A Job You Love

I have been receiving dozens of emails wishing me a happy new year and a merry Xmas from clients, providers, or contacts. But it is highly impersonal, I am just one of them.

Handwritten cards are a much more efficient way to let you contact remember you, it is a polite and delicate way of paying attention to someone. In this world of automation and paperless, a handwritten card is another way of communicating how much this person is important to you.

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The more I spend time with job seekers and career changers, the more I realize that the most important thing in your career is not your CV, neither your network…but to be focused.

A lot of people want to be everything to everybody, “I am looking for a job in that industry but as well I want to do things in this industry as well…”. They want to keep all options opened, so they try a little of everything. But it does not work.

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Everybody talk about networking…but at the end of the day, we don’t know exactly why we should network.

Here are some good reasons why you should network.

Why networking ?

-        It is the only gateway in job markets inundated with CVs or in job markets that have no advertised positions

-        To obtain information about your industry and the companies

-        To check if your professional project is feasible

-        To develop useful contacts for your business or future employment

-        To get closer to your targeted companies and people

-        To get through the selection process even if you have an unusual profile

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