3 Job Search Tips That Increase Your Success
Summary:
Finding a job can be a painful experience. Here are three things that you can do to increase your chances of success.
1) Searching for a job should be treated like a full-time job since it is.
If you had a job, you would report to work at the same time each day (like 8 am), take an hour (or less) for lunch, and quit at the same time each day (like 5 pm). You would work five days every week. And you would work hard to accomplish as much as you could because your career depended upon it.
When you are searching for a job, you should follow the same type of schedule because your future depends upon it.
Treating your job search like a part-time hobby guarantees that it will take longer.
So, begin tomorrow by reporting to work and spending the day on tasks that lead to a job.
2) Approach finding a job as if it were a project.
That means you should set goals for yourself, make plans, and monitor your progress. When searching for a new position, you should utilise all of the resources and abilities you employed in your previous position..
As you must expect, this is an important project. The sooner you complete it, the sooner you gain a promotion to a job.
3) Be your own boss. Set expectations for what you need to accomplish, provide direction, and monitor your work.
Meet with yourself once each week to evaluate your performance. I recommend doing this by writing two reports. The first is an honest assessment of your accomplishments from the previous week. The second is an outline of what you have scheduled for the upcoming week. Your priorities, actions, and goals should all be part of your plans.
The first time that you write these reports, write an evaluation of what you have done so far. What are the outcomes that this endeavor has yielded? Contrast these outcomes with your desired outcome.
Next, create a workable weekly schedule based on your doable objectives. For example, you could set goals for the number of people you will call, the number of networking meetings you will attend, and the research you will conduct.
In the upcoming weeks, assess your performance from the previous week against the objectives you established. For example, if you planned to attend twelve networking meetings and you attended only two, you should a) explain why this happened and b) plan actions that will correct such a difference.
You should also analyze why you missed your goal because this provides insights into what you need to do differently. For example, Your goal (e.g., attending twelve networking meetings) may have been set too high. Or maybe there are things you can do that will make it easier to achieve your job search goals, such as carpooling with a friend who is also looking for a job.
Finding a job is a full-time job. Work through it with a plan and the support of a good boss (yourself).
wish you the best of success.
