It has been said you can’t manage time. It moves forward and this you can not control. What you can control is HOW you spend your time! If I were to dispense just ONE piece of advice to job seekers it would be…
STOP SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ONLINE!
This week, please, try really, really hard to re-structure how you are spending your time.
Suggestions for Re-Structuring Your Search
Are you uncertain what activities you should be investing your time in? Read Structure Your Week and get ideas on how you can chunk one-hour increments of time on your calendar.
Literally, Get Out of Your House! You won’t find a job waiting for you in the closet. You have to meet people! This is a blow by blow example of how you can structure your time!
And as my friend, Tom Peters says “The Calendar Never Lies”. Tom’s video explains how your calendar is a reflection of what you have done!
Employed and ready to make a change
Perhaps you are employed. How do you make time to job search? You will want to develop a plan and honestly, you will have to give up some of your free time to work on your search. I am sure this comes as no surprise. This post has ideas on how to build a strategy!
Even More Ideas
In this Monday Motivation post, you’ll get some more ideas for how to measure activities, resources for building a list of target companies and more!
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