I was a housewife, mother, scout leader, PTA president and teacher. I just didn't know what. The search began and along the way I discovered who I was and what I could do. I also leaned that I had to take the responsibility of telling others who I was and what I could do in order to reach my goals. There's been a lot of talk about the difference between aggressiveness and assertiveness.
Aggressive women go out and get it.
Identify and prioritize your interests as well as your skills so that you can better articulate how you want to spend your working day. Career decisions should only be made by the person who is going to live with their consequences forty plus hours a week. The better a woman knows herself and her likes, the more successful her job search will be and the happier she will be in the job or career she chooses. Understanding yourself is only the first big step. The job seeker, man or woman, must be prepared to face the peaks and valleys of a job search.