Advice: Job Hunting Tips #3 Organizing your Attack

Job Hunting Tips #3 Organizing your Attack

Written by Virginia Bola, PsyD

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4. Job hotlines. These are useful for a weekly check-in but they are primarily available with large employers and jobs are more likely to be found with small and medium-sized employers. The same caveat holds true for job fairs. 5. Cold-calling. If your skills lie within a particular industry where employers typically cluster together – industrial parks, medical centers, retail – walking into offices cold, with a smile, a resume, and a confident air, can sometimes identify an open position long before any search for applicants begins. 6. Personal contacts. Listed last but of prime importance. By networking -- contacting everyone you know to obtain help, and following up on their contacts -- you may be able to marshal several hundred job hunting aides which increases your chances enormously. 7. Prioritize your activities. Assess each method for what looks most promising, try them for a short period, and determine where you, personally, feel comfortable. Spend repparttar

major part of your job search time there to avoid squandering your energy on fruitless pursuits.

Virginia Bola operated a rehabilitation company for 20 years, developing innovative job search techniques for disabled workers, while serving as a respected Vocational Expert in Administrative, Civil and Workers' Compensation Courts. Author of an interactive and emotionally supportive workbook, The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, and a monthly ezine, The Worker's Edge, she can be reached at http://www.unemploymentblues.com

Job Hunting Tips #1 Containing Anxiety

Written by Virginia Bola, Psy D

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2. Learn to recognize when it will come and anticipate its arrival with excitement. Without it, you are flat, beaten, dejected. Wait for it to come, welcome it, and view it as your body’s ally to focus yourself on repparttar job search situation. Have your anxiety stay close to you, forcing you to be aware of your surroundings and ready to express your thoughts and feelings to a potential employer with enthusiasm and energy.

3. Talk to your anxiety as if with an old friend. Look at it as your best personal source of familiarity, camaraderie and support. Let it work for you, not against you and you have not only tamed repparttar 101462 beast but have created a more enjoyable and positive environment for yourself. Your self-doubts will always linger but they are at a manageable level where you can calmly push them into repparttar 101463 background while you concentrate on making a great self-presentation.

After a short amount of practice, you will find yourself almost in a panic before repparttar 101464 anxiety arrives because you need that charge of energy to get you going and move you forward. Try it and see if it works for you.

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