The Job Hunting Success Formula #1

So you may be wondering what different factors make up YOU landing a JOB and especially a job you really want.

Here’s my list of factors the make up the formula. Would you like to add any? I’ll be writing an article on each of these in the days ahead. In random order (each one’s importance changes situation by situation, so it’s impossible to weight each one):

Developed Skills + Knowledge + Common Sense + People Skills + Personal Marketing + Reasonable Price + Timing + Uncontrollable Factors In Your Favor (some call it luck) + Emotional State + Ability to Adapt + Ability to Translate Skills and Knowledge into Value + Persistence + Willingness to do What’s Necessary + Intellectual Capacity

= JOB

What have I left out? What shouldn’t be there? Add your comments below or e-mail them to me at gerard@jobsearching.co.za

What will a better understanding of these factors do for you? It may help identify what’s going wrong in your job hunt. Or it may make you a smarter job hunter. It may help you work on some weak areas. It may help you to stop banging your head against a wall and try a different approach. It may help you see that there’s more under your control than you think. It may make you feel more focussed and optimistic, like you “CAN” instead of “CAN’T”.