5 steps to crack your dream job

5 steps to crack your dream job

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Each of us have a dream job. For some of us, it keeps changing with time, for some it remains the same.

While it is great to have aspirations and dreams, it is the work that you do that helps fulfil your dreams.

The Great scientist and Honourable Ex President of India - APJ Abdul Kalam said,

So, What is your dream that does not let you sleep ? Are you ready to fulfil your dream ? Let me help you

In today’s post, I am going to lay down 5 stages that help you crack your dream job.

Lets go.

Stage 1: Background

I am a big fan of defining “purpose“ or “Why“. It is very important to start with “Why”. Defining your “Why” helps bring clarity, both now and in future. This is why I would always start a project by defining “Why” I want to do this.

So I propose 3 steps in this stage

Step 1: Why

You should start by asking yourself “Why” this job is your dream job.

Reason —> Most times, we are influenced by people and information around us, defining a purpose helps us to identify our passion and motivation towards our dream.

While doing this, it is possible that you would end up realising this isn’t your dream or you get more passionate about your dream, Which is precisely the “purpose“ behind this step - “Identify your purpose”.

Step 2 : Clarity

Next step is to define your dream job clearly and write it down somewhere, a journal, a digital note, a white board etc…

Example:

I want to be a front-end developer in one of the MAANG(Meta, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) companies because

This helps you clear your fuzzy thoughts and have a clear view of your dream.

Extremely important.

Step 3: Internalise

Create a picture of you in the job, many great people do this. It is just one of those things that motivates you further, it triggers you further. It is a step with which you are convincing yourself and committing yourself fully to your dream.

You are internalising your dream, you are educating your subconscious about your dream.

The above 3 steps of help you define your purpose, bring clarity and help you internalise your dream, you are setting a strong foundation with these steps.

At any point during this exercise, if you realise this dream is not worth it, drop it, pursue something else worthwhile.

Example: You have have studying 25 years of your life engineering and you dream of venturing into professional sports. It is technically possible but nearly impossible.

Stage 2: Learn and practice appropriate skills

Second stage is to start working towards your dream. Plan your daily activities now.

Define a list of all the skills that you need to crack the job, create a daily plan of how you will learn those skills, define targets and track them.

The ‘overconfident’ side of you might tell you that you can crack the interview without much preparation but this is an honest lie. It is the side of you that does not want to work hard. Defeat it and get going.

Invest in your skills, Invest your time, your money and your effort to learn them. It might take some weeks, months or may be an year but it is definitely worth it. If it does not help you for this job, it will for something else.

If you think it helps you, Hire a coach, Coaching helps track your journey and guide you through the journey.

Finally, the most important thing is practice. The more you practice, the better you get at your skills.

I would propose a time breakdown of 70-30 % between learning and practice when you start and gradually move to 30-70%.

By the end of this stage, you have a clear dream, you also know the skills that you need to crack the job and you have started learning them and practicing them, you are now in a good position to crack the next stage.