This Is Ruining Your Chances of Finding the Best Job for You (Here’s How to Fix It)

Kid Overwhelmed
Kid Overwhelmed

Let’s be brutally honest:
Your “how to find the best job for me” strategy is broken.
You’ve polished your LinkedIn, networked until your brain hurts, and maybe even hired a career coach. Yet here you are – still scrolling job boards at midnight, wondering why nothing clicks.

I know this rage-inducing cycle well. I lived it.


My Career Identity Crisis (And What It Cost Me)

Martin Basile
Martin Basile, Career Strategist and Life Coach

By 28, I’d been:

  • A “failed” rapper
  • A burnt-out filmmaker
  • A marketer with a paycheck… and a depression

Every job hunt felt like screaming into a void: “I’m smart! Hire me!”
Then came the wake-up call:
I wasn’t failing at finding jobs – I was failing at finding myself.


The Life Plot Fix: Why Stories Beat Job Boards

Here’s what no one tells you about finding the best job for you:
Your career isn’t a puzzle to solve – it’s a story to direct.

After coaching 500+ Gen Zers, here’s the framework that changed everything:

1. Stop Auditioning for the Wrong Role
Job titles are costumes. My marketing job required me to play “Corporate Robot” – a role I bombed harder than my high school algebra grade.

2. Rewrite Your “Character Bio”
Great stories need self-aware heroes. Ask:

  • What problems do I love solving? (My answer: creative chaos)
  • What makes me walk out of rooms? (For me: micromanagement)

3. Hunt for Plot Twists, Not Paychecks
My marketing “failure” became my superpower – I now teach storytelling to companies. Your “worst job” holds clues to your best path.


Proof This Isn’t Fluff

Since adopting Life Plot:

  • Tripled my income while writing poetry daily
  • Built a team that values my quirks (yes, even the rapper past)
  • Helped Gen Zers land roles that actually fit their stories

Translation: No more Sunday-night dread. Just aligned work.


So, How to Find the Best Job for Me: Your First Step (No More Wasted Time)

You’re here because you’re tired of:
☑️ Endless applications → radio silence
☑️ Jobs that drain their soul
☑️ The “what’s wrong with me?” spiral

Take the free 3-minute quiz I needed at 25:
👉 What’s Your Child’s Hidden Motivation?

It’ll reveal:

  • Their true career drivers (not what recruiters say)
  • Why traditional job searches fail
  • How to start aligning work with their story

Here’s the truth HR won’t tell you:
The best job for you isn’t found – it’s built around who you already are.