How to Get the Exact Position You Desire by Jennifer Janechek
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Seven steps to your dream job
In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill informs readers that “your achievement can be no greater than your plans are sound.” The sixth “step to riches,” then, is organized planning. In order to attain your life purpose—or what Hill terms your “definite major purpose”—you must create and implement plans characterized by definiteness.
A new publication by Sound Wisdom and the Napoleon Hill Foundation, Think and Grow Rich in Ten Minutes a Day, distills Hill’s success philosophy so that the busy modern reader can quickly and effectively study and put into practice the greatest personal development program of all time. One of the many insights covered in this book is how to create plans to obtain the exact position you desire. Hill’s seven steps are as follows:
Determine the exact job you want. If it doesn’t exist, create the position yourself.
Select the company or individual for which/whom you intend to work.
Research this company or individual extensively.
Analyze your talents and capabilities to determine what exactly you can offer this company or individual.
Do not worry about whether there is a current job posting or position available; focus on the value you can add.
Write—or hire someone to write—a cover letter that explains in detail your plan for providing the company/individual with specific benefits through your services.
Identify the proper person with authority to whom you can send your letter (and résumé).
As Hill’s advice intimates, many individuals focus more on themselves in their cover letter and interview than on the company. Instead, you should frame your skills and experience in terms of the value they bring to the organization to which you’re applying. That’s where your research will come in handy. Explain not only how you possess the competencies identified on the job ad but also how your values align with those of the company. And be as specific as possible: the more concrete examples you can give for how you plan to add value, the better.
Hill firmly believed in the importance of choosing a job purposefully rather than “falling into” the first one that offers you a paycheck. Even if necessity drives you into a position that is not your desired one, you can approach it as an opportunity to build your résumé and skills while searching for another—using the seven steps above—with definiteness.
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