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I make a living on a job and finding a good job is really important to me. Because of that how to find a good job is something I would like to know, and to get better on. It is also something I like my son, Marvin to be good at when he grow up.

But what defines a good job?

A job which pays well? The answer is not that simple. For me when I look for a job a few months ago. I was thinking it would be good to find a job that paid me the same or close to my previous job, and that was close to my home, and that provided me a relax working environment without needing me to work overtime. I found a job in a regional bank and I was happy with it. But now because of the ongoing financial crisis banks were shedding work forces. The chance of being layoff is higher and at the same time work load is increased. Nevertheless I still feel good about it.

So how to find a good job? I summarized my limited experience in a few points and share them with you. The first and most important thing to remember is that to be confident and to believe that your next job will be better. It doesn’t matter how you leave your current job. May it be a layoff in which case you most likely get a good reference from your previous boss or may it be a fire in which case you may get a negative reference from your previous boss. My experience is that it would be better to have boss’ reference but it is not critical. The hiring managers usually have their own feeling and judgment towards you and will not be affected much by those references.

The second thing to remember is to learn from your interviews. There are usually two types of interviews for IT jobs, technical interviews and personality interviews. There is no right or wrong answer for personality interviews. The point is to answer the question in way that makes your hiring manager to feel comfortable to work with you. Technical interview is like an exam. It doesn’t matter if you fail this time. You can do some research to find the answer later on and prepare for it in your next interview.

The third thing is to remember the most important way to keep a good job for long is to perform well on you job function. So always learn from your job and improve your skills in your specialty. That single point will be enough to work well with most bosses. But for certain type of boss if are capable of doing more you will get more without rewarding more and the worst is that you may be mistaken as overtaking your boss if you are performing too well. So it may be necessary to play stupid sometime. On the other hand if you have a boss like this most likely your job won’t to be a good one so a better way is to get out of it.

Drop some comments if you have interesting job searching experience to share or discuss.

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