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 Don Benenson, SPHR, is the owner of MVP Resumes. He has over 30+ years of corporate HR experience and happily helps clients with resume preparation and interviewing skills. He can be reached at 631-428-5877 or at mvpresumes@yahoo.com |
| Find me someone who enjoys searching for a new job and I’ll show you someone who must have come to Earth from another planet! Nothing about this process is fun. At times, it is downright demoralizing. I hope some of my views on making this process easier on the spirit and the soul have a positive impact on anyone who is in the job market. Expect a high quantity of “vanished into the black hole” outcomes. This is when you apply and hear nothing back…zippo, nada. I’ve had clients who were interviewed and were never told their status or that they were not selected. Some called the firm they interviewed with to inquire about their status and never got the common human courtesy of a call back. Shame on these companies and every one of their employees involved. Yes, this situation is discouraging for any job seeker. Go into your search knowing that regrettably this is the norm and try not to let it deflate you. Avoid comparisons with other job seekers. When people lose their jobs, either on an individual basis or through layoffs where several individuals may be involved, they may find themselves in situations where they all are in the same place at the same time. This setting invites inevitable comparisons between your successes versus others. Unfortunately, Mr. Blabbermouth saddles up to you only to engage in chest thumping and proclaims that he has two interviews that week. Meanwhile, you haven’t gotten one call back on a resume in a month. Making comparisons of your progress against others does little to advance your cause. Just the opposite happens-you get sidetracked and allow feeling of inadequacy to creep in. You begin to second guess your entire job search strategy. Don’t go there. Stay true to your plans. Turn your job search into your job. If your last job involved a 40 hour work week, then I encourage you to spend 40 hours a week looking for your new job. Complacency is the enemy of maintaining a positive job search strategy. A positive psychology for your job search is fueled by commitment, concentration and action. And once, you’ve done your 40 hours call it quits. A maniacal approach to finding a job will leave you burnt out and fuels fatigue that leads to the smallest of errors. The result is that your resume goes into the trash can instead of the top of the hiring manager’s pile of job applicant call backs. Creating and maintaining a positive perspective on your job search is challenging. Do the best you can, create a path that works for you, and remember to breathe. It’s a numbers game and eventually your number will be called. |
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