06 Find Your Why: Crafting Your Personal Purpose Statement | Job Searching with Purpose

Why are you here? In this lesson, we dive deep into uncovering your individual purpose, an essential step for a meaningful career and successful job search. You'll explore powerful tools and worksheets designed to help you reflect on your past, envision your future, understand your intrinsic motivations, and ultimately craft a clear, impactful mission statement to guide your next professional steps.

🎯 Learning Objectives
• Explore the significance of individual purpose in career and leadership.
• Complete a personal purpose worksheet by reflecting on past choices, personal attributes, and future horizons.
• Identify your "flow states" and "big why" to understand your core motivations.
• Develop a personal impact statement or career mission statement to guide your job search.

📚 About the Course: Navigating a career move can feel overwhelming in today’s dynamic job market. The Hunt offers a practical, structured framework to help you make your next job search intentional, effective, and purpose-driven. Whether you’re starting your career, seeking a new direction, or looking to advance, this course equips you with the tools to clarify your goals, sharpen your pitch, and connect authentically with others. Drawing on strategies tested with hundreds of students and professionals, the course emphasizes how to combine self-reflection, networking tactics, and storytelling to land opportunities that align with your values and strengths. By the end, you’ll walk away with a personalized one-page Hunt Dashboard to guide your ongoing career journey.

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