What is the job or project that’s perfect for you? It’s where your passion, and skills are paid for.

This means having the right attitude and skills for a job. Sadly, we hire on skills and fire on attitude.

Firstly let’s consider looking for a job that suits you

The ‘bible’ for this is Dick Bolles’ book ‘What Colour is your Parachute. He

identifies 7 areas to consider shaping out the kind of job you are looking for. These are described as 7 petals.

Question Answer
1 What are my favourite fields of interest or knowledge?

  • What do you know from previous jobs?
  • What do you know about outside work?
  • What fields, careers, or industries interest you?
  • Any other Hunches, Bright Ideas?
2 What People Environment would you like to stay in

  • What people do you like to be with, and what do you dislike?
  • In terms of people, what kind of people would you like to work with. The ‘holland codes’ are one way: Realistic, Investigating, Artistic Conventional, Enterprising and Social Types (see the section on  People Types)
3 What do I like doing?

  • Think of verbs related to date, people and things? (Like comparing, supervising, setting up)
4 What is your preferred Salary &Responsibility?

  • E.g. What salary do you need for your lifestyle, and what is common for that industry
  • E.g. What level: supervisor, manager, CEO, advisory, director etc.
5 What are your favourite working conditions?

  • e.g. Indoor, outdoor, with people, in a team, in an open office, etc.)
 5 Where do you want to work?

  • How close to home
  • Would you move to a new house?
  • How much travel and how often?
6 What is your mission, vision and values in life?

  • What job can match that?
  • See section Meaning

Next Steps

Finding the right job for you

Understand What the Employer Wants