As such relationship evolved in an environment that was continually becoming commercial, the "job" became as we know it today – with a quid pro quo correlation. Since then, it became normal practice to get paid for something done for another.
The practice spread all over the world as people crossed bridges, lands and seas.
Today's environment can be called a "sophisticated" job environment. Standards are set for terms and conditions surrounding job engagement. The minimum wage is fixed in particular work environment areas or regions. Industry standards have also been set as different and parallel to other industry sectors and are more or less stable until shifts in the business environment take place.
Such a shift is demonstrated by the legal profession's and the real estate business's having the highest-paid practitioners in the business and industry environment which was challenged and changed as the internet came on centre stage and IT became the most merchantable field.
It is no wonder that the modern job seeker has, in his résumé, more IT-centered skills enumerated than his inherent personal characteristics. It seems like man has reduced himself to be just an adjunct of the computer, the machine that now dominates the business and therefore, of the job market environment.
The job seeker fits himself to the demands and requirements of the entity that is in need of employees or workers.
Job seeking involves scanning the environment for available job positions. The next step is an introspection which identifies marketable skills and characteristics. Matching the job requirements against skills determines strategic fit that dictates the probability of getting the job aimed for and building a career on.
Not meeting the qualifications for the job position is reason for the job seeker to acquire the required skills through training and further education or to aim for another job type whose requirements are already amply met by or fit the job seeker's qualifications and skills.
While it is a precondition of job hunting to match skills with the job requirements, it is also worthwhile to look into the job offered whether or not, it can bring an inner contentment to the job seeker and therefore make work as if it is play. Being happy in a job means, under normal circumstances, continually increasing productivity.
