This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast helps you get hired, have the career you want, and make a difference in life.

I'm your host, Mac Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List. It's a job board in the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.

Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you want.

Tell your friends you're ready to change jobs, and they will ask you this. What are you looking for?

Sounds like a simple question, doesn't it? But your answer makes a huge difference and the success

of your job search. Jennifer Schwartz is here to talk about how to answer the question,

what do you really want? She's an executive and life coach, and Jennifer supports high achievers

who've checked every box and still feel something's missing. She joins us from New York City.

Well, let's jump right into it, Jennifer. Why does knowing what you want matter before you start

your job search? Shouldn't you be open to all possibilities?

Well, I actually believe that knowing what you want will actually help you get there. It's like a GPS system. So it's like putting the actual destination into the GPS as opposed to saying,

I could go anywhere, right?

You're like, I'm open to where you want to take me, car, GPS.

So it's a focused approach to saying, this is what I desire, this is what I want.

And then putting your hands up and saying, okay, let's see where we go from there.

And how does that change the way you look for work when you know where you want to go rather than being ready to go anywhere?

It actually helps you focus your energy.

And it helps you match your energy to what you want.

Some people might even call that manifesting.

I often do.

And what I think about that is that it helps you literally name what you want,

see what you want, maybe even you visualize what you want or journal about it. And it helps you get there faster because

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