Congratulations, you landed your job thanks to hard work, diligent research and knowing your skills are perfect for your chosen position. You're on your way to prosperity and career bliss. Examine six reasons why you earned this position based on what contemporary companies look for in a candidate and how a modern-day job search works.
1. Targeted List
Before you performed an internet search for any open jobs, you narrowed your field to a targeted list of companies for which you wanted to work. In doing so, your job search became a lot easier because you knew precisely where to concentrate your efforts. Once you created your targeted list, you determined a list of people to contact in terms of networking. You even reached out to firms that didn't have any job openings.
2. Networking
Rather than finding your job through an online job board, you made networking connections properly. You reached out to the right people who put you in touch with the hiring manager. You let your contacts know that you were available for work, even the not-so-obvious ones including your neighbors. You let each person you contacted know your career goals and why you want to work in a particular position. Eventually, your efforts paid off with an offer for an interview.
3. Emotional Intelligence
One sought-after soft skill is emotional intelligence, or EQ. Rather than showing frustration at your months-long job search, you stayed confident and positive. This positive attitude showed through in your contacts with hiring managers, your phone interviews and your face time. Your job fell in your lap because you stayed emotionally present in the moment and were willing to help others solve their problems.
4. Great Resumes
Once your networking contacts realized you had great potential, you still had to wow hiring managers with your resume. You tailored each resume to the company at hand, and you put a lot of accomplishment statements, backed up by numbers and data, into the experience section. Hard numbers make it easy for your hiring manager to talk to your past supervisors.
5. Fantastic Interview
You nailed the in-person interview with at least one of your chosen companies. You researched the company well by perusing the website, current news and any issues facing the company's industry. You also found out information about your interviewers through LinkedIn. After the interview, you sent a thank-you note to everyone you spoke to at the interview, including the receptionist at the desk.
6. Other People
After you landed your job, you kept in mind the people who helped you get to that position. You sent out thank-you notes to the people who helped you revise your resume, put you in touch with the person who hired you and the networking contacts who made your search a success. You even helped one of your contacts get a position in your new firm after you started the job.
Perhaps the key lesson here is that your job doesn't just belong to you. You have to recognize that there are many people responsible for putting you in your current position, and that spirit of informal teamwork should carry over to your formal role within your company.
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