According to hh.ru, half of the candidates do not understand what position they want to take. This leads to the fact that applicants respond to any offer that seems more or less interesting to them. In fact, such tactics can work, but not always. Below you will find five tips that will tell you how to find that very vacancy among thousands of unsuitable ones. Pavel Rubakhin, who by the age of 25 had worked at McKinsey & Company, Gett, KFC and the American startup Trucker Path, helped us draw up recommendations, and is now launching digital products at Raiffeisenbank.
Increase your observation
To learn English as quickly as possible, you need to move to London, preferably without access to Google Translate. The same principle applies to a career. You will understand much faster what you want to be if you try different professions for yourself. Of course, you can read about many areas on the Internet, but there is information that is not made publicly available. The easiest way to improve your observation skills at the start of your career is through internships. You can start already at university so that by graduation you can understand how the labor market works.
«To improve my observational skills, I completed several internships every summer. You don't understand what exactly companies do. It seems to you that personnel management is about managing people, and the marketer walks around and hangs banners. You watch a commercial from BMW and think that the Russian office must have cool production. And only during your internship do you understand that they don’t make similar videos in Russia, but simply adapt the version that was made in Germany. This experience helped me understand what I really want from my career
", says Pavel.
There are two more ways that helped Pavel study several industries at once. He worked in consulting for a year, where he did projects for various industries. And in between internships, Pavel participated in the Changellenge >> case championships. At one of them, he solved a fictitious problem from Raiffeisenbank, so that after five years he could get a job there and take on real projects.
50+ lifehacks for finding a high-paying job
Have you been searching for the best job in the world for too long?
There are ways to speed up this process and get results faster! Here are 50+ life hacks for finding a high-paying job from the founder and president of Superjob, Alexey Zakharov. Put at least 5 points from this list into practice - and go to work! 1. Enroll in a drama school. Acting skills help you pass interviews. 2. Start every morning with exercise. It not only speeds up the blood, but also promotes a good mood. A person in a good mood passes interviews and job tests more easily. 3. Sign up for courses for sellers of complex services and products. You are a complex, unique product! We must learn to sell ourselves. 4. Learn to write a resume. 5. Post your resume on Superjob (well, where else can you look for a superjob?). 6. Apply to jobs by submitting the perfect resume. 7. Have you responded to the vacancy? Call your employer. 8. Ask your acquaintances/friends/ex-colleagues/ex-spouses if they need someone who can do the same thing as you. 9. Write on social networks that you are looking for a job. 10. Knock on friends who are looking for someone like you. 11. Make friends with recruiters, top managers, executives and owners of various companies. Like everything they post on VKontakte, Facebook, Instagram. Sooner or later they will publish a vacancy that interests you. And you are already friends. You have the advantage. 12. Join professional communities on social networks. There are interesting offers there. 13. Start giving presentations at professional conferences. Sooner or later you will be hunted. 14. Go work for a recruiting agency that selects specialists in your field. Start choosing people like you. Then agree to the best offer yourself, if you want. There are always vacancies in recruiting agencies. 15. Open a children's club and teach your skills to children. 16. Start doing what you know, for free, for those in need. You will receive recommendations. 17. Sign up to volunteer. Any. These are additional social connections. 18. Try writing a book about your specialty. Position yourself as an expert. 19. Write articles on your specialty. 20. Reach out to experts and gurus in your field. Ask them how to become the same. Do not be shy. 21. Get a temporary job - as a realtor, insurance agent, whatever. This can be a good way to broaden your horizons. 22. Start learning something completely new. What just appeared. Where no one knows how to do anything. Even unskilled specialists who know just a couple of smart words more than the future boss can easily find work. 23. Read 100 resumes of your competitors on Superjob. Write down any mistakes you notice on their resume. Errors are systemic (the experience is described incorrectly) or grammatical. Look at your resume with fresh eyes. Are there the same errors there? 24. When going for an interview, always have an inexpensive, original souvenir in your pocket. Or at least some chocolate. You will be surprised, but recruiters and future bosses are people too.
Visualize: 25. Describe the most detailed portrait of your future ideal boss. 26. Describe your ideal subordinate if you are expected to have subordinates. 27. Describe the look of your ideal workplace. 28. Describe the ideal company you would like to work for. 29. Describe your ideal work day. 30. Describe your ideal colleague.
Get creative: 31. Draw 20 pictures about your profession. As much as you can. 32. Is there a song about your profession? Or poetry? No? Write 2 quatrains. 33. What is the most unpleasant thing in your profession? 34. What is the most pleasant thing about your profession?
35. Make a list of 10 companies you would most like to work for. Why in them? In what position or in what specialty? How much will you be paid in the first year? 36. Describe your next career move. 37. Imagine how long you are going to work in one place after you find a job. 38. Start a video blog and tell people about your specialty. Tell us about other professionals. 39. Give up bad habits: stop drinking alcohol, quit smoking, stop overeating on sweets. 40. Subscribe to professional publications, if available. 41. Start learning a new foreign language. 42. Learn the basics of programming (in the near future it will be useful to people of any specialty). 43. Consider your own business if you are a professional in your field with extensive experience and an excellent reputation. Describe what your own business could look like. 44. Write a list of 15 professions that are most similar to yours. What are they similar? How are they different? Maybe you should try one of these professions? 45. Think about moving to another city or even country. Perhaps there is a big shortage of people in your specialty somewhere. 46. Make a list of the 10 most famous people working in the same profession as you. Why did they become famous? Maybe you can do this too or can if you try? 47. Find out where the best places to teach your specialty. Did you study there? No? Try to study in a better place. 48. Make a list of 30 people you know who have the same specialty as you. Find them on social networks and become friends. 49. Find out if specialists in your specialty have offline interest clubs? Do you visit these clubs? No? Why? 50. Please clarify whether competitions are held in your specialty? Do you participate in them? No? Why? Are you afraid of not winning? Nonsense! The main thing is participation, not victory. 51. Read classic fiction. 52. Do you believe in God? Pray for admonition and help in what will be useful to you. 53. Smile sincerely.
Decide what you are willing to put up with
It is clear that everyone wants to work in a cool company, perform interesting tasks and get a lot of money. To this list you can add pleasant colleagues, unlimited fruit in the office, a flexible schedule and a couple of dozen more criteria. Finding a job that will satisfy all your needs at once is possible, but difficult. Most likely, you will encounter shortcomings, and here it is important to understand what you are willing to put up with and what you are definitely not.
«When I worked at KFC, I liked what I did, but I didn't like the brand. It was difficult for me to make an app that gets people to eat KFC three times a week. It just hurt me because I train two hours a day and drive everyone out to fast food. Then I realized that finding the perfect job is difficult, and it is not always necessary. The main thing here is to clearly understand where you are investing your time and how it will help you in your future career
", says Pavel.
Why is it important to find such a job?
Without experiencing the joy of work, without receiving moral pleasure, any work can very quickly become very boring. You will work only for the simple reason to make ends meet: pay the utility bills for the apartment, fill the refrigerator with food, and fill the closet with at least some new clothes, and in the best case, so that once a year you can travel somewhere in vacation time. Now let's look at what we spend our whole lives on: a small income that gives us a chance to survive and 1 month (at best) of rest. And the rest of the time we plow like horses, doing something that we absolutely don’t like. Do you really want to live like this for the rest of your life? If you answer positively, and you are satisfied with everything anyway, you don’t even have to read the rest of the article.
If you continued, it means you are one of those people who want to do what they love, during which you will not want to look at the clock and count how much is left until the end of the working day, and even more so there will be no desire to count how many working months are left before vacation. Did you guess it?! Then be sure to start looking for a job you love that will suit you.
Yes, I want to point out one more important thing that should not be forgotten. It is very difficult to achieve success when you are doing something that is not your favorite activity. The fact has been proven hundreds of times that a person who loves his job is always one step ahead of someone who works without enthusiasm. Only those who truly, sincerely love their calling and carry out tasks with soul receive a reward for their hard work.
Test career hypotheses
Think of your career as a product that you launch and develop. When creating any product, hypotheses are used, which are then tested. You can do the same with your career. Let's say you are sure that your calling is marketing. Now we need to go and test this assumption. There may be many such hypotheses, but only the most viable ones should be tested.
«Someone in their third year of university realizes that they are an accountant. I didn't have that feeling. I wanted to do something in business and use my head, but it's all quite abstract. That's why I changed jobs so often. It’s important here not to lie to yourself and give yourself the opportunity to search, so that at 30 you don’t find out that you’re not doing what you want
", says Pavel.
Find those you will target
Networking is never a bad thing. Friends from different industries will help you better understand the labor market, create a resume, accept the right offer, and change your development vector at the right time. The important thing here is to find people who are willing to help you.
«It's cool to say that you want to be like Warren Buffett, but do you have the opportunity to ask him how to become like that? Probably not. You can try to write to him on Twitter, but he is unlikely to respond. That's why it's so important to find people around you who are a step or two ahead of you. In this matter I follow one simple rule: I never listen to the advice of those who do not listen to mine
", says Pavel.
How to choose from several job offers?
Having multiple job offers is not uncommon, although it does require the candidate to prioritize when choosing the best option. In this article, we will figure out what to do if you have received an offer from two or more companies.
You are looking for a job, submit your resume everywhere, complete test tasks, and go through several interviews. Job offers will soon start coming in, but you don’t know which one will best help you grow professionally. It’s difficult to take everything into account—salary, benefits package, company culture, career opportunities. In addition, there is a big risk of making an unconscious choice and making a mistake.
Below are some tips that will help you solve the problem of choosing a company and position from several.
Start assessing the company during the interview.
The culture of the company and the people you work with will influence how you feel when you start work. Think about the risk of burnout every time there's a big deadline. Are you ready for this? How happy you will be overall is the most important factor to consider.
You can learn a lot about how a company operates and treats its employees during the interview stage. All that needs to be done is for the interviewer to do so. If they answer you rationally and without hesitation, then you’re on your way! But hesitations in answers and attempts to hide job responsibilities or even the approximate salary plan are reasons to think and rethink the desire to work in this place.
Set your priorities.
The second natural step to take is to compare salary, benefits package, vacation time, job responsibilities, schedule and location. An assessment of the work environment, opportunities for advancement and growth, and the adequacy of management will guide you in choosing the best option. every company know . Don't ignore the employer you are turning down. Professionalism will add points to the karma of your reputation.
It is important to take a holistic approach to considering a job offer. In other words, don't think only about money . Of course, pay attention to the financial stability of the company, but also whether you can join the existing team and grow as a professional.
Develop your personal brand
To make useful contacts, get into the recruiters' database, and ultimately find a job you like, you need to develop a personal brand. This will take quite a lot of time, but the chances of a successful career will be much greater. Watch your appearance, communication style and behavior on social networks. Don’t forget about work social networks either.
«It is important to always keep your social networks up to date. I include HeadHunter and any other job search sites among them. If you have done something significant for your career (released some cool product or participated in an industry conference), then tell about it in your resume. This will immediately make you stand out among a huge number of candidates. But it’s better to clear personal social networks of provocative content
", says Pavel.
How to find a job you like. Main question
At this turning point, many are looking for a new activity to suit their taste, while others ask the following questions:
Q: I really need advice. My life is structured according to the “passing exams” type. I find myself in a situation that I want to avoid - I cope with fear or rejection, live calmly for some time and start again again. Lately I’ve started acting differently: I mentally choose, set myself up for the scenario I want, and more often than not, life turns there. But this doesn't work when looking for a job. Over and over again I am afraid of panic (I am afraid of people, pressure from management, the most important thing is that it will be difficult for me) + I do not feel the desire to look for a job, I experience stress getting a new one, then everything seems to be calm, I have coped with the fear, I am starting to like the job. But at some point everything goes south and I need to look for a new job. What could be the reason for this vicious circle? That I haven’t truly dealt with fear and rejection? Or because I'm solving the problem in the wrong way? (maybe I’m solving it like a man - by gathering all my strength and going all out, but I need to do it somehow softly and like a woman?) Or could the reason be something else that is not in my perception?
