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Congratulations! You’re hired. We have an exciting new job that has been tailored specifically to your experience, unique skills, and past responsibilities. This exciting new job offers long hours, lots of stress, and horrible pay. The job responsibility includes only one task, find and acquire new avenues of employment. Not only are you an employee, but in this job you’re an unsupervised CEO responsible for all activities of the company. The job title for this new opportunity is UNEMPLOYED. Again, you’re hired.
Face it! Your new job sucks, but it is …

Working without a plan will get you nowhere. Build a plan and stay organized will help you stay productive while running your new business of finding a job. To help you stay focused we’ve outlined a few components of an organized balanced job search.
Tracking System: Develop a system for keeping track of the companies you’ve contacted or want to contact. Record who you spoke with and when. Record when a resume is sent. Record any response. Record your follow up efforts. Use this information to manage the number of contacts …

No company is complete without a strong team. The same is true for your job search. It is a job and requires a strong supporting team. It may even require the strongest team you have ever worked with. Fortunately you are the boss so you’re in charge of choosing most of the team members.
Choose carefully as you will need to build a team with the skills and strengths necessary to find your next job. Just like in business motivation workshops, I will be using sport analogies to demonstrate the needed …

The culture of the work place is one of the most important indicators of success. The same is true for your job as a job seeker. The only difference is that your attitude is the most important of all. You must embrace a winning attitude to maintain a culture of success throughout your job search.
Be accountable: Good CEOs establish an environment of accountability. You must do the same in your job search culture. Don’t blame your lost job or missed opportunities on others. Accept responsibility, learn from it, and move …

Work hard, play hard is a motto to live by during a job search. Finding a job always takes a lot of hard work. However, any hard work requires play time and relaxation time to balance the stress of the work day. Not respecting your need for relaxation can quickly derail your job search efforts.
In the work place, there is often time allocated to address issues that are not related to work. These same times are vital in your new work place. The job of searching for a job might …