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Many people in their enthusiasm to jump into their job hunt do not bother or take the time to do a proper job of research. Yet research have shown that those who do take the time and effort to conduct a thorough job of research * both l impress interview team of their future employers by their thoroughness and determination at this job so much so that they are generally offered better job positions at better pay and benefits.

Why this is so and what can you do to guard against laziness or avoidance of conducting a most through effort at pre employment and career building research?

First of all where are you going to in your job career employment search?

If you do not know where you are going you are going to end up somewhere else. Knowing how and when you are going to conduct your job search can be ineffective if you do not have a clear idea where you want to go and what types of job, employment and career field you want and in the end what it is that you are searching for.

Life is a series of steps and stepping stones. Even if the area that you are currently conducting a job search in is not to your liking and first pick, every door leads to another. Preparation of a career , carefully chosen rather than haphazard , can mean that time in preparation in an intermediate sector may lead to the gold that you want later on.

If you do not have most clear idea of where you wish to be heading you can easily going down roads and byways, wasting time and effort, applying for jobs that have little benefits to you, in terms of contacts, networking and skill development, when the time could have been much better invested elsewhere in pursuits with real benefits, rewards and payoffs.

Next the whole process of research may overwhelm you. True. You can only take one step at a time. Move towards your goal. Research will help you develop, plan and establish your goals. Best , if you are feeling overwhelmed , to some degree , is that when you do have that destination and road map in place , to follow, you are going to be far less likely to get lost along the way and have intense feeling of frustration.

Overall it's a case of time, efforts and money spent well in the right directions to get the best job and career employment opportunities. You might think that by spending the time and effort researching you are wasting time beating the pavement and not getting that good job.

However if you do not do your career job employment research, then that is the major waste of time. You could most easily find yourself wandering aimlessly through the maze of available job-related resources, searching online, talking to people who either have no interest in providing you with employment, or provide employment that is not to your benefit * either as long term career opportunities, good paying or downright poor places to work with little job satisfaction or job satisfaction potential..

If has often been said that those that *fail to plan, plan to fail*... Those job seekers who not do a good and thorough job or employment, industry and career research are shortcoming no one but themselves and their employment, Career and wage earning potentials.