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Taylor Wingate Group Explains the Purpose of a Properly Written Career Objective
Edited by Carly Zander
Thu, 09 Oct 2008, 16:14:45 EST
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 9 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Taylor Wingate Group, a professional career management company located in San Diego, California, reminds jobseekers that your Career Objective should be a concise statement that clearly communicates what you have to offer and what you want to do. In the same way an effective corporate mission statement is customer-centered or client-centered, an effective Career Objective is employer-centered.
Taylor Wingate Group stresses you must communicate to employers that you are a talented and purposeful individual who has produced results. Your objective must communicate what you can do for them rather than what you want from them. A well-written Career Objective directs your knowledge, skills, and abilities toward an employer's needs.
Taylor Wingate Group recommends that you develop an objective that includes skills and outcomes.
In developing your Career Objective, you must decide on the answers to the following questions:
What do you want to do?
What are you capable of doing?
What are you willing to do?
The work you have done in completing and identifying your skills is the basis upon which you can answer these questions. The next step is to identify and target customers (employers) for your product (your willingness to do a specific job).
After defining the skills and results-oriented accomplishments you bring to a position, you must develop a target for your Career Market Campaign. Simply stated, you must answer the following questions:
What do employers call the person who does what I am capable of doing and willing to do for their company?
To identify your primary and alternative targets, you need to identify the job title or titles that most closely describe what you want to do. A stop-loss position is taken to stop the loss of income while you are searching for your ideal career position; it could also be referred to as a bridge or temporary position.
Taylor Wingate Group specializes in helping managers, professionals and executives locate more rewarding and lucrative careers. With a tremendous amount of localized San Diego experience, Taylor Wingate Group is considered the premier career management firm in the region.
Taylor Wingate Group, 3111 Camino del Rio North, Suite 300, San Diego, California, 92108. 619-521-2900 phone. 619-521-2944 fax. www.taylorwingate.com careers@taylorwingate.com.
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