What job is right for you? Do you know how to find the right job?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finding the right job<\/a> is not always easy. What Color Is Your Parachute?<\/em> offers 7 worksheets on how to find the right job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep reading for the Parachute book’s strategies for how to find the right job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The goal of this petal is to figure out what knowledge you currently have that most excites you.<\/strong> If you like, you can also include a list of what you\u2019d like to know. This will help you figure out what fields or industries you might like to work in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The entries on this petal will be nouns. An example petal might read: how to change a tire, Japanese language, gardening, psychology, beekeeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are three worksheets involved with filling out this petal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a scrap piece of a paper, answer the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a scrap piece of paper, create a chart with the following four columns. Write down as much as you possibly can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a scrap piece of paper, create the following chart. This chart is a prioritizing aid that will help you figure out your most important knowledges. You\u2019re going to rank the knowledges you came up with in worksheets #1 and #2 by how much expertise and enthusiasm you have about them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you\u2019ve finished the box chart, take the top five knowledges from Box B (use the prioritizing grid if you need to) and transfer them to Petal #5.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to Find the Right Job Based on What You Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Worksheet #1: What Do You Enjoy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Worksheet #2: What Do You Already Know?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Column A: What you know from the jobs you\u2019ve had so far.<\/td> Column B: What you know from outside work.<\/td> Column C: What fields, industries, or careers interest you.<\/td> Column D: Other good ideas.<\/td><\/tr> Here, write a list of things you\u2019ve learned during your past work experience. Write down even things that seem simple or that you take for granted. For example, if you worked as a bookkeeper, still write down bookkeeping.<\/td> Here, write things that you learned because you were interested in them and things you learned in school, at conferences\/workshops, in online courses, or in the world. For example, you might have taken a course in comedy writing or organized your wedding.<\/td> Here, write down which sectors interest you. There are six broad categories of work: agriculture, finance, information, manufacturing, services, and technology. Each of these categories breaks down further. If you need help brainstorming<\/a>, look at the tools on O*NET OnLine<\/a>. Write down a few options. Remember that no jobs or industries last forever so it\u2019s always important to have a backup plan.<\/td> Here, write down any miscellaneous knowledge you have that wasn\u2019t covered in the other columns.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Worksheet #3: Determining Your Favorites<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Box A: Here, write the topics that you have expertise in but don\u2019t have enthusiasm<\/em> for.<\/td> Box B: Here, write the topics that you have both expertise and enthusiasm<\/em> for.<\/td><\/tr> Box C: This box is for subjects that you neither have expertise nor enthusiasm<\/em> for. This box is optional\u2060\u2014you won\u2019t pursue any of the activities in this box, so if you fill it out, it\u2019s just as a warning.<\/td> Box D: Here, write the subjects that you have enthusiasm but little expertise<\/em> for.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n How to Find the <\/strong>Right Job Based on What You Want<\/h2>\n\n\n\n