Why Job Journals?

One of the most impactful commitments you will ever make is your choice of profession. And while there may be other things more important to you personally, your profession is the foundation that makes everything else possible. Getting this wrong can diminish your quality of life and your happiness. Why? Because a professional career is not just something you do, it is a reflection of who you are – in part, because while you are shaping it, it is shaping you. The path you take and the choices you make will reflect and define you. For professionals, that often means years of formal education and preparatory training, followed by tentative steps toward what is sure to become the journey of a lifetime. Like beads on a necklace, your professional journey will be made up of a series of positions and experiences with organizations for whom you work. Your journey is one of personal growth, challenges overcome, and a desire to do more that organizations will want to hear when considering candidates – and it is your story to tell.

Job Journals delivers in three critical areas:

1. Job Searches are complex, frustrating and almost nobody likes them. Some people will stay in a job they hate simply to avoid the job hunt. Part of that upset is the universal lack of tools designed to help until now. At Job Journals, we don’t find the job; finding a job that looks interesting is the fun, easy part and there are plenty of places to do that. Once you find a job you want, we offer a unique suite of tools designed specifically to help you manage your job search. You will be able to track applications for multiple positions, journal your notes across companies to bring order to what is an inherently chaotic process.
   
   
2. A place to develop and perfect your message is absolutely necessary. We give you the tools to develop and present a rich, detailed, story that is yours alone. A Job Journals Workspace is a place to think and work apart from the dizzying noise of an industry that wants to tell you who you are. You are more than a cookie cutter candidate; you are unique and you need a way to tell that story. A place where you can fine-tune how you present that series of experiences and achievements to prospective employers company by company and position by position – each different from the next.
   
   
3. Improve your preparedness by having all the most relevant pieces of your search picture at your fingertips. By putting all these resources in front of you, your ability to prepare for interviews goes way up, resulting in more impressive and memorable interactions. You will be able to do more because you will know more and you will be able to handle some of the more challenging questions that trip up less-prepared candidates. Remember that in most cases, you don’t have to be perfect, you just have to outperform everyone else.

At Job Journals, we are also on a journey of our own and we know, through our own experience, the “hoops” you have to jump through. For us, finding our purpose meant believing in someone else’s dream and making it our own. We have chosen to find success in the service of others… that’s where you come in. Helping make other people’s dreams come true is a cause worth committing to. And so, we measure our success by your success in pursuit of your career goals.

So, we focus on giving you a better way to tell your story – a journey made up of challenge, success, learning, and growth. This is your story, it is the indelible arc that documents your professional life and we help you deliver it in the best way possible – a way that is powerful, unique, and compelling. We give you the tools to build and present your story in a way that sets you apart from a sea of lesser candidates; and in situations where two are equally qualified, the one that is competent, confident, and better prepared will win the day. So, on behalf of Job Journals family, thank you.