How To Land Your Dream Job: Step-by-Step Guide | Ingeus
3 Mar 2025
Everyone’s dream job is different and can be based on an individual’s passions, a desire for greater stability or a job with a higher salary. No matter what your dream job is, finding it can take a lot of work.
Even if you didn’t get your dream job in the past, this doesn’t mean you won't in the future. Planning ahead and identifying your skills and the industries you want to work in will help you land it. That’s why we’ve pulled together this step-by-step guide to landing your dream job.
How to find your dream job?
Identify your soft and hard skills
Pinpointing both your soft and hard skills will give you the confidence you need to find your dream role. Knowing the skills you possess helps you identify your strengths as well as any skills gaps, allowing you to work on filling any gaps that may be required for job roles.
What are hard skills?
Hard skills, also known as technical or practical skills, are skills that can be gained or improved using training or hands-on experience. Examples of hard skills include:
- Copywriting.
- Editing.
- Analytical skills.
- Risk management.
- Web management.
- Graphic design.
- Financial analysis.
What are soft skills?
Soft skills, also referred to as interpersonal skills, are skills that showcase how you behave. Examples of soft skills include:
- Communication.
- Leadership.
- Creativity.
- Conflict resolution.
- Confidence.
- Teamworking.
- Empathy.
Pinpoint industries these skills could lead you to
Understanding the skills and strengths you possess will help you explore various industries your skills suit. For example, if you’re quite analytical and have an understanding of websites you may be suited to a role in the technology industry. However, if you enjoy creativity, editing and presenting you may find yourself in creative industries like marketing or advertising.
Research job roles in your identified industries
Once your desired industries have been identified you can start to look at the types of roles available, their salaries and their job requirements.
If there’s a specific role, you're dreaming about, but you don’t feel you’ve quite got the right skills, there are plenty of
upskilling opportunities where you can gain or develop existing skills. For example, you can join online webinars or in-person workshops, as well as undertake free and paid training courses and internships.
When researching roles, you may find specific companies you would be interested in working for. Signing up for job notifications and following them on their social media channels are great ways to keep updated on company news and if they have any roles available. You can send a speculative email to the company querying potential roles along with your CV and skills set to see if they’re open to hiring even if they aren’t currently advertising roles
How to land your dream job
Once you’ve identified what your dream job is, there are a few things you can do to help you land it:
- Make a plan - Setting goals will help you feel prepared and confident when applying and interviewing for roles. Think about where you would like to be in the next 5-10 years as well as the industries and roles you identified and start building your plan around them.
- Tailor your CV and cover letter to the specific job you’re applying to - This will make you stand out from the crowd and highlight that you’ve taken the time to read the job description, align your skills and take an interest in the company.
- Build a network - LinkedIn is an excellent place to start building a network that can help you grow your industry knowledge, build relationships and find roles.
- Practice for your interviews - This may sound obvious, but as the saying goes, ‘practice makes perfect’, so start properly preparing for your interviews so that you can confidently sell yourself.
Be confident and apply for roles
Finding your dream job won’t happen overnight. It takes a lot of self-exploration and research. That’s why it’s important to start the journey toward finding your dream job with confidence as it’ll help you navigate it with a level head and clear mind. Demonstrate in your application the required skills, knowledge and passion for the role. At the end of the day, you’ll never know if you don’t try.
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