“I just want a job, any job!” is a cry I often hear.
Yet it’s not true. Most people won’t settle for just any job. Suggest they work at Starbucks or Barnes & Noble and you’ll see (not that there’s anything wrong with those places!).
People want to use their talents, skills, abilities in their work. When rejecting job suggestions, you are de facto starting to zero in on what you DO want to do.
Instead of approaching it indirectly, why not start with what you love to do? Do it consciously. Target jobs that let you use the skills and abilities you love to use – that’s your ‘right fit’ work
Everyone has heard about the Law of Attraction by now. In short, it says that you attract to you things, people, opportunities and circumstances that match your distinct “energy vibration.” Quantum physicists observe this in the laboratory and we can observe it in our lives. What LOA means in everyday terms is that I get what I focus on. Wherever I focus my attention, I am giving energy. And so I attract it to me.
How does the Law of Attraction apply to job search?
Well, if I’m focused on what I don’t like to do, that’s all that will come to me. I will only see jobs I don’t want, only hear about jobs I couldn’t tolerate, only be referred for work that would bore me or torture me. That’s all I can see.
For some reason, the universe doesn’t understand negatives and discards them, leaving only the subject of the negative. How that works is that if I say I don’t want to trip and fall, I probably will trip and fall. However, if I say I don’t want to trip and fall so I will be careful and watch my step, my focus goes to being careful and watching my step – and I don’t fall. You may have observed this with children, as I have. I say “stop running!” and they keep running. If I say instead “walk, walk,” they start walking.
Using this seemingly universal truth, I have learned to talk about everything in positive terms, in terms of what I want instead of what I don’t want. I change my frame of reference, my lens through which I see the world. I see what fits with what I want, what supports my goal and intention, what can get me where I want to go.
That’s why I emphasize focusing on what you want to do for work, instead of what you don’t want to do.
When you focus on what you want to do, your energy shifts and you start to attract opportunities to you that are closer and closer to what you want.
When my clients create an “intention statement” that states positively the skills and abilities they want to use, I have seen them immediately start to attract recruiters and serendipitous meetings with a person who knows someone who needs what they can do.
The initial opportunities may not align perfectly with your skills and abilities, which is great! Those allow you to investigate further, gather more information about yourself, and get even more targeted about your “right fit” work.
Eventually, if you maintain the attitude that you will find that work, you WILL find it. I see it happen every month for clients, even those who’ve been looking for a long time.
So give it a try. Say “I just want a job that will allow me to use these skills and abilities.” Stick with it and see what happens.
Hai I am shekar I want any job.I am Degree completed (B sc)mathematics. Plz plz anybody help plz
Hi Shekar, I hope you will read this post and the rest of my blog, because it will help you become more effective in your job search. Get specific about the skills you want to use, the field in which you want to work, and the impact you want to have. Identify some companies you’d like to work for, and titles of some positions you believe suit your abilities. Then tell people what you are looking for, using this “intention statement.” People can’t help you very well unless they know what you want to do. Good luck! Julie
GOWTHAMI SAYS;HAI i am gowthami i want one job i am completed in B.SC CHEMISTRY U arranged for me
Dear Gowthami,
I suggest buying my ebook or the book What Color Is Your Parachute to begin your job search most effectively. Those two resources will help you develop a resume, job search targets, and the plan for your job search so that you can best market yourself and your BSc degree. Good luck!
Best, Julie
I want a job,i have done intermidiate phy,che,maths with 60% and DCA.
Hi Shakti, I suggest you look at the posts on how to go about finding a job that uses your skills and abilities. Look at “Job-Search” under the tab “Articles” and you’ll find a lot of suggestions and ideas. You also could look at other sites, such as Careerealism.com, that have many articles on job search and positioning yourself. Good luck to you! Julie
I don’t think you understand something here. I, and I am just speaking for myself here, will take any job, and I mean any job. I’ve done a lot, from cleaning up after a slaughter house, to scooping horse crud, to canvassing neighborhoods, to telemarketing, right now, I have to find a job. I’m willing to do anything to pay rent right now (nothing illegal or sexual of course). So yes, it is true for some people, I’ve only been unemployed for a month now, but still…ANYTHING WILL DO!
Hi Stephanie,
I get it, truly. You need to work, to make money, to survive. So yes, any job will do in that case. If you really will take any job, then you are willing to go to any lengths to get one. And I’ll bet you will get one, too, because of that determination.
The point I’m making is less about you and more about the prospective employer. They won’t hire just anyone. Employers tend to want people who have the precise skills, abilities and experience to do the job especially well. Even working at a fast food place – my first job was at McDonald’s – requires customer service skills, ability to take and follow orders and abide by procedures, maintain quality and sanitation standards, and do whatever you’re required to do. If you can demonstrate to any employer that you have what THEY want, then you can take any job.
Hope you are successful in finding work. Julie