Are you a job seeker? You don’t like your current job, and you are thinking about a career shifting? Or you may be a fresh graduate who need a job and you’re looking to start your career.

OnIslam.net is lighting your way with some advices and tips that would help you hunt the most suitable career for you.

Take a Career Quiz:

Those kinds of quizzes are widely spread, and its aim is helping you find the career that suits your personality and matches with your expectations.

Generally all of these quizzes regardless of its type are measuring the following:

* Your personal abilities and skills

* Your qualifications and interests

* The way you like to work

And the conclusion is helping you to identify your best field and type of work that do suit you.

*Take this Quiz now if you wish.

Prepare Your CV

Your CV is a very important document; it rests your hopes and dreams for the future – that next step up

the career ladder and a better position.

The following tips are covering the basic CV tips you need to have a professional resume:

* Use clear formating on your CV – there’s no point having great content if it is horrible to look at!

* Don’t make your CV too long – your Curriculum Vitae isn’t an essay!

* Your CV is about tomorrow, not yesterday. Concentrate on experience and achievement that equips you for an even better future and leave out stuff you have gone beyond.

* Put yourself in the mind of the reader and ask what will make them excited. Your CV is not a list of demands for what you want so don’t focus on an objective or a naive profile; replace both with a strong but simple list of the assets (knowledge, skills, track records, achievements) that you will contribute to your next employer.

* Check it once. Check it twice. Have others read it.

* There is no conventional grammar in a CV (it’s all bullets; phrases; headlines and captions) so turn the grammar checker OFF and don’t try to use full sentences.

* Never use the first person, I, me, we, our – unless you are very young and want to seem cute.

* No text boxes or tables under any circumstances; agencies may wish to manipulate and reformat your CV and that will hinder them.

Search for Your Career

Spreading your Cv is as important as making it. Beside submitting your Cv to the HR departments, never neglect the traditional ways of searching for a career such as:

* Your friends and family: give them your CV and ask them to help you. They may know someone who’s looking for someone just like you for an exciting opportunity. Many ex-students take their first step into the real world through personal contacts and you know you can trust your family to have your interests at heart.

* Newspapers: are good source of finding a job. All the big companies, public services, schools and other institutions advertise in the paper regularly for graduates. And, of course, the Internet should be one of the first ports of call for you – there are dozens of excellent job search sites for jobs.

* Recruitment Companies or agencies: will help you find the right job for you, but bear in mind that they may try and push you into doing a role that isn’t your ideal job. They work for

their clients – not for you. But they are always a good source of information and advice and if nothing else, they’ll help you refine your interview technique .

Get Experience

We’ve all heard it: “You can’t get a job if you don’t have experience, “ but how do you get experience if no one will give you a job!

Here’s the deal we advice you to make with your favorite career manager: “I’ll come in on my own time. You don’t have to pay me. I will train for free. Train me, and if you like my work, then you can hire me with pay.” it is a win-win situation.

During your voluntarily work, Show the Potential employers that enthusiasm in you, you can get that by being:

* Good worker who’s willing and eager to learn and has a lot of enthusiasm for the job.

* Be willing to do more than you are being paid to do. Help others in higher positions with their job, and you’ll learn how to do their job. This is a great way to boost your experience.

* A reliable employee who they can count on to be there every day and ON TIME.

* An employee who gets along with his co-workers.

* An honest employee who doesn’t steal or lie to his employer.

* An employee who knows that the customers of the business are where your paycheck really comes from and making sure to treat them with respect and enthusiasm.

At the end of your voluntarily work we guarantee for you that the company can’t relinquish such a good employee. Even if you left them this will be added to your experience. And always try to leave a company on good terms, so that you can use them as a reference.