As a seasoned employer, recruiter when someone initiates a candidate search to solve the problems/issues which is phrased as job offer the primary thing that will be looked upon in your curriculum vitae can be knowledge plus experience until upto skills.
Lets first see if all these three terms mean the same?
They look alike but are not the same. If you carefully read it again and again, you can figure out that
Knowledge - Getting exposed to technology, workmanship
Experience - Second stage wherein you start applying the knowledge
SKILL - You build your experience on a single thing and become skilled in that portfolio
What level are you at?
This post is primarily aimed at helping candidates who will be prospective job seekers, someone who has career block and doesn't know what is the exact trigger to help them propel further.
Say, you are in college pre-final year. You start preparing for your upcoming campus interview. Incase if you don't have campus placements, you are still preparing to find your new job.
Now-a-days employer prefer an element that will make you class apart. Here is a simple blueprint you can chart for yourself to move ahead
- Choose what you want to do as your job - Many people end up choosing their career they are not interested in. Main reason being they don't have proper planning, preparation. Before entering real-time job profile, try to analyse and come up with conclusion on what would be your best career. This can come in form of simple analysis of job profiles, attending in-plant training, internships if you find one etc
- Work in it each and every day - This is a simple thing that each and everyone of us can do. Spending at-least 10 mins a day reading lessons on what we want to be, acquiring knowledge beforehand will help us move ahead. Parents always insist on reading daily. Success is a result of constant continuous hard-work focusing on one-thing, one real-thing. Make it a habit to read each and every day the single thing you want to be. This will help you gain KNOWLEDGE. This is the first step
- Showcase your BEST attitude working part-time - Say you find a part-time job that doesn't cost you anything, but still doesn't pay you anything, don't hesitate to take it up. The earlier you start building experience more ahead you will be in marketplace. OUT OF BOX TIP # Say, you don't find any job, create free account in advertising portals, post advertisements saying that you want part-time job. Publish your interest in social media as well. Create your candidate profile in job portals with little knowledge details and say that you want part-time jobs, internships on paid or unpaid basis. This will showcase your best attitude and will help you find your first job
- Don't waste weekends - College days are the best days to spend lots of time with your friends. What if you find like minded friends who aim at achieving BIG. Such friendships will help you find best beautiful career real soon. Work part-time by reading to improve your knowledge, searching for part-time jobs, working on part-time jobs, internships to improve your experience, taking up own projects out of self-interest etc. After all TIME is MONEY
- Become SKILLED - We have seen evolution from knowledge to experience. Now, you can be skilled if you become dependable in your team. Remember that skilled person will be respected as best leader.
Always, WORK HARD, STAY FOCUSED, ACHIEVE
