10 ways to stay focused during your job search

Hello job seekers: Never lose your focus during your job search. No matter how tough things are, here are 10 tips to share with you:

1. Practise self-care. This is SO vital. Job searching can drain your energy unless you take preventative measures to stop it. Plan time for exercise, balanced nutrition, adequate sleep and supportive relations with friends, family and yes, pets!

2. Don`t take rejections too hard. Rejections, no responses, etc are part of  job searching. It really is a numbers game. Rejections do bring you closer to a positive outcome.

 
3. Get a copy of your performance evaluations from your last position (aka PER`s in military jargon). Embed your performance evaluations INTO your résumé. If nothing else, the evaluations will set you apart from other job seekers and serve as a conversation piece with an employer during an interview. (An effective résumé should elicit good questions from an employer).

4. Get recommendations from former supervisors, colleagues, character references, etc. Use LinkedIn recommendations to maintain your social media profiles. Facebook also has a recommendation application called Branchout.com. Use it to your advantage. Another Facebook application that will promote your good name and brand is www.Beknown.com

5. Get support for all of your job searching efforts. Support includes the emotional, social and familial components of conducting a useful job search. Join a job finding club or join an online job finding club.

6. If you were laid off, allow yourself to grieve. Losing a job is synonymous with losing one`s identity, especially in North America.  (J.T. Donnell referred to this in a webinar on thise site previously). Check out my article on How to deal with the signs of a layoff on my blog, webinarcareercoach.blogspot.com

 

7. Instead of acting like a `wounded job seeker, transform yourself into a solution builder.  Research desirable companies and come up with ways to improve their bottom line or appeal to their one track minds: can you save or make money for the company?

8. If your job search is stalled, apply the Zen approach. Do NOTHING. But only for a short while. Re-energize and then get your focus again.

9. No matter what your job search results are, maintain a professional demeamour through your personal brand. Make sure your brand is professional and consistent with how you want to be portrayed by potential employers.

10. Keep track of your milestones, whether major or minor. In all likelihood, you will be rewarded. Ensure that these milestones are reflected in your job searching marketing documents, such as a résumé.

 

Need help with staying focused in your job search? If you want to learn social media job searching strategies that work, please contact me.

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