0: Okay, we want to talk now about questions that you want to ask yourself, alright? Some
7: of the things that you want to ask yourself before you decide whether to take this job
12: or not, are these my kind of people? If you're a very laid back person, is this a very structured
20: and uptight environment? You're going to be with these people at least forty hours a week,
26: so you might want to think about it, are they your kind of peeps or not? Can I do this work?
32: And you have to think of that in terms of qualifications versus requirements, am I qualified
39: to do it, as well as, can I show up and do this everyday? It's a 9 to 5 job and you won't
47: have a window in your office, or you have to travel, or whatever it is, can you do this
52: work? Will you find the work enjoyable, will you enjoy it, will it be an enjoying thing
60: to do to go to work, you're going to be there a lot. Challenging, are you going to be challenged
67: or are you going to be bored? Is it going to be the ho hum, mundane, doing the same
71: thing everyday for the rest of your life? Really important things to consider, to ask
77: yourself. And challenging relates right directly to career path. Is there a career path with
85: this company in this position that will lead me to my long-term goals? And some of these
93: will be questions that you have asked your interviewer, and you've gotten your answers,
98: and now you just need to sit down and reflect and ask these questions to yourself, to make
104: sure it works, to make sure that it's the right job for you.
How to tell if a job is right for you. Before you apply for a job by sending your CV to the human resources department perhaps you should ask yourself: Do I really want this type of job? In this video the presenter looks at the type of questions which we need to ask ourselves in order to decide if a job is really right for us or not.
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