It’s so easy to get caught up in the idea of the perfect job. Unfortunately, most of the time you will land yourself into a too good to be true scenario. That doesn’t mean that hope is lost. If you use past experiences with jobs that didn’t work out as lessons in what you should not look for you’ll find yourself in a more educated place to find a better fitting job.
In my experiences, especially in a creative field, you’ll be added to a pool of many others looking for the same type of job openings. Most likely you’ll have to work much harder than others to land a job, let a lone a job you are the right fit for.
My specific issue was to try to fit myself into positions that did not actually fit how I work. Specifically, I looked for businesses that I could help grow and advance, rather than established businesses that have the foundations and procedures already in place.
When your looking for a new position it is important to reflect on what any common factors were and the reasons why it wasn’t the right fit for you.
I have found, after several attempts at making myself fit into businesses that really weren’t right for me that there are a few questions I had to ask myself n order to proceed in another round of searching.
1. How do I work best?
2. What is my ideal work environment?
3. What specific portions of my last positions did not work for me?
4. What types of businesses have I worked for?
These questions were specific to my situation, however they can be applied to any field of work.
Reflecting back I ignored obvious reasons to not take a job because I wanted it to work. No matter how much I wished and hoped, there was no way to make myself fit into positions that were not the right environment for me to properly excel.
It is very easy get into your head and romanticize a job position and get trapped in the idea of what you picture it to be. When looking for a new opportunity, take a step back and reflect and assess before hitting that apply button.