Before jumping into the details surrounding how to find your mission in life and apply it to the job-hunting process, it is first important to pinpoint exactly what a mission in life should entail.
According to Webster's Dictionary, a mission is defined as "a continuing task or responsibility that one is destined or fitted to do or specially called upon to undertake". Two synonyms often associated with mission are calling and vocation, both of which imply the presence of God. In fact, in Appendix A of What Color Is Your Parachute, it is stated that 89% of people in the United States believe in God, further demonstrating that there is a distinct relationship between job-hunting and finding your mission in life.
I personally am Catholic, and found the relation of job-hunting to finding your mission in life to be a rather insightful comparison. This is especially true when the author offers three main parts to finding a mission in life, which I will list below:
1.) "To seek to stand hour by hour in the conscious presence of God, the One from whom your Mission is derived"
2.) "To do what you can, moment by moment, day by day, step by step, to make this world a better place, following the leading and guidance of God's Spirit within you and around you?
3.) "To exercise the Talent that you particularly came to Earth to use-your greatest gift, which you most delight to use, in the place (s) or stetting (s) that God has caused to appeal to you the most, and for those purposes that God most needs to have done in this world"
Clearly, finding a mission in life is an important step in the job-hunting process. It can become an even easier process if you allow your faith to be a driving force for it.
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