Defining Your Job Goal

Before you embark on your job search or begin to write your resume, you must first identify a focused job goal. Don't let a lack of focus prevent you from finding a good fit for your goals, skills and interests. Your focused job goal should include the following:

• The type of work you ideally want to do
• The geographical location where you want to work
• The type of organization or specific organization for which you wish to work

By choosing a specific job goal:

• Your job search will be focused and productive
• You will be able to look deeper into a narrow focus area and possibly uncover many unadvertised opportunities
• Your chance of finding what you really want is greater because you are only looking at companies and positions that really interest you