Getting a great first job is all about forward momentum, energy, and action. This is the success mindset. Successful people work at learning and preparing. This includes calmness and persistence. But the essential success driver is action! Be courageous in putting plans into action. Take a 'test and learn' approach to life. Consider life through a 'perpetual beta' lens.
If you are near the end of your formal education, you are likely faced with a big decision! You should wonder: "How should I move forward with a good, career-fulfilling job?" This article provides a process and tools to make a confident first-job decision. These processes and tools are helpful for a lifetime of good decisions!
For more background on implementing career plans, please see the article: Success Pillars - a life journey foundation.
About the author: Jeff Hulett leads Personal Finance Reimagined, a decision-making and financial education platform. He teaches personal finance at James Madison University and provides personal finance seminars. Check out his book -- Making Choices, Making Money: Your Guide to Making Confident Financial Decisions.
Jeff is a career banker, data scientist, behavioral economist, and choice architect. Jeff has held banking and consulting leadership roles at Wells Fargo, Citibank, KPMG, and IBM.
This article and VidCast are all about ACTION and moving forward. Let's face it, there are so many career guide resources out there. Your high school or college has them. Most colleges now have a "Student Success Center" or similar department wholly dedicated to successful student transition into the workforce. That is great, all the educational resources provide information to help you decide. You absolutely should make use of these resources! But learning about companies and jobs is only part of the process.
We are different. This article is different. We are all about action. We provide the critical glue between the educational information and the decision. We provide a decision process to help you make confident decisions and take confidence-inspired action!
Steve Jobs was the founder and first CEO of Apple. Today, Apple is one of the most successful companies in history. But Jobs did not start that way. As Mr. Jobs remarks,
"I had no idea about what I wanted to do with my life."
That is ok, most people do not. The idea is to move forward. Take action. Try something new, then as the U.S. Marine's motto says:
"Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome"
The essential step in the career decision process, is, well.... surround yourself with a great decision process.
Most people focus on gathering decision information. There is an odd but all too common belief:
"If I just gather enough information, the best decision will just happen."
This belief is just wrong. We believe gathering information is important but NOT first. Order of operations is critical. You should start with a great decision process. It helps to understand the context in which a great job decision is made before seeking job decision information. This old saying is on point:
"You Can’t See the Forest for the Trees!"
Understanding the decision to choose "forest" is very helpful before digging into individual job "trees." You do not want to waste your time on trees belonging to the wrong forest! In today's world, there is simply too much data. Most data is noisy. A small subset of that data may be curated into helpful decision information. That is why the decision process is essential. It helps you separate the decision signal from the noise. We show you how to be the captain of your own decision process!
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