From MLP people + business we comment on the most relevant aspects to access the job market with guarantees of success.
“The labor market is very competitive, the selection of personnel is becoming more professional and it is essential to learn to know our potential in order to offer companies our added value as professionals”, says María Luz Pomares.
“We must learn to look for new job opportunities and this requires us to value our application in a much more effective way, especially to be able to apply for those positions that interest us”.
“Every professional who wants to succeed in the interviews must know their skills and competences, know their achievements and learn to communicate them showing those results that mean a gain or success for the company or organization”.
From MLP people + business we indicate some steps that we can take to guarantee our success and not to be left out of the selection process in the first screening:
First step: Know your strengths and your areas of improvement. Make an analysis of the Weaknesses, Threats, Strengths and Opportunities.
Second step: Look for what makes you DIFFERENT.
Third step: Prepare yourself to SELL YOUR CANDIDATE in a much more effective way.
WHAT ARE YOUR SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES?
TRAINING: Make a list of your academic qualifications and the courses you have taken.
EXPERIENCE: List your most relevant experiences.
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES (HARD SKILS AND SOFT SKILLS)
HARD SKILLS: These are the skills or abilities required to carry out a certain task. Examples: Mastery of languages; Mastery of computer programs and new technologies; Mastery of knowledge in accounting and balance sheets, etc.
SOFT SKILLS: Are the behavioral skills. The soft skills, allow workers to relate to others, includes leadership skills, communication, teamwork, flexibility, conflict resolution, decision making, and as a whole are those that facilitate learning and adaptation to change.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Are all those results that we achieve and that represent a gain for the organization.
Examples: Improved customer satisfaction rates by 26%; Reduced purchasing costs by 18%; Increased sales by 38% during 2020.
YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROFILE.
Some tools that can help you shape your profile:
Prism Test; Vocational Test; DISC TEST; Personality Test.
The most important thing is to define YOUR PROFILE AND LOOK FOR DIFFERENTIATING ELEMENTS:
Are you an expert or specialist in something?
Which of all your competences are the most relevant, in which you stand out in your profile?
Do you have any professional achievements that you can contribute?
The first step we must take, before starting an active job search, is to define our professional objective. To do this, it is necessary to know our professional profile, assess our training, experience, our skills, as well as our strengths and know what we must improve.
Then it is important to know where our profile fits and for this it is essential to know the labor market and our suitability for the jobs we are interested in.
You can use several tools such as a professional SWOT and that way it will be easier to make a thorough analysis and decide where we want to direct our active job search.
Once you have completed your professional analysis and know your professional profile it is time to put your strengths to use and adapt them to the opportunities offered by the job market.
“Look for information about the evolution of the economy and the labor market to facilitate the decision making process about your professional career. Detect job opportunities and thus increase your chances of access to the labor market. Improve your skills and competencies for the active search of employment, and put in value your knowledge, skills and competencies increasing your employability,” says the director of MLP people + business.
Important for the active search of employment:
PROACTIVE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN THE SEARCH FOR EMPLOYMENT
“Success in the search for employment lies more in the attitude we adopt. The more enterprising and proactive you are, the more you will be able to find new solutions to find employment”.
You can’t stand still, the job search requires effort and perseverance, you even have to anticipate possible changes in the near future. Looking for a job is a job and you should take as much time as possible and work hard.
Focus on a positive vision, avoiding negative thoughts that will take you away from your objective, and above all, never compare yourself with others, be objective and look for opportunities.
MAKE DECISIONS AND WORK OUT YOUR PLAN OF ACTION
In the work environment, as in the rest of our lives, we will have to be constantly making decisions. The ability to make decisions is important both for the performance of many jobs and to be able to direct our career towards some objectives or others.
Set a plan of action and decide what your professional goal is and then develop the necessary strategies, to achieve your objectives, in a given time frame.
YOUR KEY COMPETENCIES: FLEXIBILITY, TIME MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE
The more flexible you are and the more you are able to adapt to the demands of the market, the more you will be able to employ yourself successfully.
Make the most of your time in tasks that add value. You must act with resilience, learning to overcome adverse periods and situations.
IMPROVE YOUR DIGITAL SKILLS
The higher your digital skills, the more job opportunities you will have. More and more technological knowledge is demanded from all workers and for any job.
Many purely technological profiles are in demand and, likewise, these digital skills are increasingly important for the performance of a job and especially for access to it.
Learn how to use social networks for job search, network and practice video conference interviews. Remember that employment is in the Networks and that more and more companies use this medium to save costs. Many companies discard candidates for not knowing how to use social networks. You must adapt to changes and compete on equal terms.
COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE IN LINKEDIN
Having an optimized profile on LinkedIn has become more important than sending resumes. Over 85% of people who crawl the web to find talent do so through LinkedIn.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Decide to opt for training according to your professional profile that adds value to your candidacy. Postgraduate training will provide you with knowledge in accordance with the new challenges of companies and will give you a differential value.
Edited by María Luz Pomares Soler. MLP People + Business Director
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