Job Hunting Vs. Hunting For a Job

"Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer"
- Marcia Wieder

At the age of twenty-two, I can honestly say, and in no way am I proud of it, that I have never written a Resume. Reason being; I have never had a reason to apply for a job. Do not get me wrong! I have been employed before. My first time place of employment was at a Pharmacy in Port Antonio, Portland. Then, at a Gas Station in Buff Bay, Portland. Then, Having started my business in September of 2006 in Port Antonio. Portland.
Hence, I never saw a reason to, and regardless of what I had learnt in high school about writing a resume, it was only recently I learnt what it meant to have a skill.

What does it mean to have a skill?

According to Wikipedia "A skill, also called talent, is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both." Skills can often be divided into soft-skills and domain-specific skills. In the career choices you have made, some soft skills include time management, teamwork and leadership, self motivation, communication skills and others, whereas domain-specific skills would be useful only for a certain job, or can be taught. A skill usually requires a certain environmental stimuli and situation to assess the level of skill being shown and used. So, do I have a skill and is it easily identifiable? In general everyone has a skill, however, I was unable to identify mine I now know that I have excellent communication skills, testament to the blogs I have posted. I also have computing skills and oratory skills just to name those I have identified. it can also be said that due to my creative ability, I am also resourceful and innovative. Skills are, and do play an, important role in hunting for a job. this is so because people who possesses soft skills as well as domain-specific skills are more versatile and and adaptable.

Do you have a difference between Job Hunting and Hunting for a Job?

It can be argued that there is not a finite differentiation between the two. However, it can also be argued that there is. Job hunting can be defined as random search for any available job. Which could also mean that you are selling your self as been desperate with less focus is on the quality job that you want as if you are just trying to find something to do. While, hunting for a job can more specific, keyword "A". Hunting for a job means that you put yourself in a frame of mind with the ultimate goal of getting the job you see as a stepping stone in the direction of the career choice you chose or what you are skilled in.

My desire to find a place of employment that would suit the career choice i have made, saw me job hunting and not hunting for a job, I was looking for any job available half-heartedly. The thing with job hunting is that at some point in time I would have given up on that job, seeing that I had settled for anything. Thus, my main objective would have been to make money and not learn from experience, serving little or no purpose to my advancement. On the other hand, in order to pursue other goals. having searched for a job that suited my plans for the future, whilst I would eventually leave to better myself. I would have garnered the right experiences.
Now there is the question of making money to fund cost of living but, would you sell your soul, for a penny?

Wendell Richards