Find Success in Job Search

Be open to the experience.  Although you may feel discouraged at times, this transition is an opportunity to start in a new direction.

Work on keeping your attitude

POSITIVE. This ONE factor will be more important to winning than anything else.

Focus on what you have control over and don’t worry about what you can’t control. You can decide how to spend your time, what to focus your attention on. Your attitude, and  looking as appropriate as you can.  You can’t control who will hire you, when they will hire you, political hiring decisions, the world’s problems, and pleasing everyone all of the time.

 Join a support group or surround yourself with people who are supportive and honest with you.  Beware of negative people and those who believe you will not succeed.

Expect to make many contacts and hear “no” Often.  Understand that these are not personal rejections but only an indication that nothing is available at the moment.

See yourself as “available for work” not “unemployed.”  How you feel about yourself and your situation will dictate how you will conduct your job search.

 “Strive to learn as much as you can about the job market and employers, and educate them as much as possible about yourself.”

 See your job search as a full time job.  Avoid  letting others schedule time for you.  You must be available so you can meet with employers and contacts when it is convenient for them.

Follow up on contacts you make.  Many job seekers don’t see results from their efforts because they don’t call or write back to contacts.  Every time you make a positive contact,, your chances for working for someone else increase significantly.

 Take risks and make mistakes.  Believe it or not, success comes more from correcting and adjusting than from waiting for the perfect time and place to make a move.

Expect to SUCCEED!  Focus on what you desire and your successes, not on what you don’t want and what you perceive as failures.  Remember that you get what you focus on.  You create your experience from the mind first.  Take responsibility for the contents within!

For more information about Job Placement, contact us by phone 503.399.5026, fax 503.399.7483 or by e-mail at jobplacement@chemeketa.edu. Visit us on the main floor in Bldg. 2, Rm 115.

                                                  

Updated June 2007 by the College Advancement Department.