Are you a homemaker? Or, are you stuck in a 9-5 job and feel highly demotivated to pursue your career? Then, this is the online guide that has everything you are looking for. Stay on reading the blog from the start until it's finished!

Introduction

With the plethora of opportunities that the internet throws up, it is sometimes difficult to understand what you want. Say, for instance, you may be a Finance accountant and you may have been working for 14 years in a typical 9 to 5 job. Well, it may help you pay your bills. But are you really satisfied with your job?

You may not know what happens in the Content writing industry. You may have no clue as to how the AI works. You may not know how to prep your skills in case your economy hits recession mode.

Therefore, you must always have a Plan B just in case Plan A doesn’t work. As a homemaker, you may want to start afresh as you want to support your family and become financially independent too. Now read on:

1. Access your niche

What are you good at? Do you have a flair for cooking? Or, are you good at dabbling with numbers? Do you possess a penchant for teaching? Would you love to draw up SEO-friendly content? To help you access your niche, you must also apply a powerful management technique. This is called the SWOT analysis.

SWOT stands for Strengths- Weaknesses- Opportunities- Threats. By doing a SWOT analysis, you assess your other skills based on the niche you are good at. Plus, you know exactly where you stand in the virtual marketplace. This is in terms of monetizing your talent or working for clients.

2. List down your skills using Master keywords

Have you now accessed the skills that prep you for your Career-2nd Innings, this is the next step on your action plan. You must create those impactful master keywords that exactly tell the world where you stand.

Suppose, you are an engaging Content writer, the master stroke keyword must be ‘Engaging and tech-savvy SEO writer’.

Are you a budding fashion designer? Then, your master keyword must be ‘Bring fashion to your doorstep!’

Are you a renowned Tarot card reader? Then, your master keywords must be coined as ‘Learn your Tarot with me 1:1!’. This is the headline that must be inserted into your resume.

3. Update your resume

Having done your master keywords, here comes the third main step. You must add those master keywords on the front page of your ‘Curriculum Vitae’. You can insert a heading as ‘Career headline’ and then insert your master keyword. This is the niche that you have assessed from Step 1.

Why do you update this on your resume? You update your ‘Career headline’ because HR professionals do not have time to read through tons and tons of CV sheets. They receive thousands of resumes online and through hard copies. For one employee, they are not going to waste so much time.

When you act smart and add your Career headline, you stand out from thousands of mediocre CVs. you tell employers what they are looking for you in the job fit. Your master keywords do the magic for you!

4. Signing up with online communities

Now comes the next step on your ‘Career seeking Action plan’. You must sign yourself up with online communities that are comprised of like-minded members who are either job seekers or job providers based on the niche you are looking for.

Are you a Content writer? Sign up with Content writing communities via Facebook or Linked In. Are you a portfolio manager? Sign up with online communities that comprise Financial exponents like you.

Likewise, based on your niche, keep signing up with multiple communities. Some communities put you on their WhatsApp or Telegram groups wherein you stay connected with the team.

5. Signing up for online webinars or offline workshops

Learning insights from industry gurus is something that must be on your must-do lists. You can sign up for industry-relevant webinars or offline workshops that have a guest lecturer on board. This way, you learn insider secrets on how your niche works in real-time.

By signing up for workshops, you also get a detailed overview of what the industry gurus feel about the whole thing. You can also sign up for offline workshops that are done in your neighbourhood. This way, you learn the skills that are falling behind in your career or help you refuel your insights as a college fresher or as a newbie homemaker.

6. Learning additional courses is a must-do

If you have been a Financial Account for 14 years, why would an employer hire you in the first place? Do you possess that one extra your interviewer finds a spark in you? Then, signing up for advanced courses online or offline is a must-do on your Career hunting drive.

A lot of online and offline companies offer additional courses at affordable pay packages. Are you low on funds? Sign up for a training program with Udemy that offers courses for as low as $20 and it can go to $50.

Having that extra add-on differentiates you from the rest of the candidates who come for the interview for the same position you have applied for! Makes sense right?

7. Doing additional research is mandatory

You may have a promising offer on hand. But, you do not know whether the offer is a scam done by scammers or fraudsters as a net to get confidential account info or from or to crack your details.

Therefore, you must do a thorough web check on whether the said brand is a company and has the name of the firm with its operating Head office address. Do you have an official web page of the company?

Doing research is mandatory as you do not want your hard work to fall into the wrong hands. Taking Google reviews or word of mouth from friends or colleagues who are on the lookout for similar job offers is also something you can do to be on the safer side.

8. Scanning through Glassdoor Reviews

Sometimes, those promising offer letters that claim themselves to be US, UK or AU brands may be fake agencies or scamsters who run their business through a reputed brand. And, you do not want to fall prey to one of them.

Going through Glassdoor reviews can help you identify if the brand is reputed or a fake one. Sometimes, companies ask you for a deposit before even wanting to take an offer from them. And, it can be scamsters wanting their money.

Therefore, you must read authentic Glassdoor reviews to see if the brand is an operating one and if your offer is authentic too.

9. Getting into the landing page of web-based companies

You must Google the official web page of the said brand from whom you have received a temporary offer. This is to double-check if the brand has an authentic web page dedicated to the account.

You can go through the ‘Careers page’ to further check if they have open positions for the profile you have applied for.

Fraudsters or scammers mimic the landing pages of leading brands and even dupe you with iconic logo icons of these brands. And, they create fictitious positions and the original brand may not have positions for those. Do you fall prey to this kind of gimmick? Certainly not!

10. Arrange for a call back from the immediate supervisor

Before you sign on the dotted line of your projected offer letter, kindly get a call back from their HR consultant’s immediate supervisor. You want to be speaking to the head or the CEO of the company to know what the work culture or ethics of the said brand is all about.

Scamsters or fraudsters may not respond while a genuine HR personnel will help you connect with the next person higher up his/her cadre.

This means you want your offer letter to be signed and stamped by the concerned authorities before you accept the offer.

Summary

We have seen the top 10 ways how you can kickstart your career on your Second innings and get job offers that suit your niche. Many practical tips and inside info have been provided as to how you must be interview-ready and at the same time not fall prey to scamsters or fraudsters on the internet.

Do let me know if you have more such hacks worth commenting on!

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