Are you one of the thousands of job seekers who question their
sanity, marketability, and capacity to make smart decisions-just
because you’ve lost your job? Are you wondering how to overcome
these psychological challenges, rebuild your self-confidence,
increase your marketability, and regain your sense of sanity?
In today’s competitive job market you need more than a
killer résumé and great interviewing skills to survive.
Twenty-first-century job seekers must be able to deal with
ambiguity, maintain a winner’s mindset, demonstrate customer
focus, and have a blow-your-socks-off résumé and excellent
interviewing skills. All of this requires that you be at the
top of your game emotionally, physically, and mentally.
At one time or another, all job seekers face the same basic
challenges: résumés that don’t generate responses, telephone
inquiries that don’t produce interviews, few or no callbacks
for second interviews, networks that don’t perform, feedback
from employers about not being a good match, and feeling stuck
or otherwise unable to take action.
Why is it that some job seekers are able to overcome these
obstacles and move on to interesting, well-paying positions,
while others languish in low-paying, uninspiring jobs-or worse
yet, simply drop out of the market? Smart job seekers have
learned that 99 percent of job hunting has to do with developing
a “Winner’s Mind-Set.” Apply these tips and you too will succeed
in the job search mind game.
Today’s Successful Job Seekers...
1. Have a handle on their emotions. They know that getting past
negative emotions-fear, worry, anger, and embarrassment-all
of which erode self-confidence-is essential to their
long-term success.
2. Seek positive outlets for the frustrations that inevitably
surface during a job search.
3. Refrain from job hunting until they are emotionally ready and
prepared with solid marketing materials: résumé, business
cards, and references.
4. Take time to review and assess their accomplishments,
knowledge, and abilities before developing their job search
strategy.
5. Learn from the experience of losing a job-whether it was the
result of downsizing, company closing, or other circumstance
- and find a way to capture the essential elements of the
event and explain them in a meaningful way during job
interviews.
6. Determine the price of being stuck in the job search,
calculate the cost of not moving forward, make adjustments,
and then take action.
7. Brainstorm ways around repeated resistance.
8. Use lulls in the job search wisely, to catch their breath
and prepare for the next summit.
9. Let go of any shame or embarrassment they may feel about
their situation and concentrate on the future.
10. Ask for help when they need it!
Implement these ten tips and you will have mastered the
psychology behind a job search!
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* medical attention. If you are concerned about your mental *
* health or that of another, please consult your family's *
* health care provider immediately. *
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