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How to land your dream job in 5 easy steps

First of all, forget about the title, I’ve lied. Nothing is really easy in this world, especially getting a dream job, no matter the domain you may want to active in and I’m also pretty sure dream jobs don’t exist. So wake up, this is the real world and it will eat you alive if you let it.

Since I’ve turned 16 I’ve been to over 100 interviews (I stopped counting when I reached 80+ and that was a couple of years ago).

So basically for 12 years now I’ve applied to probably thousands of jobs and went as I said, probably to 100+ interviews. Why you may ask? Well, why not? What do I have to lose by going to an interview?

At first, I applied to everything under the sun and I mean everything! Especially jobs I wasn’t qualified to do. I was ignored on most of my applications but every now and then someone would call me for an interview.

I won’t tell you that all of them went great, because most didn’t, I was even humiliated by the interviewer one time for having the guts of applying on a job I had no previous experience on. Got hired nevertheless but I wasn’t too loyal. I always searched for the next best thing.

For example: Got hired as a staff in a restaurant kitchen stayed a couple of months and switched to another restaurant as a barman because the pay was better, fast-forward a few months and I was a waiter in another restaurant.

Did the same thing with working at Mcdonalds then KFC and finally Burger King, they were all crap places to work but I’ve learned a lot about jobs and about people.
Until I’ve reached 23 I had like 15 different jobs under my belt.

When I finally landed my biggest interview yet for a huge naval company for an Engineer position I wasn’t afraid of the total commission of 12 interviewers. I’ve passed that interview with flying colors because there wasn’t anything that could catch me off-guard, I was a freaking rock and they all could see that.

Bottom line would be: Apply to everything if you don’t have any experience. Don’t be afraid to get dirty, you’ll learn a great deal from doing lower paid jobs.

All this experience will prepare you for that big important interview you dream off, thing is, by having past experience, feeling confident and not afraid of rejection you can actually land every interview you put your mind to.

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idealmike
I once went for an apprenticeship interview at the wrong job (walked into the wrong building). However the place I walked into was actually waiting for someone to turn up for the interview but they never showed and must have thought I was there for the Interview as well or something. I never realized until AFTER the interview when my careers advisor rang me up to ask me why I never attended the interview that I had just been interviewed for the WRONG job. I basically just winged my way through it and as he only asked me general questions I only gave him general answers. I did wonder what all the things on his shelf were and that and thought it was part of the job they do. I had to ring them the next day to explain the mistake. But I received a call from them the next day in the morning to say that I could start on the following Monday if I wanted to and they'll give me an induction and a 6 month contract in the inspecting and packaging of medical technical equipment. But I was a bit shy back then and avoided confrontation and to save embarrassment rather than tell them actually, there's been a bit of mistake on my behalf, I played along and went along to start work the next Monday morning pretending I knew all about it and that I never "faked" my way into the job lol. I worked at that place for about a year until I found a better job that was closer to me.

To this day I don't know why they hired me. But I guess it was because of my confidence and my willingness to learn and that I was a fast learner or something and they decided to give me a go (get them in young like). I do remember having a conversation with him about having some technical experience from pulling all my toys apart as a kid to see how they worked on the inside and I was a bit of a nerd too back then so they probably liked that in me or something. LOL

So yeah, I was going for the job of an office admin and landed a job working like a scientist in a lab (had the white coat and everything) working on inspecting and testing and packaging hospital media equipment like anesthetizing and dialysis (heart monitors) equipment and machines things like that. Had my own desk and wheely chair and would assist all the other engineers and that in the lab at first until I learned the ropes and they put my on other things like actually doing the testing and quality signing. I done that for a couple years.

That actually landed me another job as well. Probably because I had the experience on my CV. The new job I got after it thanks to that was working as a PCB technician working on PCB boards and assemblies for Harrier Jump Jets! It was a deadly boring job though with no real career prospects and not much to learn so I didn't stay there long as wanted to do other things and then met a girl, moved away. Went traveling. Fast forward 20+ years and now I'm working on SEOClerks as a freelancer. The best job I ever had in my life! How to land your dream job in 5 easy steps

So moral of the story is. Even if you walk into the wrong building. And attend the wrong job interview. Never show that you've made a mistake. Wing everything. Fake it til you make it. And you might just end up as lucky as me lol. How to land your dream job in 5 easy steps



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Cristian
Hahaha Cool experience Mike! I also had a "lab" related job for a pharmaceutical company. Passed the interview as usual but had no idea how to run the packaging machine, it was very complicated.

An old guy took me under his wing and I manage to learn pretty much everything in 2 weeks. After 2 months I was lecturing everyone on the best practices to run the machine without any issues.

It was a great experience, one that thought me a lot about working in a factory.
It's pretty much like working in an web-based agency, you have multiple departments working together to develop a final product.



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Lynne
Mike I really enjoyed your story so much! I cant believe you still got the job.

I had someone ask me for a job before and she said she doesn't know anything about the industry. I told her that I have less interest in what she knows and more interest in what she can learn and how she works.

I would much rather employ someone that know absolutely nothing, but is very interested, teachable, hard working, willing and loyal than someone that has no ambition, no interest and is lazy.

I am sure that someone that knows nothing, but has all those other characteristics would be much more useful to me.



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idealmike
Yes! I think that's sort of how a lot of employers think you know? In that even though the candidate they are interviewing doesn't have a clue about the work that needs to be done. So long as they show willingness to learn and are fairly bright, then they are much likelier to employ that person rather than someone who might even have skills and experience already but don't really show a willingness to learn.



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Lynne
Exactly, I have a lot of highly useless, highly lazy, highly unmotivated, yet highly qualified professionals.

No thank you, not for me.



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Lynne
I love this topic Cristian, thank you!

I would have applied for loads of jobs and gone for interviews had I had the chance. However I have had a very different work experience than you and not nearly the same amount of jobs or interviews!

I have waitressed part time and full time in my younger days and when I was a student, just for some extra income. My first job was actually helping my dads company out, apparently for a few days when their buyer was fired. I was just going to fill in for a bit until they could make another plan.

I was suddenly as a young woman working in a Geotechnical Engineering Firm buying all the company goods, in a very male dominated environment. I was buying all these technical things that I didn't know anything about but I asked questions, I went to the Store Manager and the Workshop Manager if I was stuck.

I started quite enjoying it and then about 3 weeks after I started that job the Creditors lady walked out and my uncle (the accountant) asked me to just help keep up with that job until they could hire someone else.

I managed to easily do both jobs for a good few years. Then I went to work for a tool hire company as a personal assistant to the owner. I learned a lot more skills as this was a smaller company with a lot less employees so I got to be responsible for a wider range of duties. I stayed there for about 2 years.

After that I was offered a job as a Telephonist at an Insurance Company through people I knew. The pay was better, the hours shorter and the job much less demanding. I took it and although the company was amazing and the people were awesome I couldnt stay there longer than a year. I literally just answered the phone, took messages and opened the front door! It was an exciting day if I even got to do something as mundane as photocopying!

After a year there the person that was doing my old job when I left my dads company left and they asked me to go back so I did for a few years.

Then I left them again and did freelance bookkeeping. So I guess Ive only really worked for 3 companies before. I won't include all the waitressing and bar work because that was only on the side for some extra income.



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idealmike
Awesome Lynne. I've done bar work before I've worked in a few pubs in my time. I once had a position of a live-in chef and was the head chef but that was only because I was the only chef lol. But it was only really for a short order pub/restaurant and although my title was "chef" I was more of a "microwave technician" LOL. It was good though, was a good atmosphere and every day was different and always having a laugh with the regulars and that. I actually ended up getting with one of the waitresses. After the shift had ended I asked her if she wanted to come up stairs and watch a movie and we ended up watching Kevin and Perry Go Large and the rest is history! But that was not a very good job. Split shifts in the day time from 10-3 and then again from 6-10. And working weekends too. I never really had much time to myself let alone to spend with my new girlfriend lol

Oh and I've done telesales before as well. If you've ever seen the film Boiler Room. That is what working for that one company was like. Constantly breathing down your neck and telling you to hit your targets. It was horrible but the money was good so I stuck at it for a long time. But I'll never do that again!



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Lynne
Mike I love your sense of humor, yes it is funny how a title can be so deceptive, from Head Chef to only Chef... and the reality is Microwave Technician".

When I was a telephonist my job description was actually something else, something a lot more fancy sounding...but really all I did was answer the phone and direct the calls. I wasn't allowed to even give any information over the phone unless it was our address or something stupid because we were an insurance firm and I was not an insurance broker.

So yes, very silly isn't it?



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MusicMoguls
Lmao oh man that was funny you got me , but yea I completely agree I'd say by the time I was about 22 23 I had ran through my fair share amount of jobs and interviews . Like you mentioned it is best to get as much experience as you possibly can and you should not be worried about getting your hands dirty you have to take advantage so when you do land that big interview you can have a lot of experience allowing you to be comfortable with the whole process helping your odds in landing that big job



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overcast
I never got the dream job I wanted. So I settled for some other random job. And it was not a good experience if you ask me. I can tell you that some of the time things such as that on the interview side would be good. One has to prepare the right way for the dream job. And that's something we all have to learn with experience.



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Corzhens
My job now is not my dream job but I prepared for it when I submitted my application. I did some research on the company and also on myself, what to say in the interview. Fortunately, I was hired and here I am now, had been working for 30 years in the biggest bank in our country. And that was because of the ample preparation that I made when I was applying for the job.



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jaymish2
Over 100 interviews? Way to go. I don't think I would have the courage to go to all those job interviews. After a few applications I'm always ready to give up. I like that you're thinking outside the box. When we are in school and or college, what no one tells us is that, most people don't work in the field that they studied in. At some point you need to just jump out there and take what comes.You learn from working and not from studying. I like that you're exploring the field, trying to find something that suits you I hope you find it and eventually land your dream job.



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