How To Get The Job You Really
Really Want - Your Desires And Needs - Your Future?
3. What Do I Want To Be Doing In Five Years Time?
Many people will say that you really need to be
looking ten or even fifteen years into the future when looking at
your career. Sorry, anything over five years is crystal ball
gazing! I have already talked about the pace of change and the
"job for life" being gone. Who could possibly have forseen that
fifteen years ago? Think about the power that is now in your desk
top computer. Fifteen years ago that sort of power would have taken
up the entire computer room of a major corporation! In the
last two years the speed of information transmission has come down
to a matter of nanoseconds. The pace of change is almost
bewildering. Predicting more than five years hence is simply not a
reliable science any more. This also applies to the job market!
So, think in
terms of five years. Ask yourself the following questions.
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What role
will you be fulfilling?
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What
company will you be working for?
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Imagine a
"day in the life", what will it be like?
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What will
your personal life look like?
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Who will
your colleagues be?
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What sort
of remuneration / package will you be receiving?
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Who will
be your partner?
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Where
will you be living (what sort of house)?
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Where
will you eat dinner?
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What will
you have achieved?
Once more capture your thoughts and ideas in the same
manner, don't forget, we are looking to put together a plan for your
future, with your continued development in the working environment
as the key element.
Finally, question number four. You were only dealt
this one hand, this life of yours is not, repeat, IS NOT a trial
run! This is it, once you've lived it, that's it! There is no
more. Time slips away ( and then one day you find ten years have
gone behind you, no-one told you when to run, you missed the
starting gun - Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd). You only live
each second once, once and it's gone.....forever. So, question
number four, and think oh so very hard on this one;-
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