Master the Job Search in 21 Steps: A FlexJobs Job Search Challenge Series

This podcast series was originally shared on the FlexJobs YouTube channel, but we wanted to share with our podcast listeners. These 21 episodes feature Toni Frana & Keith Spencer, the FlexJobs Career Expert Team, as they provide job seekers with a ‘challenge’ a day to help you stay focused on the tasks you should complete in order to have a successful job search. The series starts with exploration and ends with evaluation. Throughout the series, the career experts cover networking, interviewing, writing your resume, and everything else in between.

Each tip will have actionable steps and involve up to 30-120 minutes of work. The FlexJobs Career Experts are here to help you stay on track and focused to ensure you stand out as a competitive candidate for the jobs you apply to.

Important Links:
• How to Reinvent your Career: https://bit.ly/457UY9H
• How to Make Your Next Big Career Decision: https://bit.ly/457nQyH
• Career Development Is Important–Here's How to Create a Plan: https://bit.ly/453h9hP
• FlexJobs Webinar: Creating an Action Plan for Your Remote Job Search: https://bit.ly/3YhAVn0
• How to Choose a New Career: The 4-Step System: https://bit.ly/3YiojvM

FlexJobs is a subscription service for job seekers that features flexible and remote jobs. With an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and a 4.7 rating from over 10,000 reviews, FlexJobs ensures that customers have a safe and positive remote job searching experience - without the ads, scams and junk found on other job sites.

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Transcript

Congratulations on making this exciting start! You have committed to start looking for a new job, or maybe even a career change. In the following videos, we've outlined 21 steps for you to follow in your job-search. Each tip will have actionable tasks and involve up to 30 - 120 minutes of work. If you stick with us, we’ll help you stay on track and stay focused to help ensure you stand out as a competitive candidate for the jobs you apply to. 
Generally at the start of a job search, you find yourself asking “what do I want to do next?” And, you are right, this is the question you need to answer. But, where do you start? 
As you begin this process, it’s important to take some time for self-reflection and research. You will want to answer these questions:
What motivates you at work? 
What do you WANT in your next role?
What skills do you have to offer your next employer, and more importantly, have you identified your top skills? 
The importance of answering questions like these can not be underestimated. To give you the clarity and focus you need in order to move forward in your job search, we recommend completing our in-depth, 4-step system as you begin. This process will help you work through these questions and more.
As you drive into the 4 Step System and begin to explore these important questions, we recommend giving yourself about 2 hours of time to complete all four steps, and when you’re finished, you will have outlined: 
Your true motivations
Your transferable skills 
You’ll have identified potential career opportunities 
And, have a clear path forward to begin researching and evaluating your job search process all along the way.
Completing this step will help give you clarity and focus as you begin your search. Below in the description you’ll find a link to this process as well as other links to some great resources you can use to work through this process.