Member You - Launch Pad to a New Job?

Getting clear about what it is we really want, what’s important to us, is not something most of us spend much time on. This can be particularly true if we’ve worked for the same company or in the same industry for a long period of time. We get to know what expected. We know how things are done round here. And we have found a way to operate in this environment, often adapting and compromising along the way.

You could move to your next job with the same mindset. Or you could take the braver step of examining what you really want. The aim being to find a job that is a natural fit. One that will give you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad, global level?
• What do I feel most passionate about?

You may, for example find that you want to be “at the leading edge, working with a small team that’s moving the industry forward”. Alternatively you might find that your key driver is “to be of service to others”.

For the person with a more specific starting point:

• What specifically is important to me?
• What do I feel most passionate/strongly about in my current job?
• What particular incidents or events in my life can I identify when I know I was most happy/at one with myself/effortlessly at my best?

You may find a number of examples when you know you have been working effectively and feeling good. When you look across these examples you might find a common theme. Maybe you were planning and organising in each of them. Managing details or getting satisfaction from the completion of projects.

Whatever your answer to these questions you can use the knowledge and insights you have gained to find out more.

To continue with the examples:

• When I’m at the leading edge how do I know I’m at the leading edge?
• What is it that being at the leading edge gives me?

Your answers might include: a sense of excitement, making a contribution because if I succeed my company and others in the industry will benefit, constantly learning something new. Again these are broad descriptors and it is useful to drill down a bit more:

• When I make a contribution…what kind of contribution?
• Is there anything else about that contribution?
• When I’m learning something new what kind of learning is that?

By asking questions of this kind you are finding out more about yourself. You are self-modelling, noticing the unconscious patterns that we all have that are shown in what we do and the way that we do it. Another way to say this is that we are identifying our often unspoken values that draw us towards certain activities or jobs.

Are some values more important than others?

If you have come up with a number of values that are important to you it can be useful to check if some are more important than others. If you had to pick between 3 and 5 of the values you’ve identified which would they be? This will be invaluable in evaluating job opportunities. Are the values that are part of who you are aligned with the values of a new company you could move to? Will they be respected in a particular job? You want to end up in a job where you can swim with the tide rather than against it!

How can I make my values even more compelling?

We all know we have a left logical brain and a right more creative brain. Making sure we make the best use of both makes sense in any important activity we are involved with. Neuroscientists and psychologists are finding out more and more about how our brain works. It is increasingly clear that we humans have a huge capacity to use metaphors and symbols and indeed we could not operate at the level of complexity that we do without them. (Those of you who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Blink” will have plenty of examples of research showing the complexity and speed of our thinking).

You may want to take the opportunity to ask yourself an even more powerful question about your top values.

• When I’m [value 1], [value 2], [value 3]….I’m like what? Supply Chain Management
A supply chain, logistics network, or supply network is a coordinated system of organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service in physical or virtual manner from supplier to customer. Its management deals with the process of planning, implementing, and controlling its operations with the purpose of satisfying customer requirements as efficiently as possible.Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. It integrates supply and demand management within and across companies.If a supply chain management system is properly implemented, strategic and competitive areas can be used to their full advantage. Fulfillment is enabled through efficient communication, ensuring that orders are placive you more of what you really want.

How do you go about clarifying what is important? Asking yourself questions is a good start! Where you start will depend on what kind of person you are. Do you tend to start with the big picture, the broad concepts? Or are you more likely to want to start with some specifics that you can get your hands on?

For the big picture person you can start by asking yourself:

• What do I want from my life as a whole/from my working life?
• What’s important to me personally at a broad, global level?
• What do I feel most passionate about?

You may, for example find that you want to be “at the leading edge, working with a small team that’s moving the industry forward”. Alternatively you might find that your key driver is “to be of service to others”.

For the person with a more specific starting point:

• What specifically is important to me?
• What do I feel most passionate/strongly about in my current job?
• What particular incidents or events in my life can I identify when I know I was most happy/at one with myself/effortlessly at my best?

You may find a number of examples when you know you have been working effectively and feeling good. When you look across these examples you might find a common theme. Maybe you were planning and organising in each of them. Managing details or getting satisfaction from the completion of projects.

Whatever your answer to these questions you can use the knowledge and insights you have gained to find out more.

To continue with the examples:

• When I’m at the leading edge how do I know I’m at the leading edge?
• What is it that being at the leading edge gives me?

Your answers might include: a sense of excitement, making a contribution because if I succeed my company and others in the industry will benefit, constantly learning something new. Again these are broad descriptors and it is useful to drill down a bit more:

• When I make a contribution…what kind of contribution?
• Is there anything else about that contribution?
• When I’m learning something new what kind of learning is that?

By asking questions of this kind you are finding out more about yourself. You are self-modelling, noticing the unconscious patterns that we all have that are shown in what we do and the way that we do it. Another way to say this is that we are identifying our often unspoken values that draw us towards certain activities or jobs.

Are some values more important than others?

If you have come up with a number of values that are important to you it can be useful to check if some are more important than others. If you had to pick between 3 and 5 of the values you’ve identified which would they be? This will be invaluable in evaluating job opportunities. Are the values that are part of who you are aligned with the values of a new company you could move to? Will they be respected in a particular job? You want to end up in a job where you can swim with the tide rather than against it!

How can I make my values even more compelling?

We all know we have a left logical brain and a right more creative brain. Making sure we make the best use of both makes sense in any important activity we are involved with. Neuroscientists and psychologists are finding out more and more about how our brain works. It is increasingly clear that we humans have a huge capacity to use metaphors and symbols and indeed we could not operate at the level of complexity that we do without them. (Those of you who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Blink” will have plenty of examples of research showing the complexity and speed of our thinking).

You may want to take the opportunity to ask yourself an even more powerful question about your top values.

• When I’m [value 1], [value 2], [value 3]….I’m like what? Cutting down on Water Usage in the Car Wash Industry?
Due to the drought issues which persist still in many states we are seeing the emergence of a new type of car wash in America; one which is indeed quite healthy for the environment. Some car washes are now recycling 90-95% of their wash water, yes that means the water is used over and over and the filters are getting clogged. The POTWs; Publicly Owned Treatment Works must accept high concentrated wastewater once the reclaim tanks are dumped. The smell this creates is also a big deal. In a full service carwash, which there are about 20,000 in the US they will have problems with these nearly 100% reclaim systems.Coin-ops use 7 gallons of water there are 30,000 of these, recycling can be tough because you never know what kind of manure someone will clean off their vehicles. The Industry sector even has an email picture floating around where someone is using the ccurrent job?
• What particular incidents or events in my life can I identify when I know I was most happy/at one with myself/effortlessly at my best?

You may find a number of examples when you know you have been working effectively and feeling good. When you look across these examples you might find a common theme. Maybe you were planning and organising in each of them. Managing details or getting satisfaction from the completion of projects.

Whatever your answer to these questions you can use the knowledge and insights you have gained to find out more.

To continue with the examples:

• When I’m at the leading edge how do I know I’m at the leading edge?
• What is it that being at the leading edge gives me?

Your answers might include: a sense of excitement, making a contribution because if I succeed my company and others in the industry will benefit, constantly learning something new. Again these are broad descriptors and it is useful to drill down a bit more:

• When I make a contribution…what kind of contribution?
• Is there anything else about that contribution?
• When I’m learning something new what kind of learning is that?

By asking questions of this kind you are finding out more about yourself. You are self-modelling, noticing the unconscious patterns that we all have that are shown in what we do and the way that we do it. Another way to say this is that we are identifying our often unspoken values that draw us towards certain activities or jobs.

Are some values more important than others?

If you have come up with a number of values that are important to you it can be useful to check if some are more important than others. If you had to pick between 3 and 5 of the values you’ve identified which would they be? This will be invaluable in evaluating job opportunities. Are the values that are part of who you are aligned with the values of a new company you could move to? Will they be respected in a particular job? You want to end up in a job where you can swim with the tide rather than against it!

How can I make my values even more compelling?

We all know we have a left logical brain and a right more creative brain. Making sure we make the best use of both makes sense in any important activity we are involved with. Neuroscientists and psychologists are finding out more and more about how our brain works. It is increasingly clear that we humans have a huge capacity to use metaphors and symbols and indeed we could not operate at the level of complexity that we do without them. (Those of you who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Blink” will have plenty of examples of research showing the complexity and speed of our thinking).

You may want to take the opportunity to ask yourself an even more powerful question about your top values.

• When I’m [value 1], [value 2], [value 3]….I’m like what? Medical Billing - Hiring A Programmer
In this installment of medical billing, we're going to look at the software company itself and cover some basic things that they should do when looking for a programmer to create the software that will eventually be sold to the public. Unlike other industries, this will require certain knowledge that most programmers don't have and will need to get in a hurry.As a programmer, if you're a good one, you're going to have a basic knowledge of how to write structured code, how to interact with databases and so on. Any decent programmer worth his salt is going to have these skills. Otherwise, you don't even want to look at the person. So that is the first thing you need to do when hiring a programmer. Make sure they have the basic programming skills. Your department manager should know what they are. Trust his opinion.But you're going to have to go even ful to drill down a bit more:

• When I make a contribution…what kind of contribution?
• Is there anything else about that contribution?
• When I’m learning something new what kind of learning is that?

By asking questions of this kind you are finding out more about yourself. You are self-modelling, noticing the unconscious patterns that we all have that are shown in what we do and the way that we do it. Another way to say this is that we are identifying our often unspoken values that draw us towards certain activities or jobs.

Are some values more important than others?

If you have come up with a number of values that are important to you it can be useful to check if some are more important than others. If you had to pick between 3 and 5 of the values you’ve identified which would they be? This will be invaluable in evaluating job opportunities. Are the values that are part of who you are aligned with the values of a new company you could move to? Will they be respected in a particular job? You want to end up in a job where you can swim with the tide rather than against it!

How can I make my values even more compelling?

We all know we have a left logical brain and a right more creative brain. Making sure we make the best use of both makes sense in any important activity we are involved with. Neuroscientists and psychologists are finding out more and more about how our brain works. It is increasingly clear that we humans have a huge capacity to use metaphors and symbols and indeed we could not operate at the level of complexity that we do without them. (Those of you who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Blink” will have plenty of examples of research showing the complexity and speed of our thinking).

You may want to take the opportunity to ask yourself an even more powerful question about your top values.

• When I’m [value 1], [value 2], [value 3]….I’m like what? Why People Don't Make A Living Doing What They Love
You've seen it before: people who make a hullabaloo about following their dreams and then end up broke, busted and disgusted. If this has made you put your own dreams on hold, here are 5 reasons why most people fail and how to avoid making those same mistakes as you strive to make a living doing what you love.1.They don't carve out their own niche- Many aspiring singers fail for instance, because they're too busy trying to become the next Kelly Clarkson, James Brown or Michael Jackson. Same thing goes for wannabe models, writers and business people. Does the world really need what it already has? Stop trying to clone somebody else, learn from successful people by all means but project your uniqueness too. On a sheet of paper list your talents, hobbies, life experiences, educational background and practical skills. Can you infuse your culture into your work? For u could move to? Will they be respected in a particular job? You want to end up in a job where you can swim with the tide rather than against it!

How can I make my values even more compelling?

We all know we have a left logical brain and a right more creative brain. Making sure we make the best use of both makes sense in any important activity we are involved with. Neuroscientists and psychologists are finding out more and more about how our brain works. It is increasingly clear that we humans have a huge capacity to use metaphors and symbols and indeed we could not operate at the level of complexity that we do without them. (Those of you who have read Malcolm Gladwell’s new book “Blink” will have plenty of examples of research showing the complexity and speed of our thinking).

You may want to take the opportunity to ask yourself an even more powerful question about your top values.

• When I’m [value 1], [value 2], [value 3]….I’m like what?

Continuing the example:

• When I’m learning, making a contribution and feeling excited I’m like what?

• I’m like an astronaut embarking on a new mission to a distant planet…listening to the count down”.

To make this even more impactful find out more by asking a few of the previous questions.

• Is there anything else about that astronaut?
• What kind of mission is that mission?

You are developing a metaphor that encapsulates what you are like when you are at your best. Why would you want to do this? And how will it help with your job search?

Having a powerful and compelling metaphor for how you are when you are at your best can be hugely helpful for your job search. The example of the astronaut provides a symbol that packs in huge amounts of information in one word or image. As you become familiar with your symbol you develop an automatic inbuilt sense of everything it represents. It becomes a benchmark. If you find yourself hesitating about whether to take a job or not it could well be that something does not fit with your values. Checking this out against your symbol (for you at your best) will be the fastest way to find out whether the job is right or not. It will also help identify whether you need to ask questions and find out more about the company or the job.

Getting what you want from your next job

So if getting what you want from your next job is important to you it is worth finding out what’s really important to you. This way you will massively increase the chance of find a job that is a natural fit in an organisation with values aligned with yours. Who knows you could also end up with a metaphor giving you a symbol for success!

Dorothea Stuart MA, MSc works with professionals, particularly lawyers, providing targeted personal and practice development. She is a Reach Certified Personal Branding Strategist and supports managers and senior professionals to develop their own niche and stand out from the crowd.

Thank you to David Grove some of whose clean language questions have been used in this article.

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