Finding a new job is your new job
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 a serious job. If you are to be successful at it, you have to treat it very seriously. Just like any other job, setting a few simple rules can help you take it very seriously and be very successful.
Plan your work: Get up early, plan out your day, and stick to the plan as much as possible.
Manage the big picture: Plan out days for outreach, others for research, still others for learning and education, and days for interviewing and submitting resumes. Make sure your schedule covers all of the major activities your new job needs to let you be successful.
Goal planning: Goals are important to see if you are performing well or not performing at all. Set goals for yourself each week. Then track the goals so you know how things are progressing.
Stay relevant: In all things you are either growing or dying. Find time to make sure in your industry you are growing. Finding a new job might be your job, but it is a temporary job NOT YOUR CAREER. Don’t lose sight of your long term goals, stay relevant.
Location, Location, Location: As in any business, location is one of the keys to success. Choosing the right location for your job is very important. Choose a base of operation that makes sense. A church, college, library, or community service could be great. However, your home may work just fine. Just be sure you have the essentials: internet, phone, etc…
Treat your new job like a job and you are highly likely to be very successful. Stay on track and you will be able to end this uncomfortable job by finding a new job.
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