Out of work? Struggling in your current job? There’s hope. It is possible to find an enjoyable, fulfilling career.
Dave Ramsey, financial business leader writes: “No matter what shape the economy is in, it’s important to be in a career you love. If you are just working a J-O-B, then you’re going to be unhappy.” And according to a Gallup Poll: “The percentage of U.S. workers in 2015 who Gallup considered engaged in their jobs averaged 32%. The majority (50.8%) of employees were ‘not engaged,’ while another 17.2% were ‘actively disengaged.’ ”
In essence, the average American employee lives for Fridays!
Work is a good thing??
In contrast to what most of us feel like day-to-day, we read throughout the Bible that our daily work is a good thing! King Solomon, the wise author of Ecclesiastes, wrote these words: “Every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God” (Ecc. 3:13 NASB). 
The apostle Paul also reminds us in Colossians 3:22 that, “Whatever you do, do your work heartily as for the Lord rather than for men.”
We find hope in God’s design for us—which includes our career choices—where we read in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”
Four critical steps before starting your next job search:
- Realize God has a plan for your career. Discovering the Lord’s will for your vocation will be freeing and invigorating!
- Identify and align the following things to find the work you love: Your skills, talents, abilities, personality traits, values, dreams, and passions.
- Identify your top five strengths by reading Tom Rath’s Strengths Finder 2.0. You will love working in a job that uses your strengths!
- Understand these 85% rules for job searching:
Eighty-five percent of the effort to find a job occurs before you start looking.
Eighty-five percent of all available jobs are not advertised.
Eighty-five percent of all jobs are found through networking.
Eighty-five percent of the time you will be hired because they like you, and not because of your resume.
Go forth with passion, determination, self-discipline, and faith to find the job you love! Henry Ford once said, “Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.” You can do it!!