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Job Search Tip #1 - Understanding The Competitive Environment

"Individuals and organizations who know 'why' will always be ahead of those who merely know 'how'". --- Sola Olubode When searching for a job, you need to understand these fundamental truths: 1. There is a job for everyone. 2. Finding the job that fits is usually the major challenge for most people. Winners do not not look for the right job; they make the job they have found the right one(Sola O., 2006). 3. Finding a job is job in itself because it involves you "selling yourself" to your prospective employer (Sola O., 2006). 4. Getting a job starts with an interview and hence you must set yourself to look for an interview and not a job (Sola O., 2006). 5. Deciding on your career should be a crucial step in getting a job on time. You need to decide what a suitable job is after a careful analysis of your own self. For example, if you don't know where you want to be in the next 5 years, why would anybody want to hire you?  A careful...