Week 7: Job Hunting (WCIYP)

Hey guys!

So in this week we are reading chapter 6 What to Do When Your Job-Hunt Just Isn't Working. In this chapter we discuss different ways how to job hunt and to never give up just work harder at a different strategy. In the beginning of this chapter it states there are two ways to hunt for a job. The first way is the traditional way which requires you to create a resume and post it and send it out. If sending out the first bunch of resumes doesn't work then send out a bunch more. Post it everywhere and wait until you get a response. Then look at ads and companies and send out your resume to them. If this works for you then you are done. If not then you should try the second way which is the Parachute way and focuses on yourself rather than focusing on the job market. This is said to be the harder way but you figure out who you are as a person and what you most love to do. You don't wait until a position opens up you go at it on your own.

The difference between the job ways are completely difference but 3 main differences might persuade you into the parachute way at the end. In the traditional way you ask yourself, what are you looking for? The answer you will get is a job. You are simply there just for a job rather than the parachute way which is "your" dream job. The parachute way uses your favorite skills and favorite fields of knowledges. The second part is how do you see yourself? In the traditional way you see yourself as a "job-beggar" and you will be lucky to get a job. In the parachute way you see yourself the opposite way and you feel like a "resource" and they will be lucky to have you is more of the attitude you have. The last difference is how you will prepare. In the traditional way you focus on what the job market has to offer and you want what is "in" and is the "hot jobs". You gear towards the jobs that are in the limelight even if you don't dream of doing it. In the parachute way you do your homework on yourself to figure out what you do best and most love to do. So basicially in the parachute way you want to focus on yourself and want to do a job that you are going to wake up everyday wanting to go to. The parachute way equals the right way and the way everyone should appoach when starting a new adventure.