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Landing your dream job isn’t easy. Some people spend 10 or 20 years working towards their ideal career. Many others wont last that long and will give up or fail on their quest.

Here are a few tips to help you land your dream job.

1. Figure out what your dream job is

This can take people months and even years to figure out. It’s possible, but chances are you’re not going to figure out what your dream job is in the next 15 minutes.

You might already know what you want to do for a living and that’s great if you do. If you don’t know what you want to do for as a career you have to start looking into it today.

There are career planning programs and quizzes that will help you determine your areas of interest. Go to your local career center, visit a career counsellor at your school, or search for websites that can help you find your dream job.

2. Research, research, research

There are unlimited resources for researching potential careers. You can find websites, blogs, and forums frequented and written by professionals in your field. You can also go to the library and take out books on topics that relate to your dream job.

Make sure you know all about your chosen profession before you get started. This can save you a lot of time and energy and will help you focus on what you actually need to do to find work in this field.

3. Training

Depending on your job, training could mean many different things. If you want to be a doctor or a lawyer you need to go to school. If you want to be a fireman perhaps you can volunteer at the local fire station and get to the know the people that work there.

There are millions of professions that don’t require formal training – just a willingness to learn and to pay your dues. If you need to go to college or university then do your research and find out where you should go and what courses you should take.

4. Networking

Get to know people that do what you want to do.

Ask them advice on how they landed their jobs and what has made them successful. You might even learn that there are things about your dream job that you hate. It’s better know this kind of information early on.

Be respectful of their time and even offer to buy them lunch so that you can quiz them for tips on how they became successful in their chosen profession.

5. Don’t give up

This is likely the most important piece of the puzzle. Unless your dream job is pumping gas, you’re likely going to have to work hard to get to where you want to be in your professional life. Put in the work and you’ll see the results.

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