which I am applying?
• What abilities are required?
• What qualifications are required for this position?
• What makes you think they should recruit me?
• What do employers actually want to see?
In general, an employer looks for the following qualities in a candidate for any job:
1. Ability to do the job 2. Intelligence, experience, and aptitude
3. Self- Management Abilities
4. Ability to manage people
But understanding this isn’t enough. To be successful in your work quest, you’ll need to dig deeper into the job’s basic requirements and find the skills and attributes they’re looking for. How can we go about doing that?
To do so, we must closely examine the job description that they have posted. If a job description is not available, you must obtain it from any employee on the premises or by contacting the people in charge of recruitment. Getting a hold of the whole details.
Below is a sample Job Description from a job posting
You’ll be in charge of recruiting, training, employment law enforcement, employee compensation, complaints, disciplinary action, and dismissals as an HR assistant. You’ll be collaborating with line managers as well as individual workers. Initially, you will be primarily responsible for administrative tasks (updating personnel records, pay reviews, etc).
Roles and responsibilities
• Manage recruiting drives • Screening, selection, and onboarding • Plan induction and training activities • Assist with salary assessments and grievance resolution • Maintain and update employee database • Create a training schedule and coordinate with vendors
So after analyzing the above job description what do you think are the knowledge, skills and abilities they are looking for?
He or she should be able to: 1. enjoy working with others; 2. be polite, tactful, diplomatic, and approachable.
3. Possess strong organizational abilities
4. Problem-solving abilities 5. Ability to work as part of a team 6. Ability to work correctly and meticulously 7. Ability to use databases, spreadsheets, word processing, and accounting software
The above information is useful because it will become the DOORS that you will use in your resume and in your interview responses.
For preparing job search material you can go to the following links