Not For The Faint of Heart
As a professional job seeker, I do know the ups and downs of finding the right job. It is really not an easy endeavor to undertake. There are many reasons to stop and start again. There are many reasons to rethink what you are doing and try to determine if it is right or not. This type of what I term "mental gymnastics" is VERY normal. It is so normal it can be charted on a time line. The time line goes something like this:
1. Decide to look for new job
2. Start checking out the job boards and online postings
3. Find something you would consider doing with A LOT more pay
4. Develop resume
5. Send resume
6. Get excited about the possibilities and dream
7. Wait and wait and wait for them to call
8. Find new job online
9. Send same resume
10. Wait and wait and wait for them to call
11. DO THIS SAME ACTIVITIES ABOUT 10 MORE TIMES
12. Start thinking your current job is not that bad
13. Take a break from job searching
14. Get a call for a job - not what you are interested in
15. Try online again
16. Take a break
17. Never get back to it until next time
Now maybe not everyone does a job search exactly this way. What does happen is when the challenges of job searching get you down, you take breaks. The problem with the break is that you may miss something you were looking for. The break then becomes the problem. One suggestion is to think of the job search as a marathon. It is not an activity that most of the time can be completed quickly. You have to anticipate at least 3 months of consistent work to complete it. If you are not willing to give it 3 months, I would not even start.
Going in with the mind set that it will take 3 months will get you set up to succeed. Mark your calender for 3 months from now to "take your break" from job searching then. You will need at least that time to evaluate if you are searching correctly or not. Plan for the time and it will aid you when the going gets tough.
We are trying to sell our house and had four showings in the past few days. One of them for a second time today. We are "dreaming" of the possibilities but keeping our goals in mind as we know it may take at least 3 months to sell our house. It is good not to let dreams get in the way of logic. But it doesn't mean we cannot dream, but wake up to what we have.
The coffee is good today but I am out. I forgot to make a second cup when I left. I will try the office's coffee I am borrowing today...yyuucckk!!
Jeff
1. Decide to look for new job
2. Start checking out the job boards and online postings
3. Find something you would consider doing with A LOT more pay
4. Develop resume
5. Send resume
6. Get excited about the possibilities and dream
7. Wait and wait and wait for them to call
8. Find new job online
9. Send same resume
10. Wait and wait and wait for them to call
11. DO THIS SAME ACTIVITIES ABOUT 10 MORE TIMES
12. Start thinking your current job is not that bad
13. Take a break from job searching
14. Get a call for a job - not what you are interested in
15. Try online again
16. Take a break
17. Never get back to it until next time
Now maybe not everyone does a job search exactly this way. What does happen is when the challenges of job searching get you down, you take breaks. The problem with the break is that you may miss something you were looking for. The break then becomes the problem. One suggestion is to think of the job search as a marathon. It is not an activity that most of the time can be completed quickly. You have to anticipate at least 3 months of consistent work to complete it. If you are not willing to give it 3 months, I would not even start.
Going in with the mind set that it will take 3 months will get you set up to succeed. Mark your calender for 3 months from now to "take your break" from job searching then. You will need at least that time to evaluate if you are searching correctly or not. Plan for the time and it will aid you when the going gets tough.
We are trying to sell our house and had four showings in the past few days. One of them for a second time today. We are "dreaming" of the possibilities but keeping our goals in mind as we know it may take at least 3 months to sell our house. It is good not to let dreams get in the way of logic. But it doesn't mean we cannot dream, but wake up to what we have.
The coffee is good today but I am out. I forgot to make a second cup when I left. I will try the office's coffee I am borrowing today...yyuucckk!!
Jeff
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