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Are you looking for a job in the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas, Australia?

This information will help you get jobs faster in the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas, and more importantly, a job that you will enjoy a great deal more than if you simply follow the traditional job search methods.

As a professional who provides career change advice to people in Brisbane and Gold Coast, I can tell you that finding jobs in the Brisbane and Gold Coast area often takes longer than people expect.
On average globally, a person will take more than 12 weeks to find a job from the time they actively begin the job search.
And in an area like Brisbane and the Gold Coast, job search success can often take longer than the average.
So how do you increase your odds of finding a great job in the Brisbane and Gold Coast area?

Don’t Use Reactive Job Searching

Most people looking for a job in Brisbane and Gold Coast use what I call the reactive method, rather than the proactive method of job search.

What does this mean?
Simply that they complete their job search by primarily responding to job vacancies that are known or advertised in some way.

Yet we know that approximately 80% of all jobs gained, will be through what is known as the “hidden job market”.

The hidden job market is simply all the jobs that people successfully secure that are never advertised or marketed through conventional methods i.e. job agencies, Internet job search engines, local situations vacant columns, etc.

In fact, almost nobody knows about them.

And if you are a job seeker wanting the right Brisbane and Gold Coast job – a job that fits you better in regards to your inborn abilities and motivations, then you must tap into the hidden job market.

The first thing that will help you gain a job faster and in line with your natural inborn abilities is to have a solid and confident understanding of where your career strengths lie.

Enthusiasm Is The Key

When it comes to a job interview one of the most powerful draw cards that an applicant has, is to portray natural confidence and enthusiasm about the things they are good at.
Although most people have some idea what they are good at, most have not fleshed out precisely where they fit best and in what way their strengths can help an employer.

And that’s what ultimately what will win you a job, selling an employer the idea that what you love to do and are good at, is exactly the skills they need. This is where my free dream career finder and inborn job skills assessment comes in.

This assessment provides evidence of where your true inborn job skills lie. And evidence is what employers love to see.
Evidence that you can take with you to the job interview, so they get to see it.

Often a person completing the Dream Career Finder will discover that they have never really used their natural inborn job skills in a work situation before.
For many people, the results of this assessment can be life-transforming in regards to their work life.

What Do You Want from Your Job
– Brisbane and Gold Coast Job Search Tips

If you are looking for a job in the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas and want to:

• find a job that suits you well, one that you can feel a great deal of fulfillment and satisfaction in.
• find a Brisbane and Gold Coast job faster than normal.
• find a job that you will stay longer in because you enjoy it more.
• find a job in Brisbane and Gold Coast area that will usually pay more than jobs found using traditional job search methods. This is due to securing a good fit between the skills and abilities you offer and the skills and abilities required by the employer.

What I recommend:

• Complete the inborn job skills assessment on this site.
• Either use the results of that assessment to target your “best fit” jobs in the Brisbane and Gold Coast area on your own.
• Or make time to come and see me discuss the results and together we will devise a strategy for securing a job in Brisbane and Gold Coast area, utilizing the hidden job market strategies.
• Or you can work through the inborn job skills assessment verbally with me. This is the best method if you are in a hurry. See the Contact page.

This job skills list may be helpful to you in a number of ways

(scroll down to the bottom to see the list)

1. For Resume or CV writing.
2. To use as a stock take of your skills. (i.e. what job skills do you currently have).
3. To identify skills that you enjoy using, but have not previously used in a job.

1. Resume or CV Writing

The job skills list below can be used to cut and paste when resume or CV writing. If you do this please ensure that you personalize the skills to make them more precise for the way that you use them.

Also you will increase the chances of gaining a job interview if you give detailed evidence of how you have used these job skills in previous employment or in other ways outside of work, for example:.

“In my previous position, the one thing that I absolutely loved was to help accident victims overcome their often depressed state and assist them in looking forward to the best possible future despite their difficult circumstances.
My personal goal was to do absolutely everything possible to ensure they could see some positives in life ahead and to take some small steps of action that would help them on the road to recovery.
Because of this my employer always gave me difficult cases including most brain injury clients.”

Employers love to see this type of very specific evidence of skills being used in previous roles. You could even put one of these examples in your job application cover letter which I always recommend with all applications.

Writing a job application cover letter can often be more important then your resume or CV writing.
This is the document that gets read first and creates the first impression.
Many employers will not bother to read a resume or CV if the cover letter does not impress them.
Here are some great cover letter writing tips for creating that polished cover letter.

The employer will want to feel the passion and enthusiasm in your words for the type of work you are describing.
But don’t fake enthusiasm in your job application.

You will not only be deceiving your prospective employer but also yourself.
At the end of the day do you want to be in any other job, other than one which allows you to use the skills and abilities that you are truly passionate about?

So when applying for jobs, try to apply for the ones that for the most part, use only the skills that you enjoy using the most.
This is the only real way that you will accomplish fulfillment and satisfaction in your work; aligning your strongest natural job skills with the needs of an employer.

2. To Use As a Stock Take of Your Current Job Skills

Use the job skills lists below to obtain a quick stock take of all your current skills.

Most people forget all of the skills they have used over the years.
This is a great way to remind yourself what skills you have used in previous roles.
And as you remember these, reflect on the ones that you enjoyed using the most.

Also remember to include skills that you have used in other areas apart from your work life.
Many times people can be stuck in a job that they do not like but find themselves using the skills they enjoy the most in activities outside of work.

When applying for a job, most people totally omit very real job skills that they have used outside of work. Because the skills were not linked with previous employment, they feel they are not relevant to a job application.

As someone who has been providing career change advice for many years, I have noticed that this reluctance to include non-work related skills is very common.

The way that you will be most beneficial to an employer is when you are using the skills that you love to use the most.
So ensure both job related and non-job-related are well marketed to your prospective employer.

3. To Identify Skills That You Enjoy Using (Whether or Not You Have Used Them In a Job Previously)

This is probably the most beneficial use of this job skills list.
Hopefully you will have examples where the skills that you enjoy using the most, have been used in your career to date.

But there may be a number of skills that you haven’t been able to to use in a job.

Try to think of situations throughout your past where you have used those skills in a non-work setting.

For a more complete job skills assessment, use the inborn job skills assessment.

This is the most thorough and productive career assessment tool that I know of at helping people uncover their natural inborn job skills.

Job Skills List Relating to: PEOPLE

• Teaching or explaining in detail to individuals
• Teaching or explaining in detail to groups
• Sharing or communicating well in speech with individuals
• Sharing or communicating well in speech with groups
• Giving advice to, encouraging or stimulating individuals
• Giving advice to, encouraging or stimulating groups
• Helping, assisting, serving, meeting the needs of individuals
• Helping, assisting, serving, meeting the needs of groups
• Sharing or communicating well in writing to individuals
• Sharing or communicating well and writing to groups
• Help people learn about and treat their problems, working with individuals
• Help people learn about and treat their problems, working with groups
• Convince, win over, influence or motivate individuals
• Convince, win over, influence or motivate groups
• Helping people network or make contact with each other
• Being another’s agent, delegate or representative
• Interviewing, selecting, appraising or evaluating skills
• Entertaining or amusing others either formally or casually including humor or inspiration, working with individuals
• Entertaining or amusing others either formally or casually including humor or inspiration, working with groups
• Performing, including singing, dancing, playing music and acting skills, for individuals
• Performing, including singing, dancing, playing music and acting skills, for groups
• Demonstrating, presenting concepts, ideas or things to individuals
• Demonstrating, presenting concepts, ideas or things to groups
• Leading or directing a discussion with an individual
• Leading or directing or chairing a discussion with groups
• Participating in sports or games, physical activities, with individuals
• Participating in sports, games or physical activities, with groups
• Being productive, accomplishing, seeing things through, with individuals
• Being productive, accomplishing, seeing things through, with groups
• Mediate between parties, help solve disputes, with individuals
• Mediate between parties help solve disputes, with groups
• Running or helping to run an organization, business or event, working with individuals
• Running or helping to run an organization, business or event, working with groups
• Innovating, initiating, founding or pioneering skills while working with individuals
• Innovating initiating, founding or pioneering skills while working with groups
• Being a leader, Capt. or manager in sports or recreational pursuits with individuals
• Being a leader, Capt. or manager in sports or recreational pursuits with groups
• Heading up or leading the way with individuals
• Heading up or leading the way with groups
• Add any other skills to your job skills list that you have used relating to people:_______________________________

Job Skills List Relating to: Information and Thought

• Searching out, looking up, researching, delving into or going through information
• Producing, creating, formulating or devising original ideas or concepts
• Collating or compiling information by examining or monitoring things
• Collating or compiling information by talking to, examining or monitoring people
• Utilizing an advanced level of one of the five senses. [Talk, smell, touch, see, taste]
• Goal setting skills and implementing the steps for achieving goals
• Counting, accounting or working with numbers
• Comparing or contrasting different pieces of information or ideas
• Classifying, categorizing, sorting, organizing skills
• Troubleshooting, finding solutions, solving problems or tackling difficult tasks
• Changing, altering, modifying, converting, revamping or improving
• Examining or analyzing skills
• Envisioning, drawing, drafting, photographing, or filming skills
• Determining, deciding, assessing or evaluating skills
• Accessing information, records, files or data
• Helping others to access information, records, files or data
• Keeping account of items, documents, lists, data etc.,
• Utilizing memory requiring detailed recall
• Operating filing systems. [E.g.] computerized, manual, cataloging, etc.
• Add any other skills to your job skills list that you have used relating to information and thought:_____________________

Job Skills List Relating to: Things

• Cutting, chopping, pruning, hammering, carving or forging skills
• Shaping, forming, setting, casting, molding, fashioning, styling or modeling skills
• Sewing, spinning, working with clay
• Painting, beautifying, restoring, refurbishing, finishing skills
• Using strength, speed, vitality or agility with my body
• Working on tasks with my hands
• Using finger skills [e.g.] keyboard, crafts, intricate tasks with fingers
• Using hand to eye coordination
• Coordination with two or more parts of my body at one time [e.g.] arms, legs, feet
• Manufacturing, building, making, fabricating, producing, constructing skills
• Working with tools, utensils or apparatus requiring attention to detail
• Cleaning, wiping or washing skills
• Protecting, sustaining, maintaining, saving or preserving skills
• Dealing with, treating, handling or assisting the progress of
• Taking apart or dismantling skills
• Connecting, combining, assembling or putting together
• Looking after, tending, taking care of
• Controlling, driving, piloting, using or operating skills
• Ground care, gardening, keeping of grounds or garden
• Training, caring or tending for animals
• Add any other skills to your job skills list that you have used relating to objects or things:______________________

For a more in depth inborn job skills assessment, use the inborn job skills assessment.

This is the most comprehensive and self-esteem improving career assessment that I know to help people uncover their natural inborn job skills.

by Kage
(Richmond, VA, USA)

Hi, one year ago, I graduated with a degree in media arts and design with a minor in the music industry. For the past year, I’ve been working in construction because I was hired by a family friend upon graduation. I have come to realize I don’t want to do much with media arts but would rather do something more involved with people, like teaching. I need some help with suggestions on paths that I could follow to a stable career.

Simon Replies

Hi Kage
It’s not uncommon for graduates to discover at the end of their studies that they don’t want to work in the field that they are now qualified for. Unfortunately, I see quite a few in the same boat. This is often seen as a waste of time and money. However, there can also be little windows of opportunity that can sometimes present themselves during what otherwise seems a bit of a lost cause. For example, during your years studying at College or University, were you exposed to anything that pricked your interest – something that perhaps was not directly related to the course you were studying, but because you were in that situation, or were rubbing shoulders with a particular person, you managed to spot an area of interest that got you thinking “that’s something I might like to do” (always be on the lookout for areas of work that might interest you, no matter what environment you are in)

Many people start on a particular pathway that does not take them where they thought they would go. However, they do end up in a fulfilling career due to the fact that they were always looking for new possibilities at each intersection they came to.
And of course each time you discover something that you do not want to do, you are, in a way, a step closer to finding the thing you do want to do; one more option has been crossed off the possibilities list.

To properly discuss some of the job options that you might like to investigate further (particularly around working with people), is beyond the scope of this reply, however here are some things to think about:

1. What led you to make the choice to go and study media arts and design in the first place? What were your thought processes that culminated in this decision?

2. You mention about working with people and in particular teaching. If you could wave your magic wand and see yourself in some form of the teaching role, what would that look like? Who would you be teaching? What would you be teaching? Where would you be teaching it? Can you articulate what it is that draws you to teaching?
Forget for the moment about any qualifications that might be required to achieve this. The first step is to accurately uncover your hearts desires.

The second step is to find a way of achieving it. There are often multiple roads to the same destination (albeit, some of these may be back roads).

The other thing to consider, there is growing support these days and some good evidence to back it up, that it is very possible to have a successful career without getting a formal university degree.

Consider making an appointment with a recognized career counselor. This could be a great investment for you at this stage in your life.

The other thing I would suggest you do (and perhaps before you visit a career counselor) is to complete my inborn job skills exercise. This can provide some invaluable self knowledge for the cost of a takeaway lunch.

I hope this is of some help.

Regards
Simon
P.S. Here’s an interesting article about how many university degrees are somewhat wasted.

Are you looking for a job on the Gold Coast?

This information will help you get jobs on the Gold Coast faster, and more importantly a job that you will enjoy a great deal more than if you simply follow traditional job search methods.

As a professional who provides career change advice to people on the Gold Coast, I can say that finding jobs on the Gold Coast often takes longer than people expect.
On average, a person will take more than 12 weeks to find a job from the time they actively begin the job search.
And in an area like the Gold Coast, job search success usually takes longer than the average.
So how do you increase your odds of finding a great job?

Most people use what I call the reactive method, rather than the proactive method of job search.

What is the Reactive Job Search Method?

Simply put, they complete their job search by primarily responding to job vacancies that are known or advertised in some way.

Yet we know that approximately 80% of all jobs gained, will be through what is known as the “hidden job market”.

The hidden job market is simply all the jobs that people successfully secure that are never advertised or marketed through conventional methods i.e. job agencies, Internet job search engines, local situations vacant columns, etc.

In fact, almost nobody knows about them.

And if you are a job seeker wanting the right Gold Coast job – a job that fits you better in regards to your inborn abilities and motivations, then you absolutely must tap into the hidden job market.

The first thing that you must have is a solid and confident understanding of where your natural job skills lie.

When it comes to a job interview one of the most powerful draw cards that an applicant has for an employer, is to portray natural confidence and enthusiasm about the things they are good at.
Although most people have some idea what they are good at, most have not fleshed out precisely where they fit best and in what way their strengths can help an employer.

And that’s what ultimately will win you a job, selling an employer the idea that what you love to do and are good at, is exactly the skills they need.

This is where my dream career finder and inborn job skills assessment comes in.

This assessment provides evidence of where your true inborn job skills lie. And evidence is what employers love to see.
Evidence that you can take with you to the job interview, so they get to see it.

Often a person completing the Dream Career Finder will discover that they have never really used their natural inborn job skills in a work situation before.
For many people, the results of this assessment can be life-transforming in regards to their work life.

What Do You Want from Your Job – Gold Coast Job Search Tips

If you are looking for a job on the Gold Coast Australia and want to:

• find a job that suits you well, one that you can feel a great deal of fulfillment and satisfaction in.
• find a Gold Coast job faster than normal.
• find a job that you will stay longer in because you enjoy it more.
• find a job on the Gold Coast that will usually pay more than jobs found using traditional job search methods. This is due to securing a good fit between the skills and abilities you offer and the skills and abilities required by the employer.

This is what I recommend:

• Complete the inborn job skills assessment on this site.
• Either use the results of that assessment to target your “best fit” jobs on the Gold Coast on your own.
• Or make time to come and see me discuss the results and together we will devise a strategy for securing a job on the Gold Coast, utilizing the hidden job market strategies.
• Or you can work through the inborn job skills assessment verbally with me. This is the best method if you are in a hurry.

See below for the phone number or Contact page for full details.