JOB SEARCH
Honesty is the best policy.
The answers to the following questions will steer you towards a good-fit position.
What is more important, working in a specific industry or having a specific position?
To what degree do you like to be your own boss? You decide when and how to get things done.
To what degree do you like working in a team?
To what degree do you like a fixed schedule? Flexible schedule?
To what degree do you need external validation? For example, awards, bonuses, the office with the great view, applause, and verbal recognition.
What kinds of people do you want to work with?
What kinds of ideas, values, people, and/or things do you want to work for?
What activities give you energy? When you’re doing them, you don’t think about time.
What are you good at naturally?
If I could wave a magic wand and give you the life you want, what would that look like? How does work fit into this?