Identify your skills. Optimising an inherent ability is always better than learning a whole new set of skills. However, it is not always possible and practical that you get a job that makes use of your inherent abilities. So try to adapt and mould your skills to the need of the hour. This should be kept in mind, both while choosing your career option and also while applying for a job.
Many people land with jobs that have nothing whatsoever to do with their qualifications.
Under such circumstances try to adapt your skills to the job. Most often sincere effort at adapting oneself pays off but if it does not, take a bold decision and look for a job that suit your skills better. Once you have decided upon what type of job suits your skills best, take at look at some other issues that will determine whether or not the job is ideal for you. The issues to be analysed are job timings and remuneration package. If yes, think whether you will be able to take the demand on your time.