Develop Emotional Fitness in a Job Search

By Robin Carpenter October 29, 2016
  • Credits:
  • huffingtonpost.com

Helen’s Place LLC     Update:  July 19, 2022    

You’ve decided it’s time to start looking for a new job, but you’re still working and very busy.  This is exactly the right time to secure a new position if you can do it, before leaving your current job.  Looking for a new job is like undertaking a temporary, extra job in itself.

 

If you can develop the emotional fitness in a job search, by applying to at least one job a day, this may be enough to secure a better future.   

 

It may not be easy to motivate yourself to do this if you have family, or other obligations, but well worth it in the end.  Even without distractions, you may procrastinate if you have a fear of failure, or the job search seems difficult to you.

Don’t  accept excuses from yourself, or from other people who may be enabling you to do less than you’re capable of doing.    Don’t try to tell yourself that the job you have isn’t that bad, and stop yourself from looking for a new one.

Too often, a person stays in a bad job for too long, and they end up losing it anyway.  This is why it’s far better to get out when you see the handwriting on the wall.

The bottom line is, you have reasons why you’re looking for a new job that are important to you, so stagnation will bother you more than taking action.

 

If you feel uncomfortable and try to stop yourself from applying to at least one job a day, do it anyway.

Once you get into the habit, you’ll feel better because you’re in action to make changes happen in your life.   Over time, you’ll increase your emotional fitness in your job search.

 

If it were easy, more people would line up a job before they left the last one; it isn’t.

 

Build momentum.  Adopt a one-foot in-front-of the-other approach, and don’t worry about whether or not you get an interview out of any particular job application you’re working on.

 

It  takes time to start getting interviews after you’ve built up enough job applications.   

 Be sure to keep a job search log/spreadsheet with the job title, company name, contact information, and date of application or contact,  as well as a generous section to add your notes.    In addition to your log,

remember to save a copy of the job description and the tailored resume you send out for each job you apply to.  This way you’ll be ready to prepare for a phone or in person interview, should you get one.

 

The most important emotional fitness job search tip is the following:

 

If after three months of applying for jobs you don’t get an interview, tweak your resume or job search strategy.  If after three months you start getting interviews but don’t get a job offer, work on your interview skills.

Related audio/video interview recording:

Good video to review before you start applying for jobs.  It will help you gain clarity as to why you’re leaving your current job and how you’ll answer questions about it from potential new employers in future job interviews.  Remember to take the answers the trainer gives but put them in your own words because you’re not a robot:

YouTube, CareerVidz, June 27, 2021, “Why Did You  Leave Your Last Job?”

 

 

Other related article you may be interested in: 

Helen’s Place LLC, “Interviewing – Help Employer know You’re Right For the Job”

 

Your comments are greatly appreciated.  Send them to Helen’s Place LLC via email to info@helensplacenet.com.

 

TRENDING

  • News
Does Higher Education Lead to Jobs or a Bridge to Nowhere?
  • News
Solution to Illegal Immigration Right Under America’s Nose
  • Inspiration
Black and Innocent Lives Matter in Truth and Denial Age
  • Inspiration
Current State of America: Revenge and Mercy
  • News
Lying and Censorship; Teachers,Librarians on the Front Line
  • Inspiration
Preventing the Erosion of Society is Not Impossible
  • Inspiration
You’ve Just Left a Job – Now What? Set-up Your Job Search First
  • Inspiration
In the Age of Name Calling – What Does W.O.K.E. Mean Anyway?
  • News
MAGA:Living Under America’s First Disinformation World Power
  • News
Precipice of Democracy: Fight to Preserve Humanity
  • Inspiration
Say It To My Face – Not Behind Closed Doors
  • Inspiration
Cat Lady Cometh: The 2024 Election War of Words – Part 2
afghan-women-feeding-birds
  • Author's Corner
Free Birds Surround Afghan Women in the Safe Zone
  • Inspiration
Maintain Hope Through Constructive Action One Step at a Time
  • Inspiration
Keep ‘Work as a Choice’ Mindset Through Life
  • News
  • Oldies
Benjamin Franklin’s Quotes and Meanings: Perfection Quest
  • News
Anti-Victim Mentality When Slavery Reigned
  • Tools
I Was Looking for a Job when I Found this One
  • News
Human Infrastructure and People-on-the-Move Ready to Work
  • News
Birds Aren’t Real: Update to Conspiracy Fighting Movement
  • Inspiration
The Call for People of Faith to End Christian Nationalism
  • News
In Education Culture Wars – Actions Speak Louder than Words
  • Inspiration
America’s Cycle of Gratitude and Vigilance is Complicated
  • Inspiration
Stop Your Groundhog Day Moves To Stop Repeat Patterns
  • Inspiration
Watching Hypocrisy: The Easiest Way to Spot a Fraud
  • Author's Corner
How Story of Chicken Little and the Sky is Falling is True
  • Inspiration
People Join Conscious Resistance Movement
  • Inspiration
Disinformation from World’s Evil Wizards and What to Do
  • Inspiration
When the Deck is Stacked Against You
  • News
Lost Children in America Join DACA Orphans
  • BirdBlog
Starlings Missing from Citizen’s Garden: A Migratory Mystery
  • News
A Tale of Two Florida’s: Where Woke and/or People Go to Die
  • Inspiration
Seven Steps to Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Your Path
  • News
Without A New Fairness Doctrine Chaos Engulfs U.S.
  • Tools
Intrinsic Motivation: Never Look Down on a Blank Page
  • Inspiration
How to Survive the 2024 Election Season: Humor and Resolve
  • News
People on the Move – Near and Far
  • News
Woke vs. Weird: The 2024 Election War of Words – Part 1
  • Author's Corner
Why It’s Better to Accept Responsibility for Everything
  • BirdBlog
“Feather Birdhouse” Pigeon Joins Birds Aren’t Real Movement
  • News
Manipulation Backfiring: Hello New Civil Rights Movement!
  • Inspiration
Why Some People Must Search So Hard To Find A Place in this World
  • News
States’ Rights Get Moving: Protests Back the Blue Everywhere
  • News
Cognitive Science and How to Develop Independent Thinkers
  • Inspiration
Principled to a Fault Backlash:Small Victories of Proportion
  • Inspiration
Is Working for a Socially Responsible Co. Too Much to Ask?
  • Inspiration
Moving: Beg, Barter, Salvage & Share
  • News
Changing Flight Pattern on Employment: Proposed Jobs Channel

Related

Gallery