Your job search has become tedious and you feel like you have applied for every position
that you feel you are qualified, some that you are even over qualified and others that
you know you do not meet the qualifications but you continue to apply. You have been out
of work and looking for a job for several months and feel discouraged. How can you re-
energize yourself, re-focus on the opportunity you are seeking, and re-energize your
search? Patience and persistence will help you get your job search back on the fast-
track.
When you begin a job search, it's easy to feel hopeful and excited! But if months go by
without an offer, that enthusiasm can wane. Job seekers can lose their motivation and
start feeling personally rejected. You need to refocus and get outside of your own head.
One way to reinvigorate the search and change your attitude is to do what businesses do
when customers aren't buying: Find some trusted friends, preferably at the level of those
interviewing you, and ask them to be brutally honest. Allow them to review your resume.
Allow them to “interview” you. Ask them: “What might someone see in my resume, my
presence, the way I interview, that needs improvement? Is there something I take for
granted that might differentiate me to a potential employer? Would you consider me as a
potential employee if I was interviewing for your company?” Be willing to accept the
constructive criticism, take their advice, and make some changes.
Saundra@blackfrederick.com
that you feel you are qualified, some that you are even over qualified and others that
you know you do not meet the qualifications but you continue to apply. You have been out
of work and looking for a job for several months and feel discouraged. How can you re-
energize yourself, re-focus on the opportunity you are seeking, and re-energize your
search? Patience and persistence will help you get your job search back on the fast-
track.
When you begin a job search, it's easy to feel hopeful and excited! But if months go by
without an offer, that enthusiasm can wane. Job seekers can lose their motivation and
start feeling personally rejected. You need to refocus and get outside of your own head.
One way to reinvigorate the search and change your attitude is to do what businesses do
when customers aren't buying: Find some trusted friends, preferably at the level of those
interviewing you, and ask them to be brutally honest. Allow them to review your resume.
Allow them to “interview” you. Ask them: “What might someone see in my resume, my
presence, the way I interview, that needs improvement? Is there something I take for
granted that might differentiate me to a potential employer? Would you consider me as a
potential employee if I was interviewing for your company?” Be willing to accept the
constructive criticism, take their advice, and make some changes.
Saundra@blackfrederick.com
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Re-Focus, Re-Energize,
Re-Group...Yourself and Your Job Search
Contributed by Saundra Harvey,
BlackFrederick.com Career Place Editor
Published April 1, 2008
Re-Group...Yourself and Your Job Search
Contributed by Saundra Harvey,
BlackFrederick.com Career Place Editor
Published April 1, 2008
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