Attitude

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Attitude Success

• A PRONET Presentation

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Keep Your Spirits Up

• Your state of mind is the primary determinant of
  success or failure during a job search.
• The continuous rejection inherent in any
  job-search can get to even the most optimistic of
  job-seekers.
• Keeping your spirits up can take a concerted
  effort on your part during this time.

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Leave Your Frustrations Behind

• Leave your frustrations behind.
• While it is normal and natural to be experiencing
  frustration during a job-search in a difficult
  economy, employers and network contacts aren't
  interested in hearing about it.
• Conversely, passion and enthusiasm will attract
  the attention of those who can assist you.

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Take Ownership

• Take ownership.
• Only you can make sure that you will find a
  satisfying job for yourself.
• Taking responsibility for your search puts you in
  the driver's seat.

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Focus on Goals, Not Obstacles

• Focus on goals, not obstacles.
• Realize rejection is a natural and necessary part
  of the job-search process.
• Rejections during this process are not a
  reflection on you as a person or professional,
  but rather a function of market forces in a
  complex employment marketplace.

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Believe in Yourself

• Believe in yourself.
• If you don't believe in yourself, why should
  anyone else?
• "Never, never, never, never give up.
• Sir Winston Churchill in an address to a
  graduating class of Military Officers.

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Positive Attitude/Optimism

• How many times have you caught yourself saying
• I wont get that job.
• Why bother applying?
• I really dont feel like looking for a job.

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Recapturing a Bit of Enthusiasm in Your Job Search

• Look forward to the positive events that occur in
  a new job, e.g., new friends, new skills, new
  challenges, etc.
• Think of the long term. Many good things in life
  take time. Never focus on a single day.
• Remember, interviewing gives you an opportunity
  to meet new people and practice your interviewing
  skills.
• Don't think about rejection, think about making
  the right choice for yourself.
• Obtain a temporary job if needed. Many job
  seekers benefit emotionally by feeling productive
  and working with others, and it can help
  financially.
• When you do not receive a job offer, move on and
  know the right job will show itself soon.
• Make positive affirmations about your new
  opportunities. A positive attitude will reflect
  in your interviews and surely build a momentum
  toward success.

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Taking Steps Toward Success

• Surround yourself with positive, supportive
  people talk to a mentor, counselor, member of
  the clergy, or friend when needed to regain a
  positive perspective visualize yourself in your
  new job.
• Get your finances in order. Cut expenses as much
  as possible during the transition. Take a
  temporary position if needed bringing in extra
  income not only helps financially, but can also
  help you feel productive.
• Make a list of your knowledge, skills,
  accomplishments , and contributions made in your
  work, hobbies, volunteer experience and with
  family and friends and review them daily!

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Taking Steps Toward Success, contd

• Ensure your Resume reflects the skills and
  accomplishments related to your current goals.
• Be proactive and develop a solid JOB SEARCH PLAN.
• Prepare a daily schedule for your job search and
  follow it (just as if you were working).
• Remember, you are also interviewing the company
  both you and the employer want a good fit.
• Keep track of your contacts and follow up!
• Practice your interviewing skills regularly until
  you are happily working.

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Get Organized

• Take a few minutes at the beginning of each day
  to write a to-do list and rank your priorities.
• While this may seem basic, it will focus your
  attention on what you need to do to accomplish
  your long-term objective landing a new job.

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Set Up a Routine

• Try to arrange activities for periods when you'll
  get the most out of them.
• For example, when working online, try to avoid
  the busiest time for Internet service providers
  (generally after dinner or after work).
• This will increase the speed and efficiency of
  your efforts. Also plan your most challenging
  tasks for mornings, when your energy level is
  highest and your mind is fresh.

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Define Your Goals

• List ambitions that are achievable and
  measurable, such as meeting two new contacts or
  drafting a more tailored resume.
• Accomplishing these short-term goals can keep
  you in "success mode" and boost your confidence.
• They will also help you achieve your ultimate
  goal of finding a job.

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Dont Get Stuck with Busywork

• Ensure that each action you take advances you
  towards your objectives.
• For instance, while researching companies online
  can be helpful, focusing solely on surfing the
  Web won't open any doors.
• Use the information you've gleaned and
  incorporate it into a cover letter for a
  prospective employer.

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Avoid Procrastinating

• Putting off projects that can be difficult or
  potentially embarrassing often becomes a pattern.
  
• Steps like sticking to a schedule and building in
  a reward system for yourself will help you stay
  on track.

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Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

• Looking for a job is a full-time role in itself.
  As such, you'll need to maintain a balance
  between your work and personal life.
• Take breaks during the day to stay fresh.
• Eating well and exercising can also give you more
  energy and help reduce any stress you may be
  feeling.

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Having a Sense of Humor/Balance

• When you are out of work it is hard to have a
  good sense of humor.
• You dont think about laughing when you are
  feeling miserable and struggling to pay your
  mortgage or rent.
• It is important to surround yourself with your
  friends who will cultivate your sense of humor
  and give you a balance.
• Go to the movies.
• Share laughs with your friends in person and by
  email.
• Laughter is great medicine.
• Listen. Soak it all in. Ask for advice from your
  friends and colleagues, and your network to
  expand your own personal self-knowledge.
• Be open to what you hear.

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Time Management

• Manage your time and plan.
• These are critical skills that most job seekers
  forget.
• Your strategizing and organizing comes about
  evenings and weekends.
• The implementation comes during the course of the
  work day.
• Many applicants do tasks that they would be
  better served doing during other periods of time.
  
• Networking, cold calls, interviews are all vital
  things to do during the 9 5 schedule.

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Staying Focused

• Know what your objective is.
• Always know where you are and where you are
  going.
• An old saying goes like this "If you dont know
  where you are going, you will end up somewhere
  else.

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Follow-Through/Persistence

• Over the years, I have seen applicants put very
  little attention to follow through.
• For instance, the networking process, keeping
  connected with others in good times and in bad.

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Reflection

• They say the definition of insanity is doing the
  same behavior over and over again, and expecting
  to get a different result.
• It is important to reflect on what is working and
  what is not.
• Look at what signs, or signals, or what lifes
  coincidences have brought you.
• If you must, slightly re-shift your focus.

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Effective Job Search

• An effective job search is more than doing the
  right things, it also includes having the right
  mind set and traits.
• Having effective personal qualities and traits
  will get you to your ultimate objective.

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Keep the Faith

• MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELFYOUR
  SEARCH WON'T LAST FOREVER AND YOU WILL GET A JOB!!